核心畫面
You can picture someone on the track, waiting for the starting gun — a body trained for running, jumping, throwing, and put up against other bodies to see who does it best. The picture holds two things at once: a trained body, and a contest.
可以想成跑道上等著鳴槍的那個人：一副為了跑、跳、擲而訓練出來的身體，而且被放到別人旁邊，比一比誰做得最好。這個畫面裡…更多收起
可以想成跑道上等著鳴槍的那個人：一副為了跑、跳、擲而訓練出來的身體，而且被放到別人旁邊，比一比誰做得最好。這個畫面裡同時有兩樣東西——練過的身體，以及一場較量。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
athletenoun/ˈæθ.liːt/
- 1
A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- 2
A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
- She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
- 3
An exceptionally physically fit person.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。