An Uplifting1 Power令人振奋的力量

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Sport can not only strengthen our bodies and lift up our spirits, but also significantly improve the human qualities, thus playing an important role in boosting progress and harmony of the world.    体育运动不仅能健全人的体魄，振奋人的精神，还能有效提升人的素质，为推动世界进步与和谐发挥了重要的作用。

   [1]“Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire2, the power to unite people in a way that little else can. Sport can create hope…It is an instrument for peace.”

   [2]When a man like Nelson Mandela looks back over his life and, against the backdrop3 of all that he had to endure, pinpoints4 sport as a unique force for good, we should sit up and take notice. During his 27 years in captivity5, mainly on Robben Island, sport helped sustain the spirits of Mandela and his fellow inmates6. And not any sport. The prisoners turned to rugby, the game that more than any other embodied7 white South Africa. Then, in 1995, as the new President of South Africa, Mandela, handed the Rugby World Cup trophy8 to the captain of the victorious Springboks, Francois Pienaar. In a single moment a divided and fractured nation was united.

   [3]Sport isn’t just a question of economics. Sport has enduring qualities. It shows us how to participate in something that is bigger than ourselves, and teaches us how to demonstrate respect for teammates and opponents9. It helps us learn how to win with humility10 and lose with grace; how to set a goal and fulfill it. Sport brings people together; the self-worth and self-belief that it teaches are values that can last a lifetime.

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[1] “体育运动具有改变世界的力量，其激励人心、团结众人的力量，在某种程度上难有匹敌。体育运动能创造希望……它是争取和平的手段。”

   [2]当纳尔逊•曼德拉这样的人士回顾生平，讲述他所遭遇的一切，明确指出体育运动永远是一种独特的力量时，我们理应甚为关注。在他27年的铁窗生活中（主要关押在罗本岛），体育运动起到了支撑他和难友们的精神的作用。当然，并非随意什么运动。曼德拉和难友们选择了橄榄球—— 一种比任何其他运动都更能代表白人统治下的南非的体育项目。后来，在1995年，身为南非新总统的曼德拉把橄榄球世界杯的奖杯交给胜出的跳羚队队长弗朗科•皮埃纳的手中。瞬间，一个破碎的、四分五裂的国家团结了起来。

   [3]体育运动不仅仅是个经济问题。体育运动具有一种恒久的品质。它向我们表明如何参与到比我们自身更具意义的事情中去，教导我们如何向队友和对手表示尊敬。它有助于我们学会如何胜不骄、败不馁，如何树立并实现目标。体育运动让人们走到一起，它教给我们的自尊、自信是我们得以享用终身的价值观。