Fights to the Finish

高雅丹

2020年3月，巾帼英雄张伟丽辗转多地才踏上八角格斗场，并且用自己的鲜血成功卫冕。她用拳头打出一片天，鼓舞着我们！

In a match that was called “one of the greatest fights I've ever seen in my life” by fight commentator （评论员） Joe Rogan， Chinese MMA （mixed martial arts， 综合格斗） fighter Zhang Weili beat Polish fighter Joanna Jedrzejczyk on March 7.

Zhang， 30， and Jedrzejczyk， 32， squared off （打斗） in Las Vegas， with Zhang successfully defending her strawweight （草量级） UFC （终极格斗冠军赛） title. The fight was highly anticipated， as both women are known as top fighters among their peers.

Zhang's training was cut by the novel coronavirus outbreak. It forced her to travel from Beijing to Thailand and then to Abu Dhabi before arriving in Vegas about a week later than planned， according to China Daily. Worse still， Zhang was offended （激怒） by a post on social media in which Jedrzejczyk seemed to make fun of the outbreak. In a mock poster that Jedrzejczyk posted， she wears a gas mask （防毒面具） standing behind Zhang.

Although the post was later deleted， Zhang said that she was fired up to make Jedrzejczyk pay for the tasteless joke in the octagon （八角格斗場）.

In the end， Zhang scored a narrow win over Jedrzejczyk， with both ending up in the hospital due to the intensity （激烈程度） of their fight.

“All fighters deserve respect from one another in the octagon. I don't like people hitting each other with trash talk，” said Zhang following her victory. “We go for the championship with our punches （拳头） but we shall never end up being remembered as only talking with violence.”

“Now the virus situation is not just affecting China， but the whole world. I hope everybody in the world can stand together to fight the virus with a united effort，” she said.

【难句解析】

1. Worse still， Zhang was offended by a post on social media in which Jedrzejczyk seemed to make fun of the outbreak.

释义：更糟糕的是，张被社交媒体上的一个帖子激怒了。在那个帖子里，耶德尔泽西克好像拿这次（疫情的）爆发来开玩笑。

点拨：in which 在这里引导一个定语从句，修饰先行词a post，指代物，但是因为放在介词in 的后面，所以只能用which，不能用that;in which 在定语从句中作地点状语，因此in which 也可以用where来代替。例如：

Where is the supermarket in which you bought the laptop last week？

I visited the village in which / where many children couldn't go to school because of poverty.

2. Although the post was later deleted， Zhang said that she was fired up to make Jedrzejczyk pay for the tasteless joke in the octagon.

释义：虽然这个帖子后来被删除了，但是张说，她被激怒了，要让耶德尔泽西克在八角格斗场为这个无趣的笑话付出代价。

点拨：pay 意为“支付”，常见用法为“sb. pay （sb.） some money for sth.”，还可以引申为“付出代价”;cost 表示“花费”时，主语一般为物，常见用法为“sth. cost sb. some money”;spend 表示“花费”时，宾语可以是钱财也可以是时间，常见用法为“sb. spend some time / money on sth.” 和“sb. spend some time / money （in） doing sth.”;take 表示“花费”时的常见搭配为“It takes sb. some time / money to do sth.”。例如：

I have to pay them 20 dollars for this room each month.

Engineers spend much time and energy developing wonderful solutions.

The computer cost a lot of money， because it's the latest version.

It took them dozens of years to build this road.

3. In the end， Zhang scored a narrow win over Jedrzejczyk， with both ending up in the hospital due to the intensity of their fight.

释义：最后，张险胜耶德尔泽西克，双双因为激烈的打斗在最后都去了医院。

点拨：with的复合结构是一个常考点，with+名词/代词+doing，宾语补足语和宾语之间是主动关系，表示动作正在进行;with+名词/代词+done，宾补和宾语之间是被动关系，表示动作已经完成;with+名词/代词+to do，表示将来的动作;with+名词/代词+形容词/副词/介词短语则表示处于某种状态。例如：

They pretended to be working all night with their lights burning.

She had to walk home with her bike stolen.

I can't go out to play with so much homework to do.

He used to sleep with windows open.

He went up to sleep with lights on.

The children came running toward us， with flowers in their hands.

I. Choose the best answer.

1. What's Joe Rogan's attitude towards the fight？

A. Doubtful.       B. Passive.            C. Appreciative.      D. Indifferent.

2. Which of the following statement about the fight is TRUE？

A. It took place on May 7 in Las Vegas.

B. Both of the fighters are well-known among the world.

C. People paid little attention on the fight before it took place.

D. Zhang wore a gas mask when fighting against Jedrzejczyk.

3. According to the passage， the underlined word “trash” in Para 6 means “________”.

A. polite        B. serious          C. loud              D. ridiculous

4. Which word can be used to describe Zhang Weili according to the passage？

A. Humorous.      B. Determined.    C. Considerate.        D. Friendly.

II. Fill in the blanks.

1. Samuel Clemens， who ________ ________ ________ （以……而知名） Mark Twain， became a famous American writer.

2. Circumstances ________ ________ ________ ________ （強迫我们采取） this policy.

3. For some reason， the Rosens ________ ________ ________ ________ （好像喜欢他）.

4. Change is hard， but it's worth it， you ________ ________ ________ （值得拥有） the very best！

5. He always sleeps ________ ________ ________ ________ （窗户开着）.

III. Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

make fun of， due to， end up， pay for， worse still

1. He may be late. ________， he may not come at all.

2. If he still carries on driving like that， he'll ________ dead.

3. It's cruel to ________ a blind man.

4. Everything is changing in this area ________ foreign investment.

5. How much are you willing to ________ good advice？