b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 1 大家不要被吓怕，这是个休闲之旅，不是loop,只能原路返回，组织者经验丰富，绝不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
户外运动不但能锻炼身体，而且能让人心情舒畅，心胸开阔，生活态度积极
天气晴朗 50-78，perfect weather!
时间：Sep25 周六8点从费城出发，930在下面的地点集合，从其他地方出发的请算准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
Hiking 集合地点：To the southern trailhead just outside Jim Thorpe: from I-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross o | b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 2 好久没组织活动了，手生的紧，不好意思让大家久等了。感谢给我提供咨询的small apple and the ID to be registered, I found the following trail very exciting to me, while fits everyone.
Thanks for your attention and see you at the trail head
后了，费城人民相对来说还是比较纯朴友好的）。
后果自负。如果您参加了我们的活动，即视为您接受我们的基本原则。
变更，以实际发生为准，请自行斟酌可行性，量力而行，并请对可能发生的变更，有充
分的心理和生理的准备，比如行程的因故延长等。
量方便车主，遵守集合地点和时间，并分担沿途发生的费用。我们不能让司机同志损兵
还折将吧！但请司机自负因违章所造成的损失，作为司机，您应该清楚可为与不可为。
准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划在中国城吃晚饭(optional)，晚7点左右。
Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 n
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 大家不要被吓怕，这是个休闲之旅，不是loop,只能原路返回，组织者经验丰富，绝不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
: 户外运动不但能锻炼身体，而且能让人心情舒畅，心胸开阔，生活态度积极
: 天气晴朗 50-78，perfect weather!
: 时间：Sep25 周六8点从费城出发，930在下面的地点集合，从其他地方出发的请算准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
: 1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
: Hiking 集合地点：To the southern trailhead just outside Jim Thorpe: from I-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross o
| f**p
发帖数: 792 | 3 Very good!喜欢hiking的同学可以试试 | s********e
发帖数: 397 | | A***a
发帖数: 2211 | 5 可惜了..當天活動過多
后了，费城人民相对来说还是比较纯朴友好的）。
后果自负。如果您参加了我们的活动，即视为您接受我们的基本原则。
变更，以实际发生为准，请自行斟酌可行性，量力而行，并请对可能发生的变更，有充
分的心理和生理的准备，比如行程的因故延长等。
量方便车主，遵守集合地点和时间，并分担沿途发生的费用。我们不能让司机同志损兵
还折将吧！但请司机自负因违章所造成的损失，作为司机，您应该清楚可为与不可为。
时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划在中国城吃晚饭(optional)，晚7点左右。
Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross
over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of Colaport to Glen Onoko.
Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into Jim Thorpe, so don't be
confused by that.
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 好久没组织活动了，手生的紧，不好意思让大家久等了。感谢给我提供咨询的small apple and the ID to be registered, I found the following trail very exciting to me, while fits everyone.
: Thanks for your attention and see you at the trail head
:
: 后了，费城人民相对来说还是比较纯朴友好的）。
: 后果自负。如果您参加了我们的活动，即视为您接受我们的基本原则。
: 变更，以实际发生为准，请自行斟酌可行性，量力而行，并请对可能发生的变更，有充
: 分的心理和生理的准备，比如行程的因故延长等。
: 量方便车主，遵守集合地点和时间，并分担沿途发生的费用。我们不能让司机同志损兵
: 还折将吧！但请司机自负因违章所造成的损失，作为司机，您应该清楚可为与不可为。
: 准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划在中国城吃晚饭(optional)，晚7点左右。
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 6 可惜了,下次吧,
最近中秋节,大家活动是比较多...
.
【在 A***a 的大作中提到】
: 可惜了..當天活動過多
:
: 后了，费城人民相对来说还是比较纯朴友好的）。
: 后果自负。如果您参加了我们的活动，即视为您接受我们的基本原则。
: 变更，以实际发生为准，请自行斟酌可行性，量力而行，并请对可能发生的变更，有充
: 分的心理和生理的准备，比如行程的因故延长等。
: 量方便车主，遵守集合地点和时间，并分担沿途发生的费用。我们不能让司机同志损兵
: 还折将吧！但请司机自负因违章所造成的损失，作为司机，您应该清楚可为与不可为。
: 时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划在中国城吃晚饭(optional)，晚7点左右。
: Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross
| z**r
发帖数: 17771 | 7 定好哪里吃饭了吗？
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 可惜了,下次吧,
: 最近中秋节,大家活动是比较多...
:
: .
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 8 can you recommend one?
【在 z**r 的大作中提到】
: 定好哪里吃饭了吗？
| z**r
发帖数: 17771 | 9 lailai?
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: can you recommend one?
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 10 ok, let's do that. Address?
【在 z**r 的大作中提到】
: lailai?
| | | j****n
发帖数: 429 | 11 http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: ok, let's do that. Address?
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 12 thanks!
Passed it once, never tried.
【在 j****n 的大作中提到】
: http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
: 1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
| x*****r
发帖数: 2404 | 13 刚搬到附近。
报个名，两人，有车，从bethlehem出发。
时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划在来来饭店吃晚饭(地址 稍后奉上)，晚7点左
右。
Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross
over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of Colaport to Glen Onoko.
Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into Jim Thorpe, so don't be
confused by that.
and number of reviews for a trail, the number of people who have hiked or
wish they could hike at that hiking trail)。 也可以骑自行车。
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: thanks!
: Passed it once, never tried.
| z**r
发帖数: 17771 | 14 手好快
【在 j****n 的大作中提到】
: http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
: 1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
| z**r
发帖数: 17771 | 15 味道不错，好久没去了不过
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: thanks!
: Passed it once, never tried.
| h*****t
发帖数: 1478 | 16 赞！友情支持！
时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
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-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north
and cross over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of Colaport to
Glen Onoko. Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into Jim Thorpe, so
don't be confused by that.
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: thanks!
: Passed it once, never tried.
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 17 赞友情支持！别来无恙。
of
so
【在 h*****t 的大作中提到】
: 赞！友情支持！
:
: 时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: highlighting &#
: 160; 215-361-1358 end_of
: _the_skype_highlighting
: -476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north
: and cross over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of Colaport to
: Glen Onoko. Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into Jim Thorpe, so
: don't be confused by that.
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 18 最后吆喝一次.
不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也
许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north
and cross over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of Colaport to
Glen Onoko. Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into Jim Thorpe, so
don't be confused by that.
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 大家不要被吓怕，这是个休闲之旅，不是loop,只能原路返回，组织者经验丰富，绝不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
: 户外运动不但能锻炼身体，而且能让人心情舒畅，心胸开阔，生活态度积极
: 天气晴朗 50-78，perfect weather!
: 时间：Sep25 周六8点从费城出发，930在下面的地点集合，从其他地方出发的请算准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
: 1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
: Hiking 集合地点：To the southern trailhead just outside Jim Thorpe: from I-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross o
| z**r
发帖数: 17771 | 19 去不了，帮顶。去不了Hiking的，也可以出来吃饭嘛
so
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 最后吆喝一次.
:
: 不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也
: 许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
: 时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: -476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north
: and cross over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of Colaport to
: Glen Onoko. Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into Jim Thorpe, so
: don't be confused by that.
| K*****L
发帖数: 424 | | | | c******d
发帖数: 91 | | w*******d
发帖数: 23 | 22 报个名，两人，有车，从Phoenixville出发。
不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会
见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本
等等
时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，
计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South.
Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross over the Lehigh River to
Coalport road. Turn off of
Colaport to Glen Onoko. Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into
Jim Thorpe, so don't be confused by
that.
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 大家不要被吓怕，这是个休闲之旅，不是loop,只能原路返回，组织者经验丰富，绝不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
: 户外运动不但能锻炼身体，而且能让人心情舒畅，心胸开阔，生活态度积极
: 天气晴朗 50-78，perfect weather!
: 时间：Sep25 周六8点从费城出发，930在下面的地点集合，从其他地方出发的请算准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
: 1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
: Hiking 集合地点：To the southern trailhead just outside Jim Thorpe: from I-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross o
| s********e
发帖数: 397 | 23 Very much enjoyed yesterday. Actively tired but rewarding.Glad to see
you all! Credits give to you =)
不会中途甩
人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索
要该ID待砸
的日系笔记本等等
时间，大约
下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
I-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903
north and cross over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of
Colaport to Glen Onoko. Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north
into Jim Thorpe, so don't be confused by that.
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/l
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 大家不要被吓怕，这是个休闲之旅，不是loop,只能原路返回，组织者经验丰富，绝不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
: 户外运动不但能锻炼身体，而且能让人心情舒畅，心胸开阔，生活态度积极
: 天气晴朗 50-78，perfect weather!
: 时间：Sep25 周六8点从费城出发，930在下面的地点集合，从其他地方出发的请算准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
: 1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
: Hiking 集合地点：To the southern trailhead just outside Jim Thorpe: from I-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north and cross o
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 24 确定的15个人，居然一个也没有少！
感谢参与的每个人， 特别是samllapple 招兵买马，还有UZ 和其朋友在前面开路去看
瀑布。大家玩得开心就好！
千言万语尽在相片中，大家有写游记的吗？我发包子。
【在 s********e 的大作中提到】
: Very much enjoyed yesterday. Actively tired but rewarding.Glad to see
: you all! Credits give to you =)
:
: 不会中途甩
: 人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索
: 要该ID待砸
: 的日系笔记本等等
: 时间，大约
: 下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: I-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | | j*b
发帖数: 517 | 26 nnd,本来一个半小时的回程，硬在76上多坐了两个小时。
那个后悔呀，没去lailai吃饭。。。。。。
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 确定的15个人，居然一个也没有少！
: 感谢参与的每个人， 特别是samllapple 招兵买马，还有UZ 和其朋友在前面开路去看
: 瀑布。大家玩得开心就好！
: 千言万语尽在相片中，大家有写游记的吗？我发包子。
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 27 原来是你！
【在 j*b 的大作中提到】
: nnd,本来一个半小时的回程，硬在76上多坐了两个小时。
: 那个后悔呀，没去lailai吃饭。。。。。。
| c******d
发帖数: 67 | | K*****L
发帖数: 424 | | r****r
发帖数: 1693 | 30 这个公园的红叶这么早？
和NY的熊山比如何？如果不错的话今年就去这啦.
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 这一带 看红叶是Oct-2- Oct16
| | | b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 31 一叶知秋..
如果你发故事应征按就给你详细分析一下，字数不少于你的
【在 r****r 的大作中提到】
: 这个公园的红叶这么早？
: 和NY的熊山比如何？如果不错的话今年就去这啦.
| s********e
发帖数: 397 | 32 UZ did a good job...
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 确定的15个人，居然一个也没有少！
: 感谢参与的每个人， 特别是samllapple 招兵买马，还有UZ 和其朋友在前面开路去看
: 瀑布。大家玩得开心就好！
: 千言万语尽在相片中，大家有写游记的吗？我发包子。
| r****r
发帖数: 1693 | 33 如果去的话我就发些照片吧,故事应征就算了,
不太会讲故事,hehe.
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 一叶知秋..
: 如果你发故事应征按就给你详细分析一下，字数不少于你的
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 34 不够意思啊...
见站内信吧
【在 r****r 的大作中提到】
: 如果去的话我就发些照片吧,故事应征就算了,
: 不太会讲故事,hehe.
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 35 看百年画册时留意到
then wiki:
Jim Thorpe， considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports,
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Thorpe's wife Patricia was angry after his death when the government of
Oklahoma would not erect a memorial to honor him.[60] When she heard that
the small Pennsylvania towns of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk were
desperately seeking to attract business, she made a deal with officials. The
towns bought Thorpe's remains, erected a monument to him, merged and
renamed the newly united town in his honor, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Thorpe
had never been there.[61]
不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也
许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
-476 Take Exit 74 to 209 South. Follow 209 out of Jim Thorpe to 903 north
and cross over the Lehigh River to Coalport road. Turn off of Colaport to
Glen Onoko. Interestingly, 209 South actually runs north into Jim Thorpe, so
don't be confused by that.
【在 b*********s 的大作中提到】
: 大家不要被吓怕，这是个休闲之旅，不是loop,只能原路返回，组织者经验丰富，绝不会中途甩人...而且在晚餐时有机会见到费城第一名ID zher，最近反日风声很紧，也许有机会索要该ID待砸的日系笔记本等等
: 户外运动不但能锻炼身体，而且能让人心情舒畅，心胸开阔，生活态度积极
: 天气晴朗 50-78，perfect weather!
: 时间：Sep25 周六8点从费城出发，930在下面的地点集合，从其他地方出发的请算准时间，大约下午5点的时候往回走，计划7点左右在来来饭店吃晚饭
: http://www.lailaibrothers.com/chinese/about/about.html
: 1222 Welsh Road North Wales,PA 19454 TEL:215-361-1358
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发帖数: 429 | 40 这个Jim Thorpe，我们大学英语精读里学过的。呵呵，回头再看这篇课文，我竟然还有
一些单词不认识～～
Jim Thorpe, an American Indian, is generally accepted as the greatest all-
round athlete of the first half of
the 20th century. Yet the man, who brought glory to his nation, had a
heartbreaking life. What caused his
sadness and poverty?
JIM THORPE
Steve Gelman
The railroad station was jammed. Students from Lafayette College were
crowding onto the train platform
eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Carlisle Indian school's track and field
squad. No one would have believed
it a few months earlier. A school that nobody had heard of was suddenly
beating big, famous colleges in
track meets. Surely these Carlisle athletes would come charging off the
train, one after another, like a
Marine battalion.
The train finally arrived and two young men — one big and broad, the
other small and slight — stepped
onto the platform.
"Where's the track team?" a Lafayette student asked.
"This is the team," replied the big fellow.
"Just the two of you?"
"Nope, just me," said the big fellow. "This little guy is the manager."
The Lafayette students shook their heads in wonder. Somebody must be
playing a joke on them. If this
big fellow was the whole Carlisle track team, he would be competing against
an entire Lafayette squad.
He did. He ran sprints, he ran hurdles, he ran distance races. He high-
jumped, he broad-jumped. He
threw the javelin and the shot. Finishing first in eight events, the big
fellow beat the whole Lafayette team.
The big fellow was Jim Thorpe, the greatest American athlete of modern
times. He was born on May
28,1888, in a two-room farmhouse near Prague, Oklahoma. His parents were
members of the Sac and Fox
Indian tribe and he was a direct descendant of the famous warrior chief,
Black Hawk.
As a Sac and Fox, Jim had the colorful Indian name Wa-Tho-Huck. Which,
translated, means Bright Path.
But being born an Indian, his path was not so bright. Although he had the
opportunity to hunt and fish with
great Indian outdoorsmen, he was denied opportunity in other ways. The
United States government
controlled the lives of American Indians and, unlike other people, Indians
did not automatically become
citizens. It was almost impossible for an Indian to gain even a fair
education and extremely difficult, as a
result, for an Indian to rise high in life.
Young Bright Path seemed destined to spend his life in the Oklahoma
farmland. But when he was in his
teens, the government gave him the chance to attend the Carlisle Indian
School in Pennsylvania. Soon
Carlisle was racing along its own bright path to athletic prominence. In
whatever sport Jim Thorpe played,
he excelled, He was a star in baseball, track and field, wrestling, lacrosse
, basketball and football. He was
so good in football, in fact, that most other small schools refused to play
Carlisle. The Indian school's
football schedule soon listed such major powers of the early twentieth
century as Pittsburgh, Harvard,
Pennsylvania, Penn State and Army.
Thorpe was a halfback. He was six feet one inch tall, weighed 185 pounds
and had incredible speed and
power. He built upon these natural gifts daily. He would watch a coach or
player demonstrate a difficult
maneuver, then he would try it himself. Inevitably, he would master the
maneuver within minutes.
During every game, opponents piled on Thorpe, trampled him, kicked him
and punched him, trying to put
him out of action. They were never successful. Years later someone asked him
if he had ever been hurt on
the field. "Hurt?" Thorpe said. "How could anyone get hurt playing football?"
But Jim never played his best when he felt he would have to no fun
playing. "What's the fun of playing in
the rain?" he once said. And his Carlisle coach, Pop Warner, once said, "
There's no doubt that Jim had more
talent than anybody who ever played football, but you could never tell when
he felt like giving his best."
Football, though, did not provide Thorpe with his finest hour. He was
selected for the United States
Olympic track team in 1912, and went to Sweden with the team for the Games.
On the ship, while the other
athletes limbered up, Thorpe slept in his bunk. In Sweden, while other
athletes trained, Thorpe relaxed in a
hammock. He never strained when he didn't feel it necessary.
Thorpe came out of his hammock when the Games began, to take part in the
two most demanding
Olympic events. He entered the pentathlon competition, a test of skill in
five events: 200-meter run, 1500-
meter run, broad jump, discus and javelin; and the decathlon competition, a
series of ten events: 100-
meter run, 400-meter run, 1500-meter run, high hurdles, broad jump, high
jump, pole vault, discus,
javelin and shot put. Though most athletes were utterly exhausted by the
decathlon alone, Thorpe breezed
through both events, his dark hair flopping, his smile flashing, his muscled
body gliding along the track. He
finished first in both the pentathlon and decathlon, one of the great feats
in Olympic history.
"You sir," King Gustav V of Sweden told Thorpe as he presented him with
two gold medals, "are the
greatest athlete in the world." And William Howard Taft, the President of
the United States, said, "Jim Thorpe
is the highest type of citizen."
King Gustav V was correct, but President Taft was not. Though Jim Thorpe
had brought great glory to his
nation, though thousands of people cheered him upon his return to the United
States and attended
banquets and a New York parade in his honor, he was not a citizen. He did
not become one until 1916.
Even then, it took a special government ruling because he was an Indian.
Jim Thorpe was a hero after the Olympics and a sad, bewildered man not
too much later. Someone
discovered that two years before the Olympics he had been paid a few dollars
to play semiprofessional
baseball. Though many amateur athletes had played for pay under false names,
Thorpe had used his own
name. As a result, he was not technically an amateur when he competed at
Stockholm as all Olympic
athletes must be. His Olympic medals and trophies were taken away from him
and given to the runners-up.
After this heartbreaking experience, Thorpe turned to professional
sports. He played major league
baseball for six years and did fairly well. Then he played professional
football for six years with spectacular
success. His last professional football season was in 1926. After that, his
youthful indifference to studies
and his unwillingness to think of a nonsports career caught up with him. He
had trouble finding a job, and
his friends deserted him. He periodically asked for, but never was given
back, his Olympic prizes. From
1926 until his death in 1953, he lived a poor, lonely, unhappy life.
But in 1950 the Associated Press held a poll to determine the
outstanding athlete of the half-century.
Despite his loss of the Olympic gold medals and a sad decline in fortune
during his later years, Thorpe was
almost unanimously chosen the greatest athlete of modern times.
sports,
The
Thorpe
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: then wiki:
: Jim Thorpe， considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports,
: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
: Thorpe's wife Patricia was angry after his death when the government of
: Oklahoma would not erect a memorial to honor him.[60] When she heard that
: the small Pennsylvania towns of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk were
: desperately seeking to attract business, she made a deal with officials. The
: towns bought Thorpe's remains, erected a monument to him, merged and
: renamed the newly united town in his honor, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Thorpe
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发帖数: 3863 | 41 看完了，牛人啊，估计我们不认识的单词是相同地
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: 这个Jim Thorpe，我们大学英语精读里学过的。呵呵，回头再看这篇课文，我竟然还有
: 一些单词不认识～～
: Jim Thorpe, an American Indian, is generally accepted as the greatest all-
: round athlete of the first half of
: the 20th century. Yet the man, who brought glory to his nation, had a
: heartbreaking life. What caused his
: sadness and poverty?
: JIM THORPE
: Steve Gelman
: The railroad station was jammed. Students from Lafayette College were
| l****7
发帖数: 644 | 42 偶才出去了一个月，这怎么看着这么眼熟啊?！
晕，谁把偶版面的声明打了补丁转到这里还ＣＲＥＤＩＴ ＴＯ ＮＹ ＢＯＡＲＤ的
?呵呵，真乱啊！！ | b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 43 这个是历史遗留的问题...要不...你组织一次活动我们就把这个给你改回去...
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: 偶才出去了一个月，这怎么看着这么眼熟啊?！
: 晕，谁把偶版面的声明打了补丁转到这里还ＣＲＥＤＩＴ ＴＯ ＮＹ ＢＯＡＲＤ的
: ?呵呵，真乱啊！！
| l****7
发帖数: 644 | 44 呵呵，不是我不组织啊，而是，费城附近没啥可爬的山头啊，费城的风格，是过安稳日
子的节拍。我们通常会去纽约上周，或者新洲和纽约洲交界处，对费城而言，有点儿远
。而且，我们走路，基本都在十迈的距离，新人比较难适应。
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: 这个是历史遗留的问题...要不...你组织一次活动我们就把这个给你改回去...
| b*********s
发帖数: 3863 | 45 我自己都去过两次熊山...不过这两周我没法运动....东北的山能有多难...费城ID成长
性很好...没关系了
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: 呵呵，不是我不组织啊，而是，费城附近没啥可爬的山头啊，费城的风格，是过安稳日
: 子的节拍。我们通常会去纽约上周，或者新洲和纽约洲交界处，对费城而言，有点儿远
: 。而且，我们走路，基本都在十迈的距离，新人比较难适应。
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