【VOA慢速听力】南非奶奶延缓衰老的绝招——拳击 "

South African Grandmothers Are Boxing to Fight Old Age

南非奶奶延缓衰老的绝招——拳击

Some older women in South Africa are fighting the effects of aging with boxing exercises.

南非一些高龄女性通过拳击训练抵御衰老造成的影响。

They call themselves the grannies.They belong to a boxing group near the South African capital, Johannesburg.The 75-to-80-year-old women are fighting the pains of aging while keeping their bodies fit.

她们称自己为奶奶。她们加入了南非首都约翰内斯堡附近的一个拳击小组。这些75岁到80岁的奶奶们通过拳击抵御衰老带来的病痛，同时保持自己的身体健康。

Mariam Barie is one of the boxing grannies.

玛利亚姆.巴里耶就是其中一名拳击奶奶。

The advice I give to other grannies like me is that they should leave the old way of telling themselves that they are old,and that they are grannies, and to try their best.Just because you are a granny does not mean you need to burden yourself with that word granny.You need to wake yourself up and show that you are a granny with life.

“我能给予其他同我一般年纪的奶奶们的建议就是抛弃认为自己老了，是奶奶了这种陈旧的想法，去尽自己最大的努力。因为你步入奶奶的年龄并不意味着你就要让自己为“奶奶”这一年龄担忧。你需要唤醒自己，让大家看到你是一个有朝气的奶奶。”

The group started five years ago with a special, aerobic exercise training program.NqobileKhumalo is one of the boxing trainers.

该拳击小组开始于五年前一个特殊的有氧运动培训项目。库马洛是其中一名拳击教练。

We were doing fitness...they saw my gloves.And then they just tried them on.And then since from there, they just never stopped.

“我们当时在健身。他们看到了我的拳击手套。然后他们就想试一试。这一试就从未停止。 Boxer Constance Guban seems to have turned back time.

拳击奶奶康斯坦丁.古班感觉时光仿佛倒流了。

I feel young.I feel like I’m 16, but my age is 80, yes.

“我感觉自己很年轻。我觉得自己只有16岁，事实上我80岁了。”

Boxing is more than just good exercise for at least one of the grannies.GerminaMaluleka learned recently that she has cancer.She says boxing gives her new hope for the future.

拳击对其中一名奶奶来说不仅仅是一项不错的锻炼。玛路勒克最近刚刚得知自己患了癌症。她说拳击带给她关于未来新的希望。

The gym has helped me through my illness.When I was starting out I had a problem with my feet.I used to have swollen feet.Since going to the gym I do not have that problem anymore.I never used to have a problem with my knees, with my legs, but the gym helped me a lot.

“这家健身馆帮助我抵抗疾病。当我开始运动时，我的脚实际上是有问题的。我过去脚经常肿。自从我去健身房之后，就不再有这种问题了。我从没有膝盖、腿方面的毛病，这个健身房帮助我很多。”

The trainers say the grannies are inspiring a younger generation to get fit at an earlier age.

教练们说，这些奶奶们激励了年轻一代在更小的年纪就要保持健康。

I’m Jonathan Evans.

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