4 Chapter 3 All-Around Athlete

Chapter 3 All-Around Athlete As a teenager, Jackie was quiet and uneasy around people he didn't know well. Jackie felt closest to his older brothers Frank and Mack. "Frank was always there to protect me when I was in a scrap," Jackie once wrote. "Even though I don't think he could knock down a fly." Mack inspired Jackie. While Jackie was still young, Mack was already a star athlete in track and field. Even when a doctor told Mack he had heart trouble, Mack kept training. And he kept getting better.

十几岁的时候，杰基在不熟悉的人身边很安静，也很不安。 杰基觉得和他的哥哥弗兰克和麦克最亲近。 “当我陷入争吵时，弗兰克总是在那里保护我，”杰基曾经写道。 “尽管我觉得他连一只苍蝇都打不下来。” 麦克激励了杰基。当杰基还小的时候，麦克就已经是田径明星了。 即使医生告诉麦克他有心脏病，麦克仍然坚持训练。 他越来越好。

Jackie had a tight circle of friends, too. They called themselves the Pepper Street Gang. All the boys were from poor families. They were all looking for something to fill their time. They'd swipe fruit from local stands. They'd throw dirt at passing cars. Sometimes they'd take

杰基也有很亲密的朋友圈。 他们称自己为胡椒街帮。 所有的男孩都来自贫困家庭。 他们都在找事情来打发时间。 他们会从当地的小摊上偷水果。 他们会向过往的汽车扔土。 有时他们会

golf balls from a golf course, then sell them back to the players. It wasn't right, but the boys never did anything violent or got into big trouble. Even with a strong mother like Mallie, it was hard for Jackie to grow up without a dad. Men from the neighborhood stepped in to help guide Jackie. One told Jackie being in a gang was just following the crowd. Jackie listened. Then the minister of his church gave Jackie a place to go after school. Now he didn't have to hang out on street corners. And, of course, he had sports.

从高尔夫球场取来的高尔夫球，然后再卖给球员。 这是不对的，但男孩们从来没有做过任何暴力行为或惹上大麻烦。 即使有马利这样坚强的母亲，杰基也很难在没有父亲的情况下长大。 邻居们介入，帮助引导杰基。 有人告诉杰基，加入帮派只是随波逐流。 杰基听。后来，他所在教堂的牧师给了杰基一个放学后可以去的地方。 现在他不用在街角闲逛了。 当然，他还有运动。

By high school, Jackie was playing sports year round. He was a star athlete in track, basketball, football, and baseball. Jackie could do it all. Reporters wrote about him in local papers. The

到了高中，杰基一年到头都在运动。 他是田径、篮球、足球和棒球的明星运动员。 杰基什么都能做。记者们在当地报纸上报道了他。 的

Pasadena Post put a big picture of Jackie on the front page of its sports section. He wasn't the only Robinson in the news. In August 1936, Jackie and his family sat close by their radio, listening to the Summer Olympics broadcast from Berlin, Germany. Mack had made the US track team! He was running in the 200-meter dash.

《帕萨迪纳邮报》在其体育版的头版上放了一张杰基的大照片。 他不是新闻里唯一的罗宾逊家族成员。 1936年8月，杰基和他的家人坐在收音机旁，收听来自德国柏林的夏季奥运会广播。 麦克进入了美国田径队!他正在参加200米短跑。