5 Chapter 4 College Star

Chapter 4 College Star All through high school and college, Jackie kept on making headlines in every sport he played.

在整个高中和大学期间，杰基一直在他参加的每项运动中成为头条新闻。

In 1939, not long after he started classes at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), tragedy struck. His beloved brother Frank died in a motorcycle accident. "It was hard to believe he was gone, hard to believe I would no longer have his support," Jackie later wrote. He threw himself into sports even more. It helped to take his mind off missing Frank.

1939年，他在加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)开始上课后不久，悲剧发生了。 他深爱的哥哥弗兰克死于一场摩托车事故。 “很难相信他已经走了，很难相信我将不再得到他的支持，”杰基后来写道。 他更热衷于体育运动。 这有助于他不去想弗兰克。

While playing basketball at UCLA, Jackie led the Pacific Coast Conference in scoring for two years in a row. One coach called him "the best basketball player in the United States." Jackie excelled in college football, too. "He is probably the greatest ball carrier on the gridiron today," wrote one sportswriter. He also won golf and tennis championships. One of Jackie's dreams was to compete, like Mack had, in the Summer Olympics. But in 1940 German forces were invading other countries in

在加州大学洛杉矶分校打篮球时，杰基连续两年在太平洋海岸联盟得分最高。 一位教练称他为“美国最好的篮球运动员”。 杰基在大学橄榄球方面也很出色。 “他可能是当今橄榄球场上最伟大的持球者，”一位体育记者写道。 他还赢得了高尔夫球和网球冠军。 杰基的梦想之一就是像麦克一样参加夏季奥运会。 但在1940年，德国军队入侵了其他国家

Europe. World War II was raging. The Olympics were called off. There'd be no medal for Jackie Robinson.

欧洲。第二次世界大战如火如荼。 奥运会被取消了。 杰基·罗宾逊就没有奖牌了。