那人踢了一棵树 The man kicked at a tree
当树叶开始飘落 As the leaves began to fall
他摆出了战斗的姿态 he took a fighting stance
然后他打了几拳 Then he threw a few punches
令人惊讶的是 Amazingly
他的手里突然装满了树叶 his hands were suddenly full of leaves
这是刺拳的基本技术 This was the basic technique of a jab
他只是在示范 And he was just demonstrating
杰克转向他旁边的男孩说 Jack turned to the boy beside him and said
如果这个男孩能接住十片落叶 if the boy could catch ten falling leaves
他会教他如何拳击 he would teach him how to box
但是约翰只有一个星期的训练时间 But John only had one week to train
与 With that
杰克又开始跑步锻炼了 Jack went back to his running workout
约翰开始了自己的训练 And John began his own training
抓住第一片叶子很容易 Catching the first leaf was easy
但说到第二片叶子 But when it came to the second leaf
困难迅速增加 the difficulty shot up fast
每次他伸出手去抓一个新的 Every time he reached out to catch a new one
第一片叶子会从他手中掉下来 the first leaf would fall from his hand
为了弄清楚 To figure it out
约翰一遍又一遍地练习 John kept practicing over and over
但是经过了整个上午 But after a whole morning
他还是抓不到第二片叶子 he still couldn’t grab a second leaf
这时约翰终于意识到这有多难 That’s when John finally realized how hard this really was
这不是一个普通人能做到的 This wasn’t something an ordinary person could do
杰克提出了这个挑战 Jack made this challenge
因为他想让约翰放弃成为拳击手的梦想 because he wanted John to give up on becoming a boxer
但是杰克低估了约翰 But Jack had underestimated John
约翰的决心在另一个层面上 John’s determination was on another level
他一有机会就练习 He practiced every chance he got
即使在课堂上 Even during class
他正在考虑如何同时抓住两片树叶 he was thinking about how to catch two leaves at once
通过不断的训练 With constant training
约翰跑得更快了 John got faster
最终 Eventually
他设法同时抓住两片树叶 he managed to catch two leaves at the same time
然后他跑得更快了 Then he got even quicker
不久 Before long
他能一次接住五片树叶 he could catch five leaves in one go
但这是他的极限 But that was his limit
进一步说 To go further
他需要更快的速度 he’d need even more speed
这时他突然想起来了 That’s when he suddenly remembered
杰克出拳的声音 the sound of Jack’s punches