William Mervin Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known as Tamakoce Te'Hila, is an Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown going into the event. He was the first non-European to win the Olympic event and remains the only winner from the Americas.[3] A United States Marine, Mills is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

part1：Language Points:

1. sprint and marathon

2.His family was not well-off.(wealthy;rich)? badly-off/badly off （poor)

3.He was sent to a boarding school.（寄宿制學(xué)校）

4.To his amazement, he found that he had a talent for running and broke a number of high school records（記錄）.

eg.To my amazement, all my students got excellent academic performance this semester.(令某人驚訝的是amaze--amazement)

5. He was given an athletic scholarship.

(athlete n.運(yùn)動(dòng)員? athletic adj.運(yùn)動(dòng)的，運(yùn)動(dòng)員的，體格健壯的）

eg. athletic program 體育項(xiàng)目

6.At first， he focused on military(軍事的）?life, but he soon retured to running.

eg. military training/ military service軍事訓(xùn)練/兵役

7.They fought for a position.他們?yōu)榱艘粋€(gè)位置在爭斗。

position: n./vt. 位置；職位；姿態(tài)；站位（立場）? ?

Sleeping on the desk is not a confortable position.在桌上睡覺不是一個(gè)舒服的姿勢。

I don't want to change my position beacause of you.我不想因?yàn)槟愀淖兾业牧觯ㄓ^點(diǎn)）

This could be a permanent position.這可能是個(gè)長期職位。

8. He was born and raised on a? reservation in the United States.

reserve? vt.保留；儲(chǔ)備；預(yù)約 n.儲(chǔ)備；自然保護(hù)區(qū)? ?---reservation (本文指美國原著居民的居留地，保留地）

eg. The couple had a reservation, so the table was saved for them.這對夫婦已經(jīng)預(yù)定過了，所以餐廳為他們保留桌子。