菲尔普斯的八块金牌和七项世界纪录让人肃然起敬。

Phelps' eight gold medals and seven world records left you in awe.

杜托伊特在户外游泳马拉松中所付出的努力让人落泪。

Du Toit's effort in the open water swimming marathon left you in tears.

菲尔皮尔斯凭借完美的身形打破记录。

Phelps set his record with a body custom-made for swimming.

而杜托伊特用一条腿游了6.2公里。

Du Toit swam 6.2 miles with one leg.

杜托伊特成为了第一位奋战在奥运赛场的女子截肢运动员。

Du Toit became the first female amputee to compete in the Olympics.

在这一全新的奥林匹克赛事中，她名列第16。她用时2小时49秒09游过顺义水上公园到达终点线。

She finished 16th in the brand new Olympic event, crossing the line in two hours, 49.9 seconds after swimming around the lake at the Shunyi Park venue.

2001年，当她17岁时，在开普敦，完成了游泳练习之后，在骑摩托车去学校的路上，她被一辆从停车场出来的汽车撞倒。

In 2001, when she was 17, she was riding to school from swim practice on her motor scooter in Cape Town when she was hit by a car pulling out of a parking lot.

不幸可以作为借口，而杜托伊特却把它当作动力。

Misfortune can be used as an excuse, but Du Toit used it as motivation.

“我的事迹并不只是对于残疾人有意义，对于所有人都有意义——你们得努力奋斗才能梦想成真。”她说。

"My message isn't just to disabled people, but to everyone out there - you have to work hard to make your dreams reality," she said.

杜托伊特承认，有一些难熬的日子。

Du Toit admits there are dark days.

一开始，她很沮丧，经常哭。

At first, she cried in frustration.

人们总是先看到她的残肢或是假肢，然后才看她的脸。她因此变得闷闷不乐。

She gets frustrated when people look at her stump or her prosthetic leg before they look at her face.

这时，她会回到泳池中。

Then she gets back in the water.