阿里斯·梅里特是美国的一名跨栏选手。那年,有同学和他打赌,让他跨越场地中一个比较高的障碍物。虽然梅里特从未练过跨栏,但生性好强的他不愿在同学面前低头,于是他铆足劲,纵身一跃,竟然不是很费劲就跳了过去。梅里特做梦也没想到,自己的短跑成绩不怎么理想,而跨栏却有过人之处。从那次打赌事件后,梅里特果断地放弃了短跑,改学跨栏。当然,跨栏并非梅里特想像的那么简单、容易,刚开始训练,他就摔了好几个跟头,并且随着训练的深入,他渐渐地发现自己有 Aris Merritt is a hurdler in the United States. That year, some students bet him, let him across the venue a relatively high obstacle. Although Merritt never practiced hurdles, but he was so reluctant to bow in front of classmates, so he riveted enough, leaping, even though it is not very strenuous to jump over. Merritt never dreamed that his sprint performance was not ideal, but hurdles had some special features. After that bet, Merritt decisively gave up the sprint and switched to hurdle. Of course, the hurdles were not as simple and easy as Merritt imagined, and just started training, he fell several times, and as the training progressed, he gradually found himself