Born in 1949 in New York State, Bruce Jenner was a world-famous athlete and father of six. In 1976, he won the gold medal in decathlon at the Olympic Games in Montreal. Decathlon is an Olympic event that combines 10 track and field events in one, and the winner is widely considered the “world’s greatest athlete.”

Bruce Jenner(布魯斯•詹納)於1949年出生在紐約州，他曾是世界知名的運動員，也是六個孩子的父親。1976年，他贏得蒙特婁奧林匹克十項全能運動金牌。十項全能是一則奧林匹克運動項目，由十種田徑項目合而為一，金牌得主最認為是「世上最優秀的運動員」。

After that, Jenner achieved great fame, with a successful career in television, writing, car racing, and business. Considered an “all-American hero” and very handsome, he even did some modeling work, for example, appearing on the cover of Playgirl magazine.

得獎後，他也變得有名，且在電視圈的事業有成、寫作、賽車及作生意也都很成功。他被視為「美國英雄」，人也長的很英俊，他甚至還接了模特兒的工作，舉例來說，他曾登上美國女性休閒雜誌版面。

In April 2015, at the age of 65, Jenner shocked the world when she came out as a transgender woman. In a two-hour interview with ABC just before physically transitioning to a woman, Jenner described a lifetime of living as a woman in a man’s body “more difficult than winning a decathlon.” She said that she wasn’t “gay”, nor was she doing this as a publicity stunt. “I’m just a woman.”

2015年4月，詹納65歲，那年當她出櫃承認他是變性人時，消息震驚全球。美國廣播公司正好她進行變性手術前兩小時與她面談，她描述她這一生就像住在男人身體裡的女性，「這比贏得十項全能更加困難」。詹納說明她並不是「同志」，這也不是在作秀。「我只是個女人」。

Now calling herself Caitlyn Jenner, she appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine a few months later as a strikingly beautiful and unashamed woman. How did the public react to all of this? Jenner received an outpouring of support from people across America and the world. She gained 1 million Twitter followers in only four hours, a faster rate than the previous record set by Obama, and in 2015 she was the most searched for person on Google. 

現在她的名字叫Caitlyn Jenner (凱特琳•詹納)，幾個月後她登上浮華世界的雜誌封面，看起來是位極為漂亮且豪不羞澀的女性。大眾對這些事情的反應如何呢？詹納收到美國及世界各地蜂擁而至的群眾支持。她在四個小時內就多增加一百萬名Twitter支持者，這速度比之前歐巴馬創下的紀錄更高，2015年她成為Google(谷歌)搜尋第一名。

While Jenner’s family members struggled initially with her new gender identity, they quickly learned to accept it. “I’m more proud than ever of my father,” said Jenner’s son Brandon.

Vocabulary 好字精選

1. medal (n) a gold, silver, or bronze award won in a competition, usually coin-shaped and hangs around the neck  獎牌，獎章，紀念章，勳章
The three winners proudly displayed their medals as they stood on the platform.      
這三名贏家站在平台上驕傲地展現他們的獎牌。

2. track and field (n) a group of sporting events played on a running track and nearby field  田徑運動
Candice’s favorite day of the year is the track and field competition at school.   
在學一年中Candice最喜歡的日子就是田徑運動比賽那天。

3. transgender (adj) not identifying with the gender one is born with  變性，變性人
Which bathroom transgender students should use is a hot issue in North America right now.
現在美國最熱門的問題就是變性學生應該使用哪間廁所。

4. transition (v) to change  轉變，變遷；過渡時期
Teresa is struggling with her transition to the manager of her department.  
剛成為部門經理的Teresa處理事物很困難。

5. strikingly (adv) extremely, dramatically  極度地，突出地
A strikingly handsome man walked by and caused everybody’s head to turn.
一名超帥的男子走過，讓大家都轉頭。

6. unashamed (adj) openly and without shame or guilt  不羞澀的，不掩飾的
Jim is an unashamed pop music fan.
Jim是一名毫不掩飾的流行音樂歌迷。

7. outpouring (n) something that streams out rapidly 快速倒出，蜂擁而至，流露
There was an outpouring of shock and disgust over the mass murder.   
對於大屠殺這件事，大家都流露出震驚及厭惡。

8. gender (n) male or female (gender = mental, sex = physical)  性別(男性或女性)
Beside the word ‘gender’ on the application form, Kirk checked ‘male.’
Kirk在申請表的性別欄旁勾選「男性」。

9. identity (n) the way one sees oneself  身分
Being Irish is an important part of Kim’s identity, even though he was born in the US.
即使Kim在美國出生，但有愛爾蘭血統是他的身份認同中很重要的一部分。