加载中…鼓励更多的女性参与科学、数学和赛车活动
(2012-05-31 11:21:26)
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凯瑟琳‧利格（Katherine Legge）在九岁时爱上汽车。现在她已经31岁，亲身参加全世界历史最悠久也最重要的赛事，－－印地安纳波利斯500英里（Indianapolis 500）大赛。在今年阵亡将士纪念日（Memorial Day）周末期间，她在印第安纳州（Indiana）的印地安纳波利斯成为挑战500英里（805公里）跑道的第九位女性并带领第一支女子赛车队。
利格在5月27日比赛期间所戴的头盔上有一个向美国230万名女童子军致敬的标记。作为美国女童子军首位STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）大使，她希望鼓励更多年轻女性学习STEM并在这些领域研读，发展自己的职业生涯。
她在5月27日告诉美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）：“此事对我真的很重要。我认为这些是日后应该追求的职业。”
在英国出生的利格说，她父母总是告诉她，她想做什么事都可以有出息。今天的年轻女性应该抱定“110%有志者事竟成的信念”追求自己的梦想。
她还认为应该有更多女赛车手，因为这这是一种“女性可以平等参与的体育活动，我们没有任何理由不能赢得比赛。”
今年的阵亡将士纪念日是5月28日。
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Looking for More Women in Science, Math — and Car Racing
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Katherine Legge fell in love with cars at age 9, and now at 31 she will compete in one of the oldest and most important automobile races in the world, the Indianapolis 500. She will be only the ninth woman to tackle the 500-mile (805-kilometer) course in Indianapolis, Indiana, this Memorial Day weekend — and she will lead the first all-female team.
Legge’s helmet for the May 27 race will bear a logo honoring America’s 2.3 million Girl Scouts. As the organization’s inaugural STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) ambassador, she wants to encourage more young women to study and seek careers in STEM fields.
“It’s really something that’s very close to my heart,” she told CNN May 25. “I think they are the careers you’ll need to be in, in the future.”
British-born Legge said her parents always told her she could be anything she wanted to be. Young women today should pursue their dreams “with 110 percent knowledge they can get there if they really, really want it,” she said.
And yes, she also thinks there should be more women race car drivers. It’s a sport “where women can compete equally,” Legge said, “and there’s absolutely no reason why we can’t be winning races.”
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