課文內(nèi)容
詞匯： Extreme sports 極限運動
Tired of your quiet routine? How about leaving your computer games behind and taking up an extreme sport?
You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case you're halfway to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some rough terrain. Mountain biking was developed in California in the 1970s and became an Olympic sport in 1996. In the London 2012 games athletes had to navigate a 4.7-kilometre track in less than two hours.
Not challenging enough? Skydivers jump from aircraft at an altitude of 1,000 to 4,000 metres. You have to be fit but there's no age limit with this sport. Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump aged 54. The minute she came down she wanted to go up again. "I was hooked", said Dilys.
Some adrenaline junkies are even bolder – they've invented base jumping, in which people leap from tall structures, such as buildings or bridges, with a parachute. Many of their stunts aren't legal, especially in urban areas. Dan Witchalls has jumped off The Shard - London's 310 metre-high skyscraper - four times. He says: "Base jumping is scarier than jumping out of a plane. In a plane there's no perception of height, but when you are standing on the edge of the building you can see people and cars - it makes it very real."
It seems there's no lack of imagination when it comes to risking life to look cool and get the heart pounding. Surfing, scuba diving, rock climbing… How about turning one of your chores into a daredevil pursuit? 'Extreme ironing' isn't for wimps! Pressing your shirt on top of a mountain could be dangerous, depending on the mountain. Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in the English town of Leicester by a man who saw a pile of wrinkled clothes and felt bored. That was Phil Shaw who also won the only Extreme Ironing Championships ever held, in Germany in 2002. For him, the thrill of this sport comes from looking at the spectators' faces. Shaw says: "Sometimes they look confused, sometimes they laugh. It's fun to see how people respond to it."
詞匯表
an extreme sport 極限運動
a mountain biker 山地車車手
terrain 地帶，地面
to navigate 騎車通過，對付（艱險路面）
a skydiver 跳傘者，跳傘運動員
altitude 海拔高度
fit 身體健康的，健壯的
hooked 著迷了，上癮了
adrenaline junkie 尋求刺激的人（喜歡腎上腺素帶來的興奮感的人）
bolder 更勇敢無畏
a stunt 驚險動作，特技
to pound （心臟）怦怦地跳
scuba diving 水肺潛水
a chore 令人討厭的瑣事，家務(wù)活
a daredevil pursuit 大膽的追求
a wimp 軟弱的人
wrinkled 皺巴巴的，有皺的
a thrill 刺激，興奮感
測驗與練習(xí)
1. 閱讀課文并回答問題。
1. What sort of surface do mountain bikers train on?
2. Was 54-year-old Dilys Price terrified after her first parachute jump?
3. Why is jumping off a building scarier than jumping out of a plane?
4. True or false? Extreme ironing was invented by a man who likes ironing.
5.?Where does the excitement of extreme ironing come from, according to the article?
2. 請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。
1. My cousin Billy goes surfing every week and now he wants to try skydiving. He is __________.
an adrenaline junkie ? ? ? a wimp ? ? ? ? ? ? a spectator ? ? ? a mountain biker
2. Leave your parachute at home. Today we are going __________.
base jumping ? ? ? scuba diving ? ? ? skydiving ? ? ? rock climbing
3. I'm not very fit. We've been running for a few minutes and my heart is already __________.
beating ? ? ? hooked ? ? ? tired ? ? ? pounding
4. I'm going to become a professional mountain biker. Why not turn a hobby __________ a career?
over ? ? ?into ? ? ? on ? ? ? to
5. What are you doing with this ironing board on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro? I'm __________.
confused ? ? ? bored ? ? ? tired ? ? ? fit
答案
1. 閱讀課文并回答問題。
1. What sort of surface do mountain bikers train on?
Rough terrain.
2. Was 54-year-old Dilys Price terrified after her first parachute jump?
No. Dilys wanted to do it again. The Cardiff native said she was hooked.
3. Why is jumping off a building scarier than jumping out of a plane?
Because there is no perception of height from a plane. When you jump off a building you can see people and cars, which makes it feel more real.
4.?True or false? Extreme ironing was invented by a man who likes ironing.?
False. He was bored of ironing and invented extreme ironing to make it more fun.
5. Where does the excitement of extreme ironing come from, according to the article?
The article says the "thrill" (excitement) comes from "looking at the spectators' faces".
2. 請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。
1. My cousin Billy goes surfing every week and now he wants to try skydiving. He is an adrenaline junkie.
2. Leave your parachute at home. Today we are going scuba diving.
3. I'm not very fit. We've been running for a few minutes and my heart is already pounding.
4. I'm going to become a professional mountain biker. Why not turn a hobby into a career?
5. What are you doing with this ironing board on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro? I'm confused.
