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Winter X Games 飞腾！翻滚！冬季极限运动

详细资料: 创建于 2013年1月07日; 最后更新于 2023年12月18日; 发布于 2013年1月07日; 作者：Mike Lee; 点击数：389

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For fans of winter sports, nothing can match the excitement of the Winter X Games. Competitors use skis, snowboards, and snowmobiles to speed down icy slopes and launch into the sky. The events include so many gravity-defying tricks that some competitors spend just as much time in the air as they do on the snow.

对冬季运动迷来说，没什么可以比「冬季极限运动」来的刺激。参赛选手利用雪屐、雪上滑板与雪上摩托车快速滑下冰上斜坡，且将自己送上天际。极限运动比赛包含很多对抗地心引力的特技，而参赛者在天上与雪地上的时间一样多。

One exciting event is the Superpipe, which is like a half-pipe, but has much taller walls that allow snowboarders to get higher on their jumps. The athletes in the snowmobile event ─ Snocross ─ also spend a good amount of time in the air. This race involves speeds of over 95 km/h and jumps as long as 40 meters. Just watching the event gets your heart beating fast.

极限运动其中一项刺激的比赛项目为「超级半管」，一座外形像半个水管、但有高耸边墙的场地，让雪上滑板选手能跳得更高。而「雪地障碍赛」的雪上摩托车运动员也花大量时间在空中滞留；这项竞速运动包含了95公里时速，以及大约40公尺的飞越距离。单是观看这些比赛就足以让你心跳加速。

The X Games were started as a summer event in 1995 by ESPN, the American sports broadcaster. After a huge success, the winter games were added in 1997. Every year since then, the top winter athletes have come together to put on a great show. We should expect nothing less from the 17^th Winter X Games in January 2013.

极限运动会于1995年由美国运动转播公司ESPN创办，原是一项夏季活动。获得巨大成功后，冬季极限运动于1997年加入。此后，每年都有顶尖的冬季运动员齐聚一堂，连手完成一场伟大的表演。我们应该可以预料2013年1月的第17届冬季极限运动赛事将精采可期。

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competitor [kəmˋpɛtətɚ] n. 竞争者；对手

The race competitors lined up and waited for the sound of the starting gun.

slope [slop] n. 斜坡

Her legs were not strong enough to ride her bicycle up the slope.

launch [lɔntʃ] v. 发射；使升空

The rocket launched off the ground and sailed through the clouds.

athlete [ˋæθlit] n. 运动员

Susie is fast, strong, and probably the best athlete in her gym class.

involve [ɪnˋvɑlv] v. 需要，包含

(involve-involved-involved)

Being a good teacher involves listening and helping students.

broadcaster [ˋbrɔd͵kæstɚ] n. 广播电台；电视台

CNN is a well-known U.S. news broadcaster.

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snowboard [ˋsno͵bord] n. 滑雪板

snowmobile [ˋsnomo͵bil] n. 雪地机动车﹐摩托雪橇

gravity-defying [ˋgrævətɪ] [dɪˋfaɪɪŋ]] adj. 对抗地心引力的

snowboarder [ˋsno͵bordɚ] n. 滑雪板玩家

put on 演出 (戏剧)

expect nothing less 正如期待或预料

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The 2013 Winter X Games will be held from January 24th to 27th in Aspen, Colorado. The games are returning to this famous ski resort community in the mountains for the 12th year in a row. Winters here are very cold, with temperatures as low as -14^。C and tons of snow, but this is a paradise for winter sports. More than 200 winter athletes will come with the hopes of winning a gold medal.

2013年冬季极限运动会将在1月24日至27日于美国科罗拉多州的阿斯彭举办。这场盛事连续12年在这座位于群山中的滑雪胜地举行。伴随摄氏负14度低温，这里的冬天非常寒冷，不过它是冬季运动的天堂。将有超过200名冬季运动员，带着欲赢得金牌的希望来到此地。

Gaining more fans every year, the Winter X Games had more than 100,000 people come to witness the competitions with their own eyes in 2012. Visitors can ski during the day and attend concerts at night. Best of all, they get to watch up close the amazing X Games participants who put it all on the line.

随着爱好者数量每年不断成长，冬季极限运动在2012年有超过10万的观众亲临赛事。造访者白天可以从事滑雪运动，晚上则能参与演唱会。最棒的是：他们能够近距离观赏卯足全力演出的极限运动选手。

Even if you can’t make it to Aspen, the games are fantastic for television audiences, as cameras follow every twist and turn of the daring athletes. While these stunts can be extremely dangerous, they’re safe to watch from the sofa. Pay attention to your local TV schedule so you can catch all the action of the 2013 Winter X Games.

即便你无法亲临阿斯彭，但由于摄影机尾随无畏的运动员，捕捉他们的旋转和翻滚动作，极限赛事对电视机前的观众来说也是精彩万分。这些特技虽然是极度危险，从沙发上观赏相对很安全。留意你居住所在地的电视时刻表，你便能捕捉2013冬季极限运动完整赛事。