【英语趣味课堂】冬季运动-Winter Sports

 Todd: So, Christian¹, you're into skiing. What is it about skiing that you like?

 

Christian: It's just fun to go out with your friends, enjoy a day and have fun cause you can do so many things when you're out there on the slopes. You can go jumping and just cruise² down and, there's just so many things you can do. Just the fact that you can hang out with your friends all day. It's just fun, it's just a relaxed atmosphere.

 

Todd: Now do you go skiing in Japan?

 

Christian: I haven't yet but I want to go. I mean, Nagano prefecture has, as far as I know, a lot of good places because of the Olympics and everything so. I would like to go and check it out but so far, I haven't had the chance, no.

 

Todd: What do you need to know to be a good skier³? See, actually I don't ski, so I went one time and it didn't work out to well, so.

 

Christian: Well, you know, practice makes perfect, right! So it's all about practicing. You go out there, you go someone who knows the game and they'll teach you. Spend a couple of days and you'll be a full-blown skier.

 

Todd: Have you ever trained somebody how to ski?

 

Christian: Actually, I went skiing once when I was in Australia, that was in 2002, and I had a friend with me from Singapore and he'd never seen snow before, so we went out. I was snow boarding and he was actually downhill skiing, and it was a fun experience for him because he didn't know what was going on, so I taught him a bit but, yeah, he didn't really learn that much. Maybe I was, I don't know if I was a bad teacher or he was a bad skier, maybe a combination⁴ of both

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Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

slope

 

When you're out there on the slopes.

 

In the example "slope" refers to a ski run or path on a mountain.  In more general terms, a slope is ground that has an incline⁵, like the side of a hill or mountain.  Notice the following:

 

The road to my house has a steep slope.

My legs are tired from skiing on the slopes all day.

cruise

 

You can cruise down.

 

To "cruise" is to go at a fast, but controlled speed.  You can use this word to talk about driving a car, skiing, running, or anything were there is movement forward.  Notice the following:

 

He likes to cruise around in his car when the weather is nice.

She cruised⁶ past me on her bicycle.

practice makes perfect

 

You know, practice makes perfect, right!

 

This is a common phrase that we use to say that if you practice something for a long time you can become very good at it.  Notice the following:

 

I know that practice makes perfect, but she has been playing the same song on the piano for two hours!!

My mother always tells me that practice makes perfect.

full-blown

 

Spend a couple of days and you'll be a full-blown skier.

 

We use "full-blown" as an adjective⁷ to say that someone or something is completely developed or at a high level of ability or strength.  Notice the following:

 

I saw him a few years ago, before he was a full-blown politician.  

It started out as only a few raindrops, but now it's a full-blown storm.

train

 

Have you trained somebody how to ski?

 

To "train" someone how to do something is to teach them, usually by showing them how to do it rather than telling them.  We use this word to describe teaching⁸ sports and technical skills.  Notice the following:

 

When you first start the job they will train you for two weeks before you start.

Have you had computer training?

 

1 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

2 cruise   

v.巡航，航游，缓慢巡行；n.海上航游

参考例句：

• They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
• She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。

3 skier   

n.滑雪运动员

参考例句：

• She is a skier who is unafraid of danger.她是一名敢于冒险的滑雪者。
• The skier skimmed across the snow.滑雪者飞快地滑过雪地。

4 combination   

n.组合，合并，联合；

参考例句：

• He carried on the business in combination with his friends.他与朋友们合伙做生意。
• The materials can be used singly or in combination.这些材料可以单独使用也可以混合用。

5 incline   

v.(使)倾斜；倾向于，赞同；n.斜坡，斜面

参考例句：

• I incline to his opinion on this matter.对这件事我倾向于他的观点。
• The coach breast ed a slight incline.马车上了一个慢坡。

6 cruised   

v.乘船巡游( cruise的过去式和过去分词 )；以快而平稳的速度长距离行驶；巡航；轻而易举赢得（或获得）

参考例句：

• They cruised along in top gear . 他们驾车高速行驶。
• The coastguard cutter cruised along the coast looking for smugglers. 水上警察缉私船沿海巡逻搜寻走私犯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 adjective   

n.形容词；adj.形容词的，用作形容词的

参考例句：

• Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
• The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。

8 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。