情景英语口语100主题 041track and field events田径

041　track and field events

Words
Athletics¹ high jump triple jump long jump shot-put hurdle² sprint³ starting blocks pole vault⁴ train overtake javelin⁵ discus lane metres(event)

Phrases
Win an event
Take part in
Break a record
Beat a personal best
Throw the javelin
Jump…metres
Win a title
Cross the finish line

Beginner
A; when I was at school, I was quite good at track and field events. I was on the school team for the long jump, 100 and 200 meter sprints⁶ and the javelin.
B: really? I was quite good at the hurdles⁷ and the discus.
A; I wish that I were good at the discus, but I could rarely throw it in the right direction! I was awful. With the hurdles, I could never jump over them!
B; I thought you were good at the high jump!
A; no, I was good at the long jump. I liked the sprints best.
B: did you ever win any competitions?
A; I was regional champion for the 100 and 200 meters. I usually did well in the dong jump competitions, but I couldn’t compete with kids from other schools in the javelin. How about you?
B; I came second and third a few times in the regional championships, but I never won. Did you ever take part in the national championship for the sprinting⁸ events?
A; yes, I did, but I didn’t do very well. I made the final in both events, but came last. At least I made the final. I was very pleased with that.

Intermediate
A: do you have a copy of today’s paper? I want to check the results from the world athletics championship.
B; yes, I ‘m just reading them myself. It’s been a great competition. We got gold medals in three events.
A; yes, we won the men’s 110 metres hurdles. I watched that on TV. What other events did we win?
B; we won the men’s high jump and the women’s 1500 meters.
A; that’s great. Those athletes must train for years to get into peak physical condition. They must be terribly disappointed if they don’t win.
B; the woman who won the 1500 meters also broke the world record by 2 seconds.
A; that’s amazing! Were any other records broken?
B; a Russian man broke the discus record by a centimeters. Out best athlete broke his personal best in the long jump, but it only got him third place.
A: did you see the final of the men’s 100 metres? It was very exciting. One competitor made two false starts.
B: was he disqualified?
A yes, he was. I imagine he must be very angry with himself for that.

1 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

2 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

3 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

4 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

5 javelin   

n.标枪，投枪

参考例句：

• She achieved a throw of sixty metres in the javelin event.在掷标枪项目中，她掷了60米远。
• The coach taught us how to launch a javelin.教练教我们投标枪。

6 sprints   

n.短距离的全速奔跑( sprint的名词复数 )v.短距离疾跑( sprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• You can run sprints only so long before you're out of breath. 你死命地跑，只能跑那么一段时间，到了喘不上气的时候，只好停下来。 来自辞典例句
• The cheetah finds the open grasslands ideal footing for its lightning-quick sprints. 非洲猎豹把开阔的草原作为它们闪电猎食的理想处所。 来自互联网

7 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

8 sprinting   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stride length and frequency are the most important elements of sprinting. 步长和步频是短跑最重要的因素。 来自互联网
• Xiaoming won the gold medal for sprinting in the school sports meeting. 小明在学校运动会上夺得了短跑金牌。 来自互联网