万花筒 2008-12-05&12-06 圣诞老人世界锦标赛

As the song goes, he knows when we were sleeping and when we were awake and when we were bad or good. But who knows he could also do this for goodness sake. Welcome to the mountains of Switzerland where more than a hundred men and women competed in a Santa Claus World Championship. To win you don’t just have to look the part, but be able to belt out a few carols. (Wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year.) Be able to scale a chimney in no time flat and be able to cope with some donkeys through the snow. You may be asking yourselves why donkeys. It seems they just couldn’t round up enough reindeer¹ for the event.

There was also a sprint² involving presents, but then there was this, some kind of ball toss event. And then to make it even more surreal, contestants³ got into this contraption from what we can gather the Santas strapped⁴ themselves to Bungee Cords and jumped up and down on trampolines, all while try to catch ornaments⁵ being thrown at them. At least there was drinking involved.

We will let the winner explain what it took to claim the title. “We’ve  trained very hard the whole year, especially mentally because we celebrate Saint Nicolas day our clock since over a hundred and forty years and so we are best prepared for that job as we proved today.”

For that they get 4000 dollars and of course bragging rights

EA,the associated press

 

1 reindeer   

n.驯鹿

参考例句：

• The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来。
• The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活。

2 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。

3 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 strapped   

adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带

参考例句：

• Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 ornaments   

n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 )；点缀；装饰品；首饰v.装饰，点缀，美化( ornament的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments. 架子上堆满了装饰品。
• Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments. 一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 来自《简明英汉词典》