英语小达人 115 Hand Gliding

 　　Hand Gliding¹

　　第19单元 驾驶滑翔翼

　　Peter is a hand gliding instructor² in California. People come from all over the world to learn how to hand-glide³. He also teaches movie stars that need to know how to hand glide for movies.

　　彼得是加州一名滑翔翼教练，世界各地的人都来向他学习如何驾驶滑翔翼。他也教那些需要知道如何在电影里驾驶滑翔翼的电影明星。

　　Today, Peter was teaching a very famous person who was making an action movie.

　　今天，彼得正在教一个很有名气的人，他正准备拍一部动作片。

　　Peter strapped⁴ the movie star into the glider⁵. They had spent all afternoon practicing and now the movie star was going up all by himself.

　　彼得把这个电影明星绑在滑翔翼上。他们整个下午都在练习，现在这个电影明星要一个人试试看。

　　The movie star was doing exactly what he has learned that day when something went wrong. The glider began slowly to fall. Peter had to save him.

　　虽然他完全按照他那天学到的方法去做，结果还是出了事；他的滑翔翼开始慢慢往下掉。彼得必须去救他才行。

　　He jumped onto his own glider and few over to where the man was. The movie star was panicking. Peter unstrapped the man and told him to hang on to him.

　　他跳上自己的滑翔翼往电影明星那边飞过去，那个人一阵惊慌失措，彼得则帮他解开绳子，叫他抓住他。

　　The man did what he was told just in time to watch his glider fall into the valley below.

　　那个人按照彼得的话去做，及时抓住彼得，然后看着自己的滑翔翼掉进下面的山谷。

　　To thank him for saving his life, the movie star cast him a part in his movie.

　　为了感谢彼得的救命之恩，这个电影明星便替他在自己的电影里安排了一个角色。

1 gliding   

v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的

参考例句：

• Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
• The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。

2 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

3 glide   

n./v.溜，滑行；(时间)消逝

参考例句：

• We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着，眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
• So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞，宛如滑翔。

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 glider   

n.滑翔机；滑翔导弹

参考例句：

• The glider was soaring above the valley.那架滑翔机在山谷上空滑翔。
• The pilot managed to land the glider on a safe place.那个驾驶员设法让滑翔机着陆到一个安全的地方。