英语博客：Cross Sport Training.-英语课

时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：英语博客 A cup of English

英语课

　　Cross Sport Training.

You know, being a mother is an interesting job. I sit back sometimes and consider the influence that I have over my children; it's quite a responsibility. My likes and dislikes are obviously 1 reflected in how I run the home, in what I do, in places we go, and even in the things that we eat. Because I am homeschooling two of my sons at the moment, I have decided 2 to exert 3 my influence over them for their physical good. Cross training! I first heard about it through my other son, Cass, who goes to a cross sport training facility to get in top shape for baseball. It is a total body workout. When I spoke 4 to one of the trainers, he told me that, unlike other gyms, they do not isolate 5 muscle groups in cross sport. The whole body moves in each of the activities. Because of that, the workouts are intense 6 but short. So, Hudson and Robert have started to go twice a week for a hard and fast muscle building experience. The first time they went, I sat and observed. The workouts are never the same. They started by raising and throwing to the ground an eight pound ball. They did this about ten times. Then they had to jump up with both feet at the same time onto and off of a huge wheel. Next, they climbed a net up to the ceiling. Finally, they had to run around the track a couple of times. They repeated all of this three times. The whole thing only took about fifteen minutes. Another thing to take into consideration is that you don't get any breaks at all, not even one minute of rest! So, when the boys had finished working out, they came and collapsed 7 on the sofa that I was sitting on. They were all red faced, but happy. I chatted to the trainer a little, and the next thing I knew, the boys were up and pulling weights on a sled. Kids recuperate 8 so quickly! They wanted some more action. I'll take them again tomorrow, and see what other whole body work outs the trainer has planned for them.

Grammar notes.

Expressions and vocabulary: to sit back and …., to recuperate, to isolate.

It is important to sit back and reflect on one's day, don't you think?

It took the marathon runner three days to recuperate from the race.

He had to be isolated 9 because of the virus he was carrying.

1 obviously

adv.显然；明白地

Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

2 decided

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 exert

vt.用（力），尽（力），运用，发挥，施加

He likes to exert his authority.他喜欢行使自己的权力。
We must exert ourselves to catch up with them,or it would be too late.我们要急起直追，否则就太晚了。

4 spoke

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说