【英语时差8，16】谈谈拳击
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
英语课
Mike: Hi, Amanda. Why don't you sit down and watch this boxing match on TV? It's a championship fight.
Amanda: No way, Mike. I hate boxing! I don't understand why people enjoy watching two grown men beat the living daylights out of each other. Aren't we supposed to be living in a more civilized 1 world now? Are we barbarians 2? Does violence ever solve anything?
Mike: Now that you put it that way, I'm not sure what to think. All I know is that there's something moving about watching two guys struggling against each other with every last ounce of strength－fighting through the pain and the fatigue 3, getting back up once they've been knocked down.
Amanda: But it's so horrible to watch! Why can't they struggle against each other with their minds instead of just using their brute 4 strength?
Mike: Maybe you'd like this new sport called "chessboxing," then. Competitors alternate between four-minute rounds of chess and three-minute rounds of boxing. Whoever gets a knockout or a checkmate first wins－it's the ultimate combination of brain and brawn 5!
Amanda: That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of ... yet it's also strangely brilliant.
Mike: I know. I've already decided 6 to start training－I want to represent Taiwan if this ever becomes an Olympic sport!
a.有教养的，文雅的
- Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
- rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为
n.野蛮人( barbarian的名词复数 )；外国人；粗野的人；无教养的人
- The ancient city of Rome fell under the iron hooves of the barbarians. 古罗马城在蛮族的铁蹄下沦陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It conquered its conquerors, the barbarians. 它战胜了征服者——蛮族。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
n.疲劳，劳累
- The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
- I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
n.野兽，兽性
- The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
- That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。
n.体力
- In this job you need both brains and brawn.做这份工作既劳神又费力。
- They relied on brains rather than brawn.他们靠的是脑力，而不是体力。