时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
On one summer weekend, my wife, son, and I entered an eight-kilometer running race at a place called Provo Canyon 1 in Utah. Now, most people think of running races on neighbor streets, uh, city streets, but in this race, participants ran on mountain trails in which you have to climb and descend 2 parts of the course. Now, when the race started, our son took off quickly, but my wife started and I stayed back and ran together. At times, we ran, and some parts, we walked because the hills were steep. Now, we're not very competitive 3, so we just enjoyed talking together and enjoying the scenery. Now, during the last part of the race, as I descended 4 a narrow, rocky trail behind my wife, I tripped on a rock or tree root . . . I don't remember . . . and I had a spectacular 6 fall, and in the process, I jammed my toe pretty hard. I quickly got back up and started again only to trip again. Now, I realized I had injured my toe, but I wasn't going to take the time to take off my shoe and sock to check the damage. Instead, we kept running, and I was feeling pretty good about our time.
However, after going about half kilometer, I realized that I was missing 7 my hat, or at least, I thought I had started with one. My wife couldn't remember if I had one or not, so we kept running. I just wasn't going to turn around and look for a hat at that point in the race. It was shortly after that I realized that my watch on my wrist was gone, and both my wife and I knew I had started the race with it. At that point, I knew I must have lost both the hat and the watch in the fall, but remarkably 8, I hadn't noticed either one when I fell.
 
Slightly discouraged, I encouraged my wife to go on ahead, and I would return back on the trail to see if I could find my things. And as I proceeded 9 up the trail, I passed a number of runners going the other way, and some wondered what I was doing, and so I asked a few people if they had seen my hat, to which they responded yes.
 
Well, after a little while, I spotted 10 my hat and broken watch right next to each other off the trail. I grabbed 11 them, and as it turned out, I must have fallen so hard that I hadn't noticed the things being ripped 5 off me. I quickly put my hat on and the watch . . . the broken watch . . . into my pocket and hurried down the trail, passing a few of the same people a few minutes earlier.
 
Now, my toe was throbbing 12 by that point, but I pressed on at a pretty quick pace, and once I was near the end, I saw that my son (who had finished about 30 minutes earlier) had run back up the trail to meet me and run with me to the end.
 
As it turned out, both my wife and son had won first place in their age groups, but I had no chance of placing. The problems I had really spoiled any hope of an award. However, as I sat down to rest after the race, I decided 13 to take off my shoe and check my toe, and come to find out, my sock was soaked 14 in blood. Pain and it hurt, but there was a bright side, if you could say that. I didn't receive any award for placing in my age group, but the race organizers had a special award, and it was called the Grizzly 15 Bruiser Award, and it's given for the most injured runner in the race.
 
So, how does this story and experience relate to you and me in everyday life? Although everyone would like to live a life of comfort and bliss 16, the reality is that we often face pain and struggle. However, the key to real happiness is turning pain into something positive. In other words, challenges can make us stronger if we let them. And you discover that you are simply blessed for being alive.
 

1. This race took place __________.
A. on city streets
B. by the lake
C. on mountain trails
2. What did Randall and Shirley do during the race?
A. They listened to music.
B. They enjoyed talking together.
C. They took pictures of the scenery.
 
3. Randall fell during the race when he ____________.
A. tripped on a rock
B. tried to pass another runner
C. dropped his water bottle
 
4. Which statement is true about the story?
A. Randall lost his watch, and he could never find it.
B. Randall won second place in his age group.
C. Randall finished after his wife and son.
 
5. According to Randall, what is the lesson we can from this type of experience?
A. Challenges in life can make us stronger.
B. You should always carry an extra watch with you.
C. Running in races can improve your physical strength.
 
正确答案:

1. on mountain trails
2. They enjoyed talking together.
3. tripped on a rock
4. Randall finished after his wife and son.
5. Challenges in life can make us stronger.


 

1 canyon
n.峡谷,溪谷
  • The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
  • The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。
2 descend
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降
  • I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
  • We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
3 competitive
adj.竞争的,比赛的,好竞争的,有竞争力的
  • Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
  • These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。
4 descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
5 ripped
adj.引人注目的,出色的,与众不同的
  • This is a spectacular film.这是一部场面壮观的电影。
  • This is the most spectacular financial crash of the decade.这是10年里最引人注目的金融破产事件。
6 missing
adj.遗失的,缺少的,失踪的
  • Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具,看有无丢失。
  • All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了,就短他一个。
7 remarkably
ad.不同寻常地,相当地
  • I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
  • He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。
8 proceeded
v.进行( proceed的过去式和过去分词 );前进;(沿特定路线)行进;(尤指打断后)继续说
  • The lawyer proceeded to tackle him on this subject. 律师在这一问题上继续与他交涉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The horse proceeded at a walk. 马儿慢慢前进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 spotted
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
10 grabbed
v.抢先,抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指匆忙地)取;攫取;(尤指自私、贪婪地)捞取
  • He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
  • She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。
11 throbbing
a. 跳动的,悸动的
  • My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动,身子在不住颤抖。
  • There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。
12 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。
13 soaked
adj.被湿透的,浸泡的;淋透的v.浸( soak的过去式和过去分词)
  • He woke up soaked with sweat. 他醒了,浑身大汗淋漓。
  • He soaked himself in the atmosphere of the place. 他沉浸在那一场合的气氛中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 grizzly
adj.略为灰色的,呈灰色的;n.灰色大熊
  • This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
  • Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来,灰熊不是社交型动物。
15 bliss
n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福
  • It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
  • He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize.他非常高兴,因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。
学英语单词
abortiva variola
allegan
amblyeleotris periophthalma
animal husbandry
application for drawback
autoselecting
basic atomic group
be a scorn to
bear-trap
beechy
bepraising
brans-dicke
break-even point
British Radio Communication
broglies
Brumado
Buendia, Embalse de
can-carrier
catch lever
cinoas
clathtate
clowning around
copper stripping electrolysis
Crotalus viridis
decking level
deconjugations
dennisonite (davisonite)
Derrick City
differentiabilities
diplococcus of Morax-Axenfeld
double-current method
El Bejuco
end-of-field marker
equity-warrants
finds oneself
flash of wit
force due of viscosity
gate current degradation
give tongue
glooming
half yearly account
hexaferrite
huskershredder
inertinites
inomyxoma fibromyxoma
Isonin
kerak
kolstad
lay of rope
Lena Trough
limit position of a link
lining method
mafes
malonyl thiourea
megalithic age
methidium
mixed sleep apnea
modem connection
mushroom cloud
notacaphylla chinensiae
occipitoiliac
older sisters
one bath two stage process
overpraises
pay honor to
pentamethazene
Phospatidylcholine
play close to the vest
premonitory pains
primary productivity
proxy attribute
psychic deafness
quarter wave length
queue type
reheating cycle
rim blight
Sabbathesque
sagueiro
sand shell moulding
sand stargazer
saracenis
sillenite
simultaneous prosperity
softball
spread oneself
Stellaria irrigua
stellasteropsis colubrinus
strategic communication
student experience
succinanilide
sunnyside up
take-up bearing
terminal wire
turbo fan
twin engined
unpathetic
vibration ramming
virtual disk system
wack
woodburners
zero power level
zero-water