减肥瘦身英语口语话题 第137期:准备面对竞赛

 　　Unit 137 Gear¹ up for the competition

　　Unit 137 准备面对竞赛

　　Certain physical activities,such as running,offer competitive² events that can help you improve your performance."I was running off and on for a number of years,but I didn't really become serious about it until I signed up for my first race,"recalls Lou Stanton,a Chicago stockbroker,"It was just a little three-miler,but it was so much fun that I got hooked³.Today,I run a lot faster,a lot stronger and a lot more regularly."

　　有些运动，例如跑步，会提供可以增进你运动表现的各种竞赛。芝加哥一位名叫路.史坦登的股票经纪人回忆道：“我一直断断续续地跑步跑了好几年，但是直到我报告参加第一次赛跑时我对这次运动才很认真。虽然那只是短短三英里的赛程，但却是非常好玩，结果我就上瘾了。现在，我跑得更快、更有力，也更有规律了。”

1 gear   

n.齿轮，传动装置，设备，衣服；vt.使适应

参考例句：

• We have to gear our lives to the new changes.我们必须使自己的生活适应新的变化。
• The teeth of the wheel gear into each other.齿轮互相啮合。

2 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• 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。

3 hooked   

adj.钩状的，弯曲的

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve. 12 岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水。
• He hooked his arm round her neck and pulled her head down. 他一只胳膊钩在她的脖子上，把她的头拉低。