万花筒 2008-10-17&10-18 背老婆大赛

Racers ready, 3, 2, 1, go!

 

This is a competition that takes strength, agility¹ and yes, a good sense of humor.

 

Strategies for Joyce to try out to laugh the whole time, ‘cause that makes me laugh

 

Seriously, it's tough to watch the North American Wife-Carrying championships without cracking a smile.

 

That's really fun! It's thought for sure (you) sweeping² the light weight.

 

Yeah.

 

Sure, if your idea of fun is hoping your husband doesn't splash you in the face, or knock your head into a log when he runs.

 

Watch your head!

 

Or from his perspective, navigating³ in an obstacle course with at least 100 pounds on his back

 

And did we mention the supportive crowds?

 

They want them to fall and loud.

 

Still, Kevin and Joyce Quiros believe this is the perfect way to end their honeymoon⁴.

 

We made it through the wedding, and now we are in like, pretty much lose weight from all the junk we ate in our honeymoon.

 

Ri Fahnestock and Sarah Silverberg actually suggested this to their friends Austin Stonebreaker and Carey Girod as a good bonding activity.

 

Ri and Sarah take the lead!

 

They may have gotten a little carried away with the competition. Believe it or not, the two couples took the first and the second place.

 

We brought them. I don't know what we were thinking.

 

I don't know what we were thinking neither.

 

Let's give it up to our winners today!

 

Now what they're thinking is: what will we do with all these beer?

 

The winner takes home the wife's weight in Bud Light.

 

So when you see Silverberg driving by with four cases...

 

Guess the heavy lifting is not over yet.

 

1 agility   

n.敏捷，活泼

参考例句：

• The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
• His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。

2 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

3 navigating   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网

4 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。