大学英语六级听力练习 006

 

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity . It may be walking , cycling , or swimming , or in winter , skating or sking . It may be a game of some forms —football , basketball, hockey , golf of tennis. It may be mountaineering . Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment¹ . Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship , and to take risks in high mountains ? This astonishment it caused , probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure² . Mountaineering is a sport and not a game . There are no man made rules , as others , as there are for such games as golf and football . There are , of course , rules of different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore , but it is this freedom from man made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people . Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods . If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports , we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this . There are , it is true , no “matcher” between “ teams” of climbers , but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend , there is obviously³ teamwork .

1 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。

2 leisure   

n.空闲时间，空暇；悠闲，安逸

参考例句：

• I am seldom at leisure.我很少有空。
• He read books at his leisure.他在空闲时读一些书。

3 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• 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。