运动休闲—My Ski Story: You Can Make It!

Go skiing has been a dream to me, especially since I was bothered to learn skating. Don’t be afraid of ski. Let’s enjoy skiing! 

 

　　Go skiing has been a dream to me, because it takes me so long to learn skating, so I take for granted¹ it would take me forever to ski perfectly².

　　On the way to the ski spot, all I am thinking about is: will I fall down? What should I do if do fall? Will it hurt my body? Even though they are not questions at all to those advanced skiers, it really bothers me for a while. To be, or not to be? Just wait and see.

　　Got the clothes and ski equipments ready, just found there were so many people, I was totally at the sea, and didn’t know what I should do. I was a little bit scared, my legs were trembling, and I knew I will fall down very soon. I noticed my friends have started themselves, even though what I saw was their fall. I knew the hardest thing was to get started.

　　I have been standing³ here for ten minutes; I can’t wait any more, and otherwise the whole day will be wasted. I poked⁴ the poles into the snow, so I got started. I got stared, I got the speed, ha-ha, but, but the moment I got speed, it was the end of the beginning. The speed only lasted less than thirty seconds, I toppled. And you know I am a very persistent⁵ girl, so I tried so much effort to get up (by the way, it was very hard to stand up in the snow too, I will tell you how to make it later.) To be honest with you, just in the primary slope, I didn’t know how many times I have kissed the snow. Every time when I thought I can ski well, can ski like flying, then I toppled again. Even though I was told if you want to learn skiing, you have to be ready to topple，I had to stop this, had to find a way to solve the problem.

　　What I did next was found a place and stood there quietly; I began to watch the skiers around me, how they positioned their bodies over their skis. Hey, look at those advanced skiers: they stand so relaxed, knees slightly bent⁶- their body almost perpendicular⁷ to the hill. The center of their gravity was on the leading part of their skis, not on the tails. So, now, come on, fix yourself, and maintain⁸ your weight on the balls of your feet, bent your knees a little, I bet⁹ you have got the feeling. Keep skiing. Ha, you got it, now you can start skiing and can ski for hundreds meters without falling.

　　Since I don’t know how to turn myself, I am still a novice，so my first ski story will stop now, I just would like to sum up a little bit:

●　Don’t be afraid of ski. Nobody knows it when he was born.

●　Besides money, you have to bring enough clothes, gloves, hats to make yourself warm, and also the sun glass if you want to be cool. If you don’t have water proofed¹⁰ clothes, you can rent them in the ski spot.

●　If you don’t want to fall down too many times, then don’t get started in a rush, just watch how the advanced skiers position their body over the skies.

●　When you think you can get started, just remember to control the center of your gravity on the leading part of your skis, not on the tails, bent your knees a little.

　　Ok, don’t sit there any more. Believe yourself, when you believe it, you can make it, let’s enjoy skiing!

1 granted   

conj.假定，就算v.（退一步）承认( grant的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指正式地或法律上）同意；准许；让渡

参考例句：

• The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners. 总统大赦了所有的政治犯。
• She feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain. 她担心不会获准再次踏足英伦。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

6 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

7 perpendicular   

adj.垂直的，直立的；n.垂直线，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The two lines of bones are set perpendicular to one another.这两排骨头相互垂直。
• The wall is out of the perpendicular.这墙有些倾斜。

8 maintain   

vt.支撑；赡养，抚养；维持，保有

参考例句：

• He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。
• We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。

9 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

10 proofed   

给（织物）做防护处理，使防水（proof的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He edited, proofed and supervised these books in production. 他编辑、校对并监督印制了这些书。
• I think I need to get this report proofed before I hand it in. 我想在这篇报告交出去之前，我需要校对一下。 来自轻松英语会话---联想3000词(上)