新西兰英语 328 Laws for Adventure Tourism

　　The government said that there will be new safety laws for adventure tourism.
Nearly two years ago, a British tourist, Emily Jordan, aged¹ 21, died when she was river-boarding in Queenstown. She was trapped under a rock and drowned. The company which operated this river-boarding had no training, no rescue plan and no rescue equipment. The company was fined $66,000 and had to pay $80,000 to the family. Emily Jordan’s father wrote to the Prime Minister to say that adventure tourism operators in New Zealand needed to have training, safety checks and a licence.
There are about 1500 adventure tourism operators in New Zealand, many of them in Queenstown. About 850,000 foreign visitors each year enjoy activities like bungy jumping, rafting, jet boating, quad-biking, tandem² sky diving and tandem parapenting, and the number of new activities is increasing. People enjoy the thrill of doing something a little bit risky³ but they also need to know that these activities are as safe as possible.
A report this week says that adventure tourism operators will need to be registered. There will also be safety checks and operators will need to have rescue plans. However, the report does not say that all operators need qualifications because there are no qualifications for some activities like quad-biking.
In recent years there have been a number of deaths from outdoor adventures. Listen to April 17th 2008 to hear about our worst adventure tourism tragedy which killed six young people.
Questions
1. Why do people do things like sky diving?
2. One well-known doctor in Dunedin said he has done bungy jumping several times. He said it gave him courage for his life. Do you think bungy jumping gives people courage to do other things?
3. There is always a risk in outdoor activities like skiing, surfing or hang gliding⁴. How can people who do these things keep themselves safe?

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 tandem   

n.同时发生；配合；adv.一个跟着一个地；纵排地；adj.（两匹马）前后纵列的

参考例句：

• Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
• He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。

3 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。

4 gliding   

v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的

参考例句：

• Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
• The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。