Car Speeding

Car Speeding

 

Jason has always loved driving fast and living on the edge. Even as a young man growing up in Vancouver, Canada, he was a risk taker.

Journalist: You did ¹⁾extreme things. I mean, you bungee jumped and you had motorcycles, and you were always a ²⁾daredevil, were you not?

Jason: Yes. I was always, you know, when I was 16 everyone else got a car, I got a motorcycle. I just wanted to live every minute. I was a ³⁾rugby player, I was a ⁴⁾hockey player. I love to challenge myself. And I love to compete, and I just love all that.

And from his earliest years, Jason loved another risky¹ business, acting². His big break came at just 21 years old on Beverly Hills 90210. But he was also still involved in car racing³.

"You don’t get to drive those cars just because you’re famous. You get to drive those cars because you are a racecar driver.”         

---Jason Priestly

And he didn’t just race cars. Jason’s thrill seeking extended to piloting 50-foot Cigarette Boats in dangerous ocean races. Jason has ⁵⁾crashed or spun⁴ out several times on the car ⁶⁾racetrack and once in a boat race, his ⁷⁾restlessness turned to ⁸⁾recklessness in a Los Angeles neighborhood.

Journalist: So if I say to you, are you a daredevil, what do you say?

Jason: No, I don’t think so. I don’t think that I’m a daredevil. I think that I like to challenge myself.

Journalist: But you’ve had three accidents, two in cars and one in a boat. Right?

Jason: Sure.

Journalist: Don’t say sure, doesn’t everybody, I mean. You’re a little accident-prone, maybe.

Jason: No, I don’t think I’m accident-prone. I think anytime you’re competing like that, whether you’re racing cars or you’re racing boats, you know, I think that incidents happen. Unfortunately me being me, you just heard about it.

Journalist: Sure. Were you ever tempted⁵ or are you tempted now to quit racing?

Jason: There was a time right after the accident where had you asked me that question I would have said, “Yeah, I’m all done. I’ll never race again.” But as the months go on and as the memory of what had happened ⁹⁾recedes, you know, I start thinking about getting back into a racecar.

Journalist: Oh, Jason!

Jason: But I’m, you know, I don’t want to do anything that’s going to ¹⁰⁾jeopardize⁷ my ability to work as an actor. Because you know as much as I love racecar driving, I love being an actor.

Journalist: The devil is not racing cars for you, is he? You may indeed get in that car again.

Jason: Yeah. Do you see the smile that put on my face just thinking about driving a racecar?

 

极速奔驰

贾森一直都喜欢开快车，并勇于尝试冒险。他在加拿大的温哥华长大，还年纪轻轻时，他就是一位冒险家了。

记者：你做过很多极端冒险的事。比如，你蹦级，有几辆摩托车，一直天不怕地不怕，对吗？

贾森：是的。我一直这样。我16岁时，别人都有汽车，我只有摩托车。我想争分夺秒地活着。我打橄榄球，也打曲棍球。我爱挑战自我，喜欢竞争，并且只爱这些。

更从早年起，贾森爱上了另一种冒险行业--表演。出演《飞越比佛利》是他演艺生涯的一大突破，当时他才21岁。但是与此同时，他也参与赛车运动。

“你能不能驾驶，并不靠名气。你要是一位赛车手，才有资格驾驶。”

-贾森·普莱斯利

贾森不只赛车，他进行的刺激运动还有在风险性大的海上摩托赛上驾驶50英尺长的西格莱特赛艇。在赛车跑道上，贾森数次撞车和冲出跑道，在赛艇中也发生过一次意外。在洛杉矶，他的好动变成了胆大鲁莽。

记者：如果我说你胆大鲁莽，你会怎样？

贾森：不，我不这样认为。我认为我不是蛮干，我只是喜欢自我挑战而已。

记者：但你出过三次事故，两次是赛车，一次是赛船，对吧？

贾森：当然。

记者：不要说当然，不是每个人都出事的。可能你特别容易发生事故。

贾森：不，不是的。我认为凡是比赛，不管赛车也好赛船也好，只要竞争就难免有事故发生。不幸的是，因为我比较有名，我一出事你就会听说到。

记者：当然了。那你是否有过或者会不会有退出比赛的打算？

贾森：如果你这个问题是在我出事后的那段时间问的，我会说：“是的，结束；我再也不会去赛车了。”但几个月下来，随着对事故记忆的淡去，我又开始考虑赛车了。

记者：噢，贾森！

贾森：但是你要知道，任何会危及到我表演能力的事情，我都不会去做。因为我爱赛车，也同样爱表演。

记者：你并不觉得赛车棘手可怕，对吧？你会再次发动你的赛车。

贾森：是的。一想到赛车，我脸上就会笑开花，你看到了吗？

 

注释:

1) extreme [iks5tri:m] a. 极端的

2) daredevil [5dZE7devl] n. 铤而走险的人

3) rugby [5rQ^bi] n. 橄榄球

4) hockey [5hCki] n. 马球

5) crash [krAF] v. 碰撞，撞击

6) racetrack [5reistrAk] n. 跑道

7) restlessness [5restlisnis] n. 不安宁

8) recklessness [5reklisnis] n. 鲁莽

9) recede⁶ [ri5si:d] v. 后退

10) jeopardize [5dVepEdaiz] v. 危害

 

 

1 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。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

4 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

5 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

6 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

7 jeopardize   

vt.危及，损害

参考例句：

• Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
• If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。