聽(tīng)力每日練習(xí) listen 4554 Popularized bungee

1--In 1986，a New Zealander Hakett popularized Bungee as a tommercialized sport of mass entertainment. This sport is very challenging. It is a test of people's psycological ability of endurance.Especially when descending , as if they are watching a fast forward tape and when they bounce back，they sway around. The timid people will shrink back at the sight of it. Even if they jump off, they find it hard to avoid screaming with closed eyes. No wonder people give the title "brave"to anyone who jumps off.
 
2--You see，the bungee participants take a deep breath when they stand at the starting spot and then，like diving，their heads are over heels and they jump off into the realm of the combination of heaven and earth. The wind roars at their ears and their bodies rapidly descend. They do not even have enough time to do several gymnastic movements and they are rebounded to the upper air by the cord.
 
1--Entrusting life to the care of a rope indeed requires infinite courage.
 
2--A young French fellow recalled his first bungee experience and said,"When I fastened the cord and walked to the platform ,I was extremely nervous. When  I  looked  down，I  was  nervous even more. If the cord had broken , I would be knocked to“bakemeat".However, I knew my worries were unwanted. I was afraid if I retreated others might say something about me. I had to harden my heart and impose my head downward.I only felt wind wiring at my ears. My body rapidly descended. I thought that after only seven or eight seconds I was rebounded to upper air by the cord. In fact it was 30 seconds. Maybe because of my nervousness，I only felt seven or eight seconds. When rebounding to the high altitude，I felt a sudden sense of relief. I did not feel nervous very much，but very comfortable.”
 
1--It is hard to come by in life that you experience this kind of "comfortable"
 
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注解：
 
1.popularized推廣
2.participants參與者
3.courage勇氣
 
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譯文：
 
1--1986年新西蘭人哈肯特把蹦極作為商業(yè)性大眾娛樂(lè)運(yùn)動(dòng)推廣了它。這一運(yùn)動(dòng)具有挑戰(zhàn)性，是對(duì)人心理承受力的考驗(yàn)，特別是下降時(shí)，好像是看按了快進(jìn)的像帶，返回時(shí)左右搖擺，膽小者會(huì)望而卻步，即使跳了下去，也難免緊閉雙眼大喊大叫，難怪人們會(huì)給每一個(gè)跳下去的人以“勇敢者”的稱號(hào)。
2--你看，蹦極者在跳前深吸一口氣，然后像跳水一樣，頭朝下腳朝上，縱身一躍便融入那種與天地合一的境界，耳邊呼呼生風(fēng)，身體急速下降，還沒(méi)來(lái)得及做幾個(gè)體操動(dòng)作，又被繩索反彈向高空。
1--把生命寄托給一根繩索，真是需要極大的勇氣。
2--一個(gè)法國(guó)小伙子回憶第一次蹦極時(shí)說(shuō):“當(dāng)我系好繩索，走向跳臺(tái)時(shí)，心情非常緊張，再向下一看，心情更緊張了，假如繩索斷了，那還不摔成“肉餅”，但我知道擔(dān)心是多余的，想退回去又怕別人說(shuō)，只得心一狠，頭向下一栽，只覺(jué)得耳邊呼呼生風(fēng)，身體急速下附，只有七八秒便被繩索反彈向高空。其實(shí)有30秒左右，大概是由于緊張，只感覺(jué)有七八秒。彈向高空后，陡然就變得輕松了，也不怎么緊張了，感覺(jué)非常舒服。”
1--人生難得幾回這種“舒服”啊!