《英語輕鬆學》學好中級口語 #Lesson 05：Triathlon 鐵人三項

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 中級口語 

搭配筆記聆聽短文 Listen to the text with the help of the notes given

 

再次聆聽並回答問題 Listen again and answer the questions below

Questions for discussion:

1. What is a triathlon?

2. According to the speaker, what can you do if you want to improve your physical fitness?

3. Why can triathlons reduce the risk of injury?

 

短文聽讀 Text 　　　　

 　　A triathlon is a multisport race that consists of three different events: swimming, cycling, and running. While other variations exist, this is by far the most popular combination. If you take part in the Olympic version of a triathlon, you will swim 1.5 km, cycle 40 km, and then run 10 km. All of these events are timed, as are the transitions between the events.

 　　If you want to improve your physical fitness, you can start training for a triathlon. It is a great way to get fit, as it requires a persistent effort to improve in each of the three disciplines. Participants always strive to surpass their previous personal best times in each event. Triathlons also reduce the risk of injury to participants, as the low-impact cycling and swimming compensate for the high-impact running.

　　鐵人三項是一種多項運動競賽，包含了三種不同項目：游泳、騎自行車、長跑。雖然有其他的變化形式，但這是最最受歡迎的組合。如果你參加奧運版本的鐵人三項，你會游泳 1.5 公里、騎自行車四十公里，並跑十公里。這些項目都會計時，項目之間的轉換也會。
　　如果你想要增進你的體適能，你可以開始為鐵人三項訓練。這是變得更健壯的好方法，因為它需要堅定的努力才能分別在三項訓練中進步。參賽者總是會努力超越他們先前在每個項目中個人的最佳時間成績。鐵人三項也可以降低參賽者受傷的機率，因為低衝擊的自行車與游泳彌補了高衝擊的長跑。

 

實用詞句 Useful Expressions

 1  by far 的用法

by far 可用來修飾最高級形容詞，表示｢程度極大、差距極大｣，翻譯時可翻為｢最最……｣，其用法如下：
     by far + the + 最高級形容詞　　最最……

Penny is by far the most hard-working person in our company.
潘妮是我們公司裡最最認真工作的人。

Of the three candidates, Andrew’s qualifications are by far the most impressive.
三位應徵者當中，安德魯的資歷是最最令人印象深刻的。

 比較 
so far　到目前為止
so far 作副詞用，表｢到目前為止｣，故句中的動詞時態常使用現在完成式或現在完成進行式。

So far you’ve done a great job.
到目前為止你都做得很好。

 

 

朗讀短文 Read aloud the text

 　　A triathlon is a multisport race that consists of three different events: swimming, cycling, and running. While other variations exist, this is by far the most popular combination. If you take part in the Olympic version of a triathlon, you will swim 1.5 km, cycle 40 km, and then run 10 km. All of these events are timed, as are the transitions between the events.

 　　If you want to improve your physical fitness, you can start training for a triathlon. It is a great way to get fit, as it requires a persistent effort to improve in each of the three disciplines. Participants always strive to surpass their previous personal best times in each event. Triathlons also reduce the risk of injury to participants, as the low-impact cycling and swimming compensate for the high-impact running.

 

換句話說 Retell

triathlon, multisport, consist of, cycling, variation, combination, Olympic, time, transition, persistent, effort, discipline, participant, surpass, previous, low-impact, compensate

 

討論題目 Free Talk
Talk on the following topic:

Is there any sports competition you would like to participate in?

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