【高二 拓展閱讀-生活和運動】Extreme Sports on the cliff or Ice

ExtremeSportsontheclifforIceCanyonSwingingCanyonswingingisanewextremesportwhereaverylongropeswingisattachedtoaharness,andsecuredtoabridgeoracliffontheotherside.Aswingergetsintheharnessandleapsintotheair,swingingrepeatedlyoverlargecanyonsorbodiesofwater.Becausetheropeswingissolarge,ittakesafewminutesfortheswingtocometoacompletestopIceClimbingIceclimbingisscalingupmassiveiceformationseitheronfrozenwaterfallsorsnow-coveredmountains.Iceclimbingopensitselfuptoallkindsofriskslikebrokenchunksofice,avalanches,evenfallingtoacolddeath.Thisisthesportforthatspecialsomeonewhothinkssimplyclimbingagiantmountainistoosafe.IceCrossIcecrossisalovelycombinationofice-skatingandskiracing,wherefourpeopleearingpadsandhockeyskatesracedownatrackmadeofice.Steephills,tightturnsjumpsandrollersmakeforaveryexcitingscene.Oh,andthere'sreallyonlyonerule,firstonetothebottomwins.Definitelyoneofthemostextremesportswe’veeverseen.DeepWaterSoloingDeepwatersoloingisrockclimbingwithoutanysafetyharness，butoncliffsoverthesea.Onlythemostexperiencedclimbersattemptsuchcliffs.Thisismadeevenmoredifficultduetotheaddedelementofmoisturefromthecrashingwaves.Luckilythewatercanprovideasafetynet.BigMountainSkiing/SnowboardingBigmountainskiing/snowboardingissimpleGettothetopofanungroomed（未加修飾的）snowcoveredmountain（usuallybyhelicopter），andskiorsnowboarddownsafely.Theonlyproblemis，skiing/snowboardingdownanungroomedsnowymountainisanythingbutsafe.Often，skiers/boarderswillhavetodropoffmassivecliffsandnavigatearoundexposedrock.Ontopofallofthat，there’stheaddedriskthatskiers/boarderswillcauseanavalanchebehindthemthatwillchasethemdownthemountain.ReadingComprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerforeachquestion.1.Whydoesittakeafewminutesfortheswingtocometoacompletestopincanyonswinging?A.Becausetheswinghappensoveralargecanyon.B.Becausetheropeswingislarge.C.Becausetheswingerhastojumpintotheair.D.Becausetheswinghappensrepeatedly.2.Whatcanwelearnabouticeclimbing?A.Itisasafesportwithnoriskatall.B.Itissafertodoitonfrozenwaterfalls.C.Itcanbedoneonsnow-coveredmountains.D.Itisacombinationofice-skatingandskiracing.3.WhichofthefollowingisNotasceneinicecross?A.Snowslides.B.Steephills.C.Tightturns.D.Jumpsandrollers.4.Whatisdeepwatersoloing?A.Itinvolvesdivingintothedeepwater.B.Itinvolvesleapingintotheairfromabridgeorcliffwithharness.C.Itisrockclimbingwithoutanysafetyharness.D.Itisscalingupmassiveiceformationsonsnow-coveredmountains.5.Whatistheadditionalriskinbigmountainskiing?A.Tumble.B.Injury.C.Avalanche.D.Adverseweather.Vocabulary基礎(chǔ)詞attach v.系上；貼；附加；連接；依附于；喜歡，依戀；認為…重要記詞根記憶：at（表加強）+tach（釘）牢牢釘上→系上；貼；連接；依附于例You’dbetterattachaphototoyourapplicationform.你最好在申請表上附上照片。harness n.安全背帶；系帶ⅵ.利用；將（自然力）變成動力搭parachuteharness降落傘背帶harnessnuclearenergy利用核能secure adj.安全的；可靠的；有把握的；穩(wěn)固的，堅固的ⅵ.縛牢，緊固；獲得；使安全英toattachorfastensthfirmly記詞根記憶：se（分開）+cur（走）+e→分開走→安全的搭securetheropefirmlyto…把繩子緊緊地綁在…secureenvironment安全的環(huán)境secureaceasefire爭取停火pad n.護具，護墊；（動物的）爪墊英apieceofthickmaterialthatyouwearinsomesports記聯(lián)想記憶：某些動物的腳（pad）長得像槳（paddle）scene n.場面，場景；（戲?。┮粓?；現(xiàn)場；景色，風景；活動領(lǐng)域記聯(lián)想記憶：等到風景（scene）都看（seen）透definitely adv.確定地，一定地英inawaythatiscertainorthatshowsthatyouarecertain記詞根記憶：de（表加強）+fin（范圍）+ite（…的）+ly（表副詞）→劃定范圍→確定地crash v.碰撞；（汽車、飛機等）撞毀，墜毀；（計算機）崩潰記象聲詞：破裂聲→碰撞（crashing）例Thejetcrashedaftertake-of.噴氣飛機起飛后便墜毀了。helicopter n.直升飛機記詞根記憶：helic（螺旋）+opt(選擇）+er（表名詞）選擇螺旋上 升→直升飛機chase v.追逐，追趕；追蹤英torundrive，etc.aftersb/sthinordertocatchthem記聯(lián)想記憶：音似cheese→誰動了我的奶酪（cheese），我就追趕chase）誰→追趕例Benchasedaftertheburglarbutcouldn’tcatchhim.本去追趕盜賊卻沒有抓住他。Vocabulary進階詞canyon n.峽谷英adeepvalleywithsteepsidesofrockmassive adj.大而重的，厚實的，粗大的；大量的，大規(guī)模的英verylarge，heavyandsolid搭massivetrunk粗大的樹干formationn.形成物；形成，構(gòu)成；結(jié)構(gòu)；（軍隊）編隊英athingthathasbeenformed，especiallyinaparticularplaceorinaparticularway記詞根記憶：form（形式）+ation（表名詞）→具有形式→形成搭soilformation土壤形成planetaryformation行星形成chunk n.厚片，大塊；相當大的部分（或數(shù)量）；矮胖的人（或物）記發(fā)音記憶：“?？汀薄堭^的?？驼伎腿说暮艽笠徊糠帧喈敶蟮牟糠执頰chunkof一大塊avalanche n.雪崩；山崩英amassofsnow，iceandrockthatfallsdownthesideofamountaingiant adj.巨大的；超群的n.巨大的動物（或植物）；才智超群的人記聯(lián)想記憶：gi+ant（螞蟻）螞蟻雖小，但團結(jié)起來力量卻很大→巨大的搭gasgiant氣體巨行星（如木星或土星）businessgiants商業(yè)巨頭combinationn.結(jié)合（體），聯(lián)合（體）；化合；（用于開密碼鎖的）數(shù)碼組合記來自combine（v.結(jié)合）elementn.要素；元素；[the-s]基本原理記聯(lián)想記