新概念英语青少版第四册第77课Television-Day-Karate.docx

新概念英语青少版第四册第77课Television Day:Karate第77课 电视日:武术Have you ever wondered how some people can break bricks with their bare hands?你是否感到惊奇有人能徒手劈砖?People who can do this kind of thing are experts in karate.能这么干的人是空手道专家,They are called “Karatekas“人称“空手道武术师“.In our programme today在我们今日的节目中,we tried to find out how Karatekas could do such things.我们要了解空手道武术师如何能做到这些.We wanted to learn if they were especially strong我们想知道他们是否特殊强壮.and we got some surprising answers!我们得到出人意料的答复Believe it or not,Karatekas aren”t stronger than ordinary people--信不信由你,空手道武术师并不比一般人强壮--they just have more courage!他们只是更富有士气.A Karate expert strikes hard objects like bricks or plates空手道武术师击碎砖头,碟子这类硬东西with the small bone in his wrist,opposite the thumb.用手腕上一块正对着大拇指的小骨.Speed is the essence of this sport.速度是这项运动的关键.But the strange thing is that untrained men但惊奇的是未经训练的人can break hard objects in the same way just as well as Karatekas.用同样方法也能像空手道武术师一样把硬物击碎.Of course,Karatekas practise a lot固然空手道武术师大量训练,and they have a layer of hard skin round their wrists.手腕一圈有一层厚厚的老茧.Though they have this advantage over ordinary people,虽然在这方面他们比一般人具有有利条件it”s basically just a question of will-power不过根本上还是一个意志的问题at least that”s what you can tell your mother至少你可以这样对你母亲说,after you”ve experimented on a few dinner plates!在几个碟子上练上几手以后.。