13 Archery Shoots Up in Popularity among Americans 射箭在美国日渐流行

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The bow and arrow was the weapon of choice for hunters and fighters around the world for tens of thousands of years.Guns began to replace bows and arrows about four hundred years ago.However，archery never disappeared and recently the sport is popular again.And，as Karen Leggett tells us serious archers say the new interest will continue to develop.

弓和箭在数千万年间都是世界各地猎人和战士的首选武器。弓箭的地位在约四百年前开始为枪支所取代。然而，射箭却从未消失，最近，这项运动再次流行起来。而且，根据卡伦莱格特的报道，热衷于此运动的弓箭手说，这种新的兴趣爱好将持续发展。

听力破解：新闻首段重读了tens of thousands of years，说明了射箭历史悠久，之后播音员提到射箭再次流行的时候，重读了disappeared和popular，强调了这种“并未消失”，“反而开始流行”的对比关系。

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Twelve-year-old Bethanie Ford started archery training seven weeks ago.She had read the wildly popular book“The Hunger Games”.The hero of the story is a teenage girl skilled with a bow and arrow.

“It's not easy.It is hard.You have to keep trying and get it right，but it is fun.”

12岁的伯大尼·福特七周前开始了射箭训练。她阅读了那本广受欢迎的书《饥饿游戏》，故事的主人公是一个熟练使用弓箭的十几岁的女孩。

“射箭并不容易，是很难的。你必须得不断尝试，找到正确的方法，但它很有趣。”

听力破解：read一词的过去分词和一般现在时同形，但读音是不同的，一般现在时为[ri：d]，而过去分词读音为[red]，本段中是过去分词形式。

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Bethanie's mother，Amy Borst，believes archery is the right sport for her daughter.

“It's a very independent sport.It's not a team sport，so she can go at her own pace.She can concentrate and focus a little bit better because she has to learn to really focus instead of just shooting the arrow immediately.She has to really focus and take her time.I think that applies to school work as well.”

伯大尼的母亲艾米·博斯特认为，射箭这项运动正适合她的女儿。

“这是一项非常独立的运动。它不是团队运动，所以她可以按自己的进度进行。她可以集中精力，更加专注一些，因为她必须得学会对准目标，而不是立刻就把箭射出去。她必须得做到特别专注，不慌不忙。我认为，这一点对于学业也适用。”

听力破解：instead of处发生连读现象，读音为[in′stedəv]，不要误解为一个单词。

词汇宝典：shoot the arrow“射箭”，shoot在此处是“射击”的意思，另外，它还常用于表示摄影行为中的“拍摄”，如shoot a scene“拍摄一个场景”；此外，我们很熟悉的一个成语“有的放矢”就可以说成是 shoot the arrow at the target。

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That inner focus also appeals to 6th-grader Russell Sperks.

“If I make a goal and I achieve it，then that gives me just a sense of accomplishment.”

Their archery teacher is Ruth Rowe.She was a member of the 1984 United States Olympic archery team.She notes that archery is almost opposite of other sports，which often require speed or agility.

这种精神的高度集中也吸引着 6 年级的罗素·思博克斯。

“如果我设定一个目标，然后实现了它，就能带给我一种成就感。”

他们的箭术老师是露丝·罗。她曾是 1984 年美国奥运射箭队的一员。她指出，射箭跟其他运动几乎是完全相反的，其他运动需要的是速度和灵活性。

词汇宝典：archery是“箭术”，射箭场可以说成是archery range，而不是archery field，另外，我们在武侠片中见到过的一项高难技术“骑马射箭”可以说成 riding archery。

学着说一说

1.develop a new interest发展一项新兴趣

▶这里 develop 表示“发展、培养兴趣”，而通常我们说“对某事有兴趣”时，可以用 have interest in...，如：

I have interest in this movie.我对这部电影很感兴趣。

She has an interest in collecting stamps.她对集邮很感兴趣。

▶另 外 interest的常用意思还有“利息”，如：interest rate表示“利率”。

2.go at her own pace按她自己的步调进行

▶at...pace 意思是“按……的速度”，如：

Beijing is developing at a good pace.北京以很快的速度发展着。

▶如果建议别人换一种生活方式，则可以说You need a change of

pace.还可以简单地说You just need a change.