The Art of Bobsleigh: Faster Higher Stronger

丹尼带你看冬奥——什么是雪车？

Bobsleigh, also called bobsled, is a team winter sport that has teams being timed as they ride down narrow and twisting iced tracks in a sleigh. The bobsleigh sleds carry either two people or four people. Bobsleigh is most popular around the world, during the Winter Olympics. Germany and Switzerland dominate the bobsleigh world in all three events (two-women, two-men, four men). The Jamaican team had a great story in the 1988 Olympic Games.

bobsleigh

英 [?b?bsle?] 美 [?bɑ?bsle?]

n. 长橇，雪橇

vi. 乘大雪橇；滑大雪橇比赛

A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom that is used for racing downhill on ice. 雪橇

bobsled

英 [?b?bsled] 美 [?bɑ?b?sled]

n. 双人（或四人）大雪橇；雪橇；雪橇比赛（等于 bobsleigh）

v. 滑大雪橇；乘大雪橇（同 bobsleigh）

sleigh

英 [sle?] 美 [sle?]

n. 雪橇

v. 滑雪橇，驾雪橇

A sleigh is a vehicle which can slide over snow. Sleighs are usually pulled by horses. (通常由马拉的) 雪橇

dominate

英 [?d?m?ne?t] 美 [?dɑ?m?ne?t]

v. 统治，支配；在……中占首要地位；俯视，高耸于；占绝对优势

To dominate a situation means to be the most powerful or important person or thing in it. 占据支配地位

The book is expected to dominate the best-seller lists.

这本书预期将占据畅销书榜首的位置。

Jamaican

英 [d???me?k?n] 美 [d???me?k?n]

adj. 牙买加的；牙买加人的

n. 牙买加人

Jamaican means belonging or relating to Jamaica or to its people or culture. 牙买加的; 牙买加人的; 牙买加文化的

1988年加拿大冬奥，当年牙买加雪橇队因为资源不足，选手甚至得向别国借雪橇参赛，虽然没有取得奖牌，不过选手的故事被翻拍成电影《Cool Runnings》，激励了牙买加许多年轻运动员，包括将出战北京冬奥的Shanwayne Stephens。

雪车，也称为有舵雪橇，是一项冬季团体运动，当团队乘坐雪车在狭窄和弯曲的冰道上滑行时，计时就开始了。雪车能够搭载双人或是四个人。冬季奥运会期间，雪车在世界各地都受到极大的欢迎。德国和瑞士在三个雪车比赛项目中，都占据了领先地位，包括双人女子、双人男子、四人男子。牙买加队在1988年奥运会上书写了一段传奇故事。

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