VOA常速英语:Ice Hockey A Hit in Beijing

短语讲解：

1. When one thinks of the sports in which China excels, swimming, gymnastics or track and field usually come to mind.

come to mind想起，回忆起
例句：A number of possibilities come to mind.
我脑里出现了好几种可能性。

2. “Initially coming to China where hockey isn't their main focus, I was very impressed with the skill level of the kids right from the 04-05s, right up to the big kids," said Kevin Masters, one of several coaches flown in from Canada.

impress with把…印在…上; 因…获得好印象
例句：We were most impressed with your efficiency.
你的效率给我们留下很深刻的印象。

3. The specifics of the skating and the individual type skills are absolutely comparable to what we see back home in Canada.

be comparable to与...可比较的, 比得上...的
例句：His achievements are comparable to the best.
他的成绩可以同最好的比美。

4. And where there is ice hockey - a sport that requires a lot of time and money - there are always ice hockey parents cheering their kids on and giving pointers.

cheer on向…欢呼, 为…鼓劲加油
例句：The crowd cheered the runners on.
人群对跑者高喊加油。

5. Many kids [in China] lack a sense of teamwork and what it means to work hard for what they want to get because their parents have taken care of everything for them.

take care of照顾
例句：They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。

6. And, a large majority of the players on China's national ice hockey team grew up there.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。

7. The reasons, they say, are because more families in Beijing can afford ice hockey, which is an expensive sport, and because the northeast is opening up to other sports, which is taking players away from the ice.

open up提供
例句：Another chance is opened up for you.
你又有机会了。

8. Charlie says the sport has other benefits besides keeping him away from computer games.

keep away (使)不接近
例句：Would you keep that dog away, please?
请将那只狗赶远些, 好吗?

9. Lane Moore, another coach who is helping out at the Flying Tigers camp, says ice hockey is just getting started in Beijing.

help out帮助, 帮助…出来
例句：She's always willing to help out.
她总是乐于帮助人。

10. “With their development of new rinks, new ice surfaces, the numbers in Beijing are going through the roof and I am hearing in Shanghai it is the same way and I just think the potential for ice hockey in China is going to keep going,” Moore said.

go through the roof暴涨，飞涨; 大声喧闹
例句：The disco party went through the roof until the small hours of the morning.
那场迪斯科舞会吵闹至凌晨才结束。