《新概念英语》青少版第四册第77课:Television Day:Karate

Lesson77 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?
你是否感到奇怪有人能徒手劈砖?
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
在我们今天的节目中,
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别强壮.
and we got some surprising answers!
我们得到出人意料的回答
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普通人强壮--
they just have more courage!
他们只是更富有勇气.
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
但奇怪的是未经训练的人
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
当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普通人具有有利条件
it's basically just a question of will-power
不过基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.