《體育英語報刊選讀》是面向體育、師范院校的體育英語專業(yè)、傳媒專業(yè)及體育專業(yè)高年級學(xué)生的英語閱讀教材,亦適用于具有大學(xué)英語四級或相近水平的讀者和體育專業(yè)人士閱讀參考。
本書文章廣泛選自英國、美國、加拿大及澳大利亞的報刊以及相應(yīng)報刊名下的網(wǎng)站。文章編選具有以下特點:
一、精心選材。編者查閱了大量英文報刊,精選了當(dāng)代西方一些著名報刊如New York Times.Times,Sports Illustrated等的文章。選文內(nèi)容豐富,文字優(yōu)美,適宜反復(fù)閱讀。
二、編排新穎。本書所選文章分為五個部分,每一部分的十五篇文章均按由易到難的順序排列。為了方便讀者學(xué)習(xí)、理解原文,編者特為每篇文章撰寫了中文導(dǎo)讀,對文章內(nèi)容或背景做了簡明扼要的介紹。每篇文章均附有與選文有關(guān)的背景知識和思考題,便于讀者進一步理解和掌握文章的內(nèi)容,提高英語理解和表達能力。另外,文章最后列出了與選文有關(guān)的體育詞匯及短語,供讀者參考。
三、注釋精當(dāng)。編者對選編的文章提供了準(zhǔn)確、詳盡的詞匯注釋,并對文章中出現(xiàn)的語言、人物和文化背景進行了適當(dāng)解釋,對部分復(fù)雜句子還給出了譯文,既省卻了讀者翻檢詞典之勞,又豐富了讀者的文化知識。
Part Ⅰ Fad Sports 時尚體育
Lesson 1 Jump to It: Turn Your Way to a Better Body with This Simple but Challenging Workout Special Section: Better Homes & Bodies Jump Rope
Lesson 2 Power Pilates: Tone Muscles and Reduce Body Fat with These Five Quick Moves
Lesson 3 On a Roll the Increasing Use and Diversification of Inline Skating
Lesson 4 Bodysurfing
Lesson 5 Core Curriculum: 5 Great Yoga Moves to Strengthen Your Abs and Back
Lesson 6 Make Running Easier
Lesson 7 The Steep and Rocky Road: Steps to Successful Rock Climbing
Lesson 8 Paintballing Makes a Splash
Lesson 9 Ice fishing: Winter Safety
Lesson 10 Windsurfing
Lesson 11 Welcome to the Ice Age Winter Sports (Ⅰ)
Lesson 12 Welcome to the Ice Age Winter Sports (Ⅱ)
Lesson 13 Is Bowling a Sport?
Lesson 14 Even Flow: No, It's Not a Chase Scene from a' 70s Cop Show. It's the French Extreme Sport Le Parkour Part Ⅰ Fad Sports 時尚體育
Lesson 1 Jump to It: Turn Your Way to a Better Body with This Simple but Challenging Workout Special Section: Better Homes & Bodies Jump Rope
Lesson 2 Power Pilates: Tone Muscles and Reduce Body Fat with These Five Quick Moves
Lesson 3 On a Roll the Increasing Use and Diversification of Inline Skating
Lesson 4 Bodysurfing
Lesson 5 Core Curriculum: 5 Great Yoga Moves to Strengthen Your Abs and Back
Lesson 6 Make Running Easier
Lesson 7 The Steep and Rocky Road: Steps to Successful Rock Climbing
Lesson 8 Paintballing Makes a Splash
Lesson 9 Ice fishing: Winter Safety
Lesson 10 Windsurfing
Lesson 11 Welcome to the Ice Age Winter Sports (Ⅰ)
Lesson 12 Welcome to the Ice Age Winter Sports (Ⅱ)
Lesson 13 Is Bowling a Sport?
Lesson 14 Even Flow: No, It's Not a Chase Scene from a' 70s Cop Show. It's the French Extreme Sport Le Parkour
Lesson 15 The Rodeo Today
Part Ⅱ Sporting Kaleidoscope 聚焦體育
Lesson 1 Olympic Athletes Largely Barred from Posting Online Diaries
Lesson 2 Cities Make Their Final Pitches as Olympic Committee Nears Vote
Lesson 3 Beijing 2008 Olympic Journal: China's Olympic Legacy
Lesson 4 Fresh Perspectives--A Look at Torino 2006' s as Olympic Committee Nears Vote
Lesson 5 'Pastime' Reveals Story of Two Sports
Lesson 6 Seeking Acceptance, Rugby Gives It a Try
Lesson 7 IAAF Struggle to Get Athletics Back on Track
Lesson 8 U.S. Snowboarders Key to Winning: Have Fun
Lesson 9 A Life in Sport: Synchro-swimming--An Interview of Gayle Adamson
Lesson 10 See the Ball, Hit the Ball: A Guide to Baseball
Lesson 11 Ice Hockey
Lesson 12 Pole Vaulting: Doing the ' Seemingly Impossible'
Lesson 13 Making the Connections--Ballet Classes Enhance Skating Technique in Many Ways
Lesson 14 LTA: Long-Term Aims or Leading Tennis Astray?
Lesson 15 Team Spirit, Yes, but Not Too Much
Part Ⅲ Sporting Memories 賽場風(fēng)云
Lesson 1 The Men' s 200m Freestyle
Lesson 2 El Guerrouj Wins Double Gold
Lesson 3 Oxford Conquer the Waves to Win Boat Race
Lesson 4 United Haunted by Ghost of' 79
Lesson 5 Italy Wins 2006 World Cup Championship
Lesson 6 Federer Beats Roddick to Win Wimbledon Yet Again
Lesson 7 Yan and Zheng Win China' s First Wimbiedon Title
Lesson 8 Yankees' Victory Is Long Time Coming
Lesson 9 Somerset Overseas Aides Increase Australia' s Anxiety
Lesson 10 Uphill Racer
Lesson 11 Williams Impresses to Put Bath out of Reach
Lesson 12 Busch Leaves Pack, and the Debris, in the Dust
Lesson 13 Hurricane Blows Away Rivals
Lesson 14 Andrei Arlovski Defends Heavyweight Title at the UFC 53
Lesson 15 Heat of the Moment
Part Ⅳ Glimpses of the Superstars 體壇明星
Lesson 1 Yao Has Grown into One ofNBA's Biggest Stars
Lesson 2 Karrie Needs Jack Target to Bowl at
Lesson 3 Silver Lining as British Pair' s Fightback Falls Short
Lesson 4 Attack Is the Best Form of Defence for a Fighter in Search of Gold
Lesson 5 For "Table Tennis Mozart," Few High Notes
Lesson 6 Taste of Future as Rice Comes to Boil
Lesson 7 Jumping a Self-made Obstacle Course
Lesson 8 After Falling, She Rises and Shines
Lesson 9 Andre the Mastermind
Lesson 10 Schumacher' s Race Not Over Yet as New Talent Arrives on Grid
Lesson 11 Armstrong Blames "Setup" for Charges
Lesson 12 German Boxing Legend Max Schmeling
Lesson 13 Accidental Hero
Lesson 14 Still a Perfect 10
Lesson 15 Flawed Best Had It All
Part Ⅴ Sporting Mosaic 體壇多棱鏡
Lesson 1 Beijing Gets the Games
Lesson 2 U.N. Urges Members to Uphold Olympic Truce
Lesson 3 The Kelli White Follow Up
Lesson 4 Tears of Joy as Holmes Leads the Celebrations
Lesson 5 Rooney Says Sorry to Beckham
Lesson 6 Owen Restates His Case for Doing It the Eriksson Way
Lesson 7 Junior Hockey Players Chase Dream in America' s Heartland
Lesson 8 Troubling History Bulls' Concern for Curry Based on Multiple Incidents
Lesson 9 Racing for a Cause
Lesson 10 Building an Olympic Vision
Lesson 11 Wembley Stadium, can we fix it? Er, well, sorry, no we can't, actually
Lesson 12 Mansell Boys Happy to Drive Hard Bargain
Lesson 13 Death by Tarmac: the Sorry Fate of Hackney Marshes in Pursuit of Our Olympic Dream
Lesson 14 Illusionists Who Shade the Rest with Nothing to Declare Except Their Genius
Lesson 15 Seconds Needn' t Be Sloppy