Chinese bullfighters bringmartial arts to their sport

河北樂亭第一中學(xué) 胡金瑩

聽力掃障

1.aggressive adj.好斗的

2.martial art武術(shù)

3.symbolize v.象征

4.pit...against使競爭

5.intensively adv.集中地

6.explosive adj.爆發(fā)的

7.animal rights activists動物權(quán)益保護(hù)者

8.undeniable adj.不可否認(rèn)的；確鑿的

掃碼聽測

Ⅰ.聽力理解

聽錄音并閱讀3個簡短的陳述，根據(jù)錄音內(nèi)容判斷這些陳述是否符合所聽內(nèi)容，本題考查重點是學(xué)生對意義的理解能力和信息獲取能力。

In this section， you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage， decide whether each of the statement is correct（A）， incorrect（B） or not mentioned （C）.

1 2 A B C A B C Ren Ruzhi works as a teacher who teaches martial art of kung fu.The bulls in the contest are usually very fierce.3Chinese bullfighting is more violent than that in Spain.A B C

Ⅱ.聽寫練習(xí)

一邊聽錄音一邊閱讀以下文字材料，這些文字材料不是錄音的全部內(nèi)容，而是以提綱、摘要、筆記、圖表等形式再現(xiàn)的錄音的主要內(nèi)容，需要補(bǔ)全的內(nèi)容一般是錄音中的關(guān)鍵信息。注意每空一詞。

1.Ren Ruzhi is so interested in fighting bulls that he feels battling the bull makes him feel_________.

2.Compared with bullfighting in Spain，Chinese form of bullfighting is less _________.

3.Bullfighters often have _________careers because of the demand of the sport.

4.Bullfighters taking place of others only have _________minutes to wrestle the animal to the ground.

5.The bulls get better _________than the animals involved in the Spanish sport.

文本解說

中國武術(shù)家喻戶曉，西班牙斗牛世界聞名。如今，一位年僅24歲的中國武術(shù)教練將中國傳統(tǒng)武術(shù)融入斗牛運(yùn)動中，演繹了一場別開生面的新型斗牛運(yùn)動。

Several times a week，Ren Ruzhi battles an opponent that is five times his weight and strong enough to kill him.He is skilled in fighting bulls，animals known for theiraggressivebehavior.

Ren teaches the Chinesemartial artof kung fu.The 24-year-old's mixing of martial arts and bullfighting worries his mother.But Ren has never been hurt.And， he says， battling the bulls makes him feel energized.

“Itsymbolizesthe bravery of a man，”Ren told the Reuters news agency in the city of Jiaxing，China.

Bullfighting may be more famous in Spain，where it is usually very bloody.But the Chinese form of bullfighting is lessviolent.Instead itcombinesmoves from the sport of wrestlingwiththe skill and speed of kung fu to bring down animals weighingup to400 kilograms.

“Spanish bullfighting is more like a performance or a show，” said 41-year-old Hua Yang.Hua watched a bullfight during a visit to Spain.

The Chinese form is truly a contestpittinga human's strengthagainsta bull.“There are a lot of skills involved and it can be dangerous，”he added.

Han Haihua， a former wrestler， teaches bullfighters at his Haihua Kung fu School in Jiaxing.Han said the physically demanding sport requires fighters to trainintensivelyand they usually have short careers.

Han described the form of bullfighting he teaches as theexplosivepower of hard“qigong”， saying it combines the skill and speed of martial arts with traditional wrestling moves.

Usually， a fighter faces the bull directly，seizes its horns and turns its head until the bull falls over.

If the first fighter gets tired，another one can take his place fighting the bull.But they have just three minutes in which to wrestle the animal to the ground or they lose the event.

“The bulls， too， are trained before they go into battle，” Han said.“ They learn how to spread their legs or find a place tostand againstbeing taken down.”

“A bull can also think like a human，they are intelligent，” Han added.He said that his bulls get better treatment than the animals involved in the Spanish sport.Butanimal rights activistsbelieve Chinese bullfighting is still painful for the animals.

Layli Li is with the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.She says it isundeniablethat the bulls experience pain in Chinese bullfighting.

“As long asit exists，that means there is suffering，” she added.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.violent adj.暴力的

2.combine...with...把……和……結(jié)合起來

3.up to到達(dá)（某數(shù)量、程度等）

4.stand against反對；抵抗

5.as long as只要

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.

1.I_________all forms of cruelty，especially cruelty to children.

2.The car is so small that it can only take_________two people in it.

3.Everyone knows that_________films can do great harm to children's mental health.

4.You should work hard to try to achieve it________you have your dream.

5.Only when__________practice can theory be useful to us in our life.