每日一句口語(yǔ) 197

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When Bradley Wiggins goes for gold tomorrow afternoon

in the men's cycling time trial the Tour de France

champion could be forgiven for checking the crowd

nervously for the face of the prime minister, who is

starting to get a reputation as a bit of a jinx.

如果環(huán)法自行車賽冠軍布拉德利威金斯在爭(zhēng)奪男子公路自行車

個(gè)人計(jì)時(shí)賽的賽場(chǎng)上，緊張地環(huán)顧人群，看首相卡梅倫有沒(méi)有

來(lái)觀戰(zhàn)，那我們一定要原諒他，因?yàn)榭穫愂紫嘁验_(kāi)始被譽(yù)為

奧運(yùn)會(huì)掃帚星。

【Vocabulary】

1. time trial:計(jì)時(shí),計(jì)時(shí)測(cè)驗(yàn)

Example: Qualified in the time trials to start on the pole.

從起跑線內(nèi)側(cè)開(kāi)始來(lái)測(cè)試時(shí)間

2. Tour de France:環(huán)法自行車賽

Example: Armstrong is not the first Tour de France cyclistto tackle the five boroughs.

阿姆斯特朗并非是第一位跑完五個(gè)城區(qū)的環(huán)法自行車手。

3. jinx:不祥的人(或物)

Example: You had better steer clear of that jinx.你最好離那個(gè)掃把星遠(yuǎn)一點(diǎn)兒。