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在生活節(jié)奏日益變快的當(dāng)今社會，極限運動越來越受到人們的追捧，高空跳傘、滑板、跑酷、空中沖浪等運動已經(jīng)越來越常見。騎著駝鳥賽跑、從高處跳下、用降落傘著地的翼裝飛行……這些最新流行開來的炫酷極限運動你都聽說過嗎？

Some people say extreme sports are dangerous—and they’re probably right—but hey, if you’re going to get injured you might as well do it with style! The top three causes of head injuries last year were cycling, football and basketball. So let’s not pretend that regular sports are safer than extreme ones—it’s just that most folks can’t handle the rush1. rush: 熱潮。! Here’s my top five ways to spice up2. spice up: 增添趣味。your sports life for 2014:

1. Pillow Fighting

Now, I started this list talking about head injuries and now I’m closing it with pillow fighting?Something of an anti-climax3. anti-climax: 反高潮，這里指“虎頭蛇尾，小題大做”。,you say? Not even slightly! The Pillow Fight League of Toronto,Canada is the newest thing in combat sports and incorporates all sorts of wrestling and martial arts moves into your standard pillow- fight set-up and these do some serious damage!4. 加拿大多倫多的枕頭大戰(zhàn)聯(lián)盟是格斗項目中出現(xiàn)的新事物，它的常規(guī)動作混合了所有類型的摔跤和武術(shù)動作，這些動作會帶來某種程度的損傷。incorporate: 合并，結(jié)合。Now, currently the League is women only.

Hopefully this rundown has got you in the mood to branch out from your standard sports routine and try something new.5. rundown: 概要；branch out: 擴(kuò)大活動范圍。It might seem dangerous at first, but most of these extreme sports take place under professional supervision6. supervision: 監(jiān)督，管理。.

2. Bird Man Suits

The bird man suit has a bunch of names: the flying squirrel suit, wingsuit, and bat-suit. From the names I can guess you know where I’m going…It’s a specially designed suit that lets you glide through the air at controlled speeds—adding a little extra to your usual skydiving experience.7. glide: 滑翔，滑動；skydiving: 跳傘運動，特技跳傘。This is probably the closest we’re going to get to flying until someone invents an anti-gravity8. anti-gravity: 反重力，反地心引力。engine and sticks it to a fly board. For bonus points combine this with BASE jumping and you’ve got some serious death-defying thrills on your hands.9. bonus point: 加分，紅利點；BASE jumping: 定點跳傘，懸崖跳傘；death-defying: 挑戰(zhàn)死亡的；thrill:震顫感，興奮感。

3. Fly boarding

Now, I’m not really a water sports guy, so this is coming in at number three, but I’ve no doubt it’ll be topping out10. top out: 達(dá)到最高點。most people’s wish lists this year. Fly boarding is basically half way between parasailing and—every kid’s dream—a jetpack.11. parasailing: （由汽船、汽車等牽引在空中滑翔的）帆傘運動；jetpack:可以穿上身的噴射飛行器。Using a massively powerful water pump and some pretty sophisticated engineering the fly board will see you rocketing around lakes and coastlines at the back of a power boat.12. 利用一個超大功率的水泵和十分復(fù)雜的工程制造技術(shù)，你就可以在湖上或海岸邊被汽艇牽引著升空翱翔。rocket: 飛快地移動，急速上升；power boat: 汽艇。

4. Ostrich13. ostrich: 鴕鳥。 Racing

Again you might be questioning what this is doing on a “New” list.That is, if you’re from South Africa or Jacksonville, Florida, USA—the two homes of ostrich racing. For the rest of us this extreme sport is worth attending just for the show with sometimes five or even ten ostriches on the go at a time and this is a seriously strange, potentially suicidal spectacle.14. on the go: 活動著，活躍著；suicidal: 有致命危險的，自取滅亡的；spectacle: 場面，景象。For the pro there’s the chance to ride an ostrich,although if you’re not into all that biting, flapping and kicking head injury potential then there are carts available for racing chariot-style too!15. pro: 贊成者；cart: （舊時的）馬車，木車；chariot-style: 戰(zhàn)車的風(fēng)格。

5. BASE Jumping

No, the capitalisation isn’t to indicate the extreme awesomeness of this activity—it stands for Buildings, Spans, Earth.16. capitalisation: 資本化；indicate: 表明，表示；awesomeness: 非常棒，非常出色。Spans tends to mean bridges and earth tends to mean cliffs, but then the beauty of BASE jumping is that it’s basically just launching yourself from anywhere possible with a parachute ready to go. Although BASE jumping dates back to 1978 and has been doing the rounds quite a lot recently thanks to Internet clips, it’s still making the “New” list because every jump is a new possibility.17. do the rounds: 巡視，巡邏，此處指受到歡迎；clip:（視頻）片段。If BASE jumping’s getting stale18. stale: 不新鮮的，走了味的。then you are getting stale, my friend.