[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 77 Television Day:Karate [00:03.47]第77课 电视日:武术 [00:06.95]Have you ever wondered how some people can break bricks with their bare hands? [00:09.99]你是否感到奇怪有人能徒手劈砖? [00:13.04]People who can do this kind of thing are experts in karate. [00:15.84]能这么干的人是空手道专家, [00:18.65]They are called "Karatekas" [00:20.55]人称"空手道武术师". [00:22.44]In our programme today [00:23.98]在我们今天的节目中, [00:25.52]we tried to find out how Karatekas could do such things. [00:28.12]我们要了解空手道武术师如何能做到这些. [00:30.72]We wanted to learn if they were especially strong [00:32.91]我们想知道他们是否特别强壮. [00:35.11]and we got some surprising answers! [00:36.81]我们得到出人意料的回答 [00:38.50]Believe it or not,Karatekas aren't stronger than ordinary people-- [00:41.46]信不信由你,空手道武术师并不比普通人强壮-- [00:44.41]they just have more courage! [00:46.16]他们只是更富有勇气. [00:47.91]A Karate expert strikes hard objects like bricks or plates [00:51.21]空手道武术师击碎砖头,碟子这类硬东西 [00:54.52]with the small bone in his wrist,opposite the thumb. [00:56.97]用手腕上一块正对着大拇指的小骨. [00:59.43]Speed is the essence of this sport. [01:01.53]速度是这项运动的关键. [01:03.63]But the strange thing is that untrained men [01:05.83]但奇怪的是未经训练的人 [01:08.02]can break hard objects in the same way just as well as Karatekas. [01:10.92]用同样方法也能像空手道武术师一样把硬物击碎. [01:13.82]Of course,Karatekas practise a lot [01:15.96]当然空手道武术师大量训练, [01:18.11]and they have a layer of hard skin round their wrists. [01:20.46]手腕一圈有一层厚厚的老茧. [01:22.81]Though they have this advantage over ordinary people, [01:24.86]虽然在这方面他们比普通人具有有利条件 [01:26.91]it's basically just a question of will-power [01:28.96]不过基本上还是一个意志的问题 [01:31.01]--at least that's what you can tell your mother [01:33.36]至少你可以这样对你母亲说, [01:35.71]after you've experimented on a few dinner plates! [01:38.06]在几个碟子上练上几手以后.