Golf
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Why Golf?
何以高尔夫?
4 Playing Golf.
4 玩高尔夫。
6 A Sport Is Born.
6 体育诞生。
11 A Global Game.
11 A 全球游戏.
12 Who Plays Golf?
12谁玩高尔夫?
13 Golf Greats.
13高尔夫大奖赛.
14 Types of Golf Courses.
14 高尔夫课程类型。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Golfers spend many hours trying to improve their golf swing.
16名高尔夫球手花了很多小时试图改进他们的高尔夫秋千.
Why Golf?
为什么是高尔夫?
If you compare golf to other sports, you may think that hitting a ball into a hole in the ground sounds fairly simple.
如果将高尔夫球与其他运动相比,你可能会认为将一球打入地上的一个洞听起来相当简单.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
没有什么比事实更进一步了。
To play well, golfers need patience, balance, focus, and lots of practice.
为了打得好,高尔夫球手需要耐心,平衡,专注,以及大量练习.
Yet if golf is hard, why do millions of people love the sport?
如果高尔夫球很硬 为什么数百万人喜欢这个运动?
It’s played in beautiful places with rolling green land.
在美丽的地方,
It gives people the chance to learn, practice, and improve.
它使人们有机会学习、实践和改进。
Most of all, golf offers hours of fun and relaxation.
最重要的是,高尔夫球提供几个小时的乐趣和放松.
Golf Hole Golf Clubs Playing Golf Golfers use clubs to hit a small, hard ball into a hole using as few strokes, or swings, as possible.
高尔夫球洞高尔夫球俱乐部(Golf Hole Golf Clubs Playing Golf Golfers)使用俱乐部来用尽可能少的中风将一个小而坚硬的球打入一个洞中,或者尽可能地去摇摆.
Sometimes the ball must travel a very long way to reach the hole.
有时候球必须经过很长的路才能到达洞口.
Sometimes it only needs to move a short distance.
有时它只需要移动一段短距离.
At other times, it must fly high in the air to get over long grass or other things.
在其它时候,它必须高空飞翔去渡过长草等.
Golfers need to know how to make all these types of shots.
高尔夫球手需要知道如何拍摄所有这些类型的镜头.
Golf clubs have heads of different shapes, depending on what they are used for.
高尔夫球会有不同形状的头,视其用途而定.
• Irons are used for shorter shots.
• 支助 铁被用在更短的镜头上.
to hit the ball long distances.
远去击球
ball out of sand.
球出沙子。
the green.
绿色的
The sport is played on a golf course, which is a large area of land that is carefully mowed and trimmed to define the areas of the course.
该运动在高尔夫球场上进行,该球场是一块被仔细割去并修剪以划定球场地段的大片地.
A golf course usually has nine or eighteen sections, or holes.
高尔夫球场通常有9或18个区段,或有洞.
Each section begins at the teeing ground, where golfers usually place their ball on a small peg called a tee.
每一节从平地起步,高尔夫球手通常会将球放入被称作平地的小接上.
They hit the ball down the fairway—the area that leads to the small hole at the far end of the section.
他们将球打入了集市大道下方——通往路段最远端的小洞的区域.
The area around the small hole is called the putting green, or simply the green.
小洞周围的区域被称作"放出绿色",或者简单的"绿色".
It almost always takes several strokes to get the ball there.
几乎总是需要几下才能得到球.
However, lucky golfers sometimes get a hole in one.
然而,幸运的高尔夫球手有时会得到一个洞.
In golf, the word hole has two different meanings.
在高尔夫球中,"洞"一词有两种不同的含义.
One is the small hole into which golfers hit the ball (left).
一个是高尔夫球手打入的小洞(左侧).
The other is each of the nine or eighteen sections of a golf course (right).
另一种是高尔夫球场的九段或十八段(右)各一.
This hole is almost surrounded by water and rough, with a large bunker as well.
这个洞几乎被水和粗糙所包围,还有一个大地堡.
Other holes might have fewer hazards.
其他洞可能危害较小。
Golfers need to deal with hazards, which are parts of the course that they try to avoid.
高尔夫球需要应对危险,这是他们试图避免的路线的一部分.
Getting a ball out of a hazard may take extra strokes, which is bad for a golfer’s score.
从危险中取出一球可能要多打一通,这对高尔夫球手的得分不利。
One type of hazard is a sand-filled area called a bunker.
一种危险是被沙子填充的地区称为地堡.
Streams and ponds are other types of hazards.
溪流和池塘是其他种类的危害.
The rough—the area around each section, which usually has trees, bushes, and longer grass—can also present problems.
粗糙的地段通常有树木、灌木和更长的草地,这些也会产生问题。
Name of Score Number of Strokes A golfer’s score is based on the number of strokes compared to par.
积分数 高尔夫球手的分数以中风数比平分为准。
The sport has special names for scores.
运动有特别的记分名.
A golf game usually involves playing eighteen different sections, called holes.
一个高尔夫球比赛通常涉及打出十八个不同的赛段,称为"洞".
If a golf course has only nine holes, golfers often play the course twice.
如果高尔夫球场只有9个洞,高尔夫球手经常会打出两次球场.
Each hole on a golf course has a number, called the par.
高尔夫球场上的每个洞都有一个数字,叫做平分.
If a hole has a par of four, golfers try to get the ball into the hole in four strokes or less.
如果一个洞有四分之一,高尔夫球手试图用四下打入洞口.
The number depends on the distance from the teeing ground to the hole.
数字取决于从地上到洞的距离.
Most holes are three, four, or five par.
大多数孔是 三,四,或五平.
Par for the course is the total of all the pars for the entire nine or eighteen holes.
整个9个洞或18个洞的总和
Golfers who play together in a small group compare their totals for the whole course.
在一个小群体中一起玩的高尔夫球手比较了他们整个课程的总数.
The player with the lowest score wins.
得分最低的玩家获胜.
Scoring a Par Five Hole Golfers respect how much concentration it takes to play the game well.
粉刷一个Par Five Hole Golfers 尊重玩好游戏需要多少注意力.
They stand back and stay quiet when another person is taking a swing.
当另一个人在摇摆时 他们退后 保持安静
It can take between three and five hours to play a round of golf, or eighteen holes.
要打一回合高尔夫球,或打出十八个洞,需要三到五个小时.
People who golf just for fun often ride the course in golf carts.
为了好玩而打高尔夫的人常常会乘坐高尔夫车去上课.
Professional golfers walk from one hole to the next.
职业高尔夫球手从一个洞走来走去.
Helpers called caddies carry their clubs.
帮手叫凯蒂斯 带着他们的俱乐部
Golfers wear shoes with spikes on the bottom for gripping the grass.
高尔夫球员穿鞋 在底部有钉子 抓草。
Their clothing allows them to move easily when they swing a club.
他们的衣服让他们在摆弄会所时容易地移动.
Some golfers wear a glove on one hand to help them grip the clubs better and avoid getting blisters.
一些高尔夫球员一手戴手套来帮助他们更好地抓住俱乐部并避免被打出泡泡.
Golf balls started to have dimples in the early 1900s.
高尔夫球于1900年代初期开始有凹陷.
The dimples help the balls fly higher and farther.
凹槽帮助球飞得更高更远.
A Sport Is Born Scotland is the birthplace of modern golf.
A Sport Is Born Scottland是现代高尔夫球的发源地.
The game may have begun as long ago as the 1400s.
游戏可能早在1400年代就开始了.
It probably spread to England in the early 1600s and to India, Australia, and other British colonies soon after.
它可能于1600年代初传播到英国,并不久后传播到印度,澳大利亚等英国殖民地.
By the late 1800s, golf was played in many countries around the world.
到1800年代末期,高尔夫球在世界许多国家被打出.
Equipment has changed a lot over the years.
这些年来,设备发生了很大变化。
The first golf balls and clubs were made of wood.
最早的高尔夫球和会所由木制而成.
In the early 1600s, people started using leather balls filled with feathers.
1600年代初,人们开始使用充满羽毛的皮球.
In 1848, a new ball was invented.
1848年发明出一款新球.
It was made of tree sap that was dried, heated, and shaped.
它是由被干燥,加热,形状的树浆所制.
Players began using metal golf clubs with the new balls.
玩家开始使用有新球的金属高尔夫球会.
Modern golf balls with rubber cores first appeared in 1898.
有橡胶芯的现代高尔夫球最早出现于1898年.
PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN 1.
太平洋地铁地铁地铁一号线.
United States (17,672) 2.
美国(17 672美元) 2. 联合国
United Kingdom (2,752) 3.
联合王国(2 752) 3 (中文(简体) ).
Japan (2,442) 4.
日本(2 442) 4. 国家
Canada (2,300) 5.
加拿大(2,300) 5.
Australia (1,500) 6.
澳大利亚(1 500) 6. 国家
Germany (684) 7.
德国(684) 7.
France (559) 8.
法国(559) 8.
China (500) 9.
中国 (500) 9.
Sweden (480) 10.
瑞典(480) 10.
South Africa (450) Countries and Numbers of Golf Courses A Global Game Because golf began in Scotland, the sport is most popular in countries where English is spoken.
南非(450个) Golf Course A Global Games的国家和数字, 因为高尔夫球始于苏格兰,
People in more than 130 countries around the world play the game.
全世界有130多个国家的人玩游戏.
The United States has many more golf courses than any other country.
美国的高尔夫球场比任何其他国家都多.
However, compared to how many people live in each country, Scotland has the most golf courses.
然而,相较于每个国家的居住人数,苏格兰的高尔夫球场最多.
In addition to outdoor courses, many places have indoor digital simulators where people can improve their skills.
除户外课程外,多地还设有室内数字模拟器,人们可以提高自己的技能.
Miniature golf is played both indoors and outdoors.
小型高尔夫无论在室内还是在室外都有演奏.
Golf competitions sometimes have wildlife hazards.
高尔夫竞技有时也会有野生动物危害.
The 2008 Women’s World Cup in South Africa was interrupted by baboons.
2008年南非女子世界杯被 b子打断.
Who Plays Golf?
谁玩高尔夫?
More than sixty million people around the world play golf.
全世界超过6000万人打高尔夫.
In the United States, over twenty million people play each year.
在美国,每年有超过2000万人参赛.
Programs exist for young people to learn the game and compete.
青少年学习游戏和竞争的程序已经存在。
Top men’s golfers compete in the U.
顶级男子高尔夫球员在U竞技.
S.
师曰.
-based Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Tour and the European Tour as well as several others.
- 专业高尔夫球协会(PGA)巡回赛和欧洲巡回赛以及其他几个巡回赛。