摩托車越野賽 Motocross Racing
 
 
DORIS: Oh, my God! I can't believe how they fly through the air!
KEN: Isn't it wild?
DORIS: I think it looks too dangerous. People must get killed all the time.
KEN: Actually, people get hurt pretty often.
But no one has ever gotten killed in a professional motocross race.
It hasn't ever happened in the history of the sport.
DORIS: That is surprising. It looks so dangerous.
KEN: I know it looks dangerous. But it isn't as dangerous as car racing.
DORIS: Which one is your brother?
KEN: He's number 37.
He should pass again in a couple minutes. He's wearing all orange.
DORIS: Did you ever try this?
KEN: Oh, yes. It's really exciting.
But I wasn't as serious about it as Dave. So Dave became a racer.
He goes to races almost every Sunday in the summer.
DORIS: Is he a professional?
KEN: Oh, no. These are amateur racers now.
The professionals will race in about an hour.
DORIS: He's an amateur? So he doesn't make any money from this.
KEN: That's right. You have to be a professional to make money.
But Dave has a sponsor. Cycle City Yamaha is the shop that sponsors him.
DORIS: What does a sponsor do?
KEN: Racers who have sponsors usually get free racing equipment from the shop.
Or they sometimes get to use the shop's van to take their motorcycle to the races.
Dave uses his own van, but he gets a lot of free equipment from Cycle City.
So it's a good deal.
DORIS: Do women race?
KEN: Sure. But not many.
It's a very rough sport. But in some places there is women's competition.
Look! There's Dave.
DORIS: I see him. Number 37.
KEN: Right.
DORIS: Ah! He almost fell!
KEN: No, he didn't. That was a trick he used to get around the corner faster.
DORIS: I'm glad I came along today. This is really fun to watch.

桃樂絲：天啊！我不敢相信他們怎么能飛躍起來。
肯恩：狂野吧？
桃樂絲：看起來好危險，一定總是出人命。
肯恩：事實上人很常受傷，
但是沒有人在職業摩托車越野賽中身亡，
從來沒在這種運動的歷史上發生過。
桃樂絲：真是讓人吃驚！這看起來好危險。
肯恩：看來的確危險，但是沒有賽車危險。
桃樂絲：哪個是你哥哥？
肯恩：他是 37 號。
他幾分鐘后要再通過一次，他全身穿成橙色。
桃樂絲：你玩過這個嗎？
肯恩：有啊，真的好刺激。
但是我沒有戴夫認真，所以戴夫成了賽車手。
夏天他幾乎每個星期天都去比賽。
桃樂絲：他是職業的嗎？
肯恩：不是。現在這些都是業余的。
大約再過一小時職業賽會開始。
桃樂絲：他是業余的？那么他沒有從中賺到錢。
肯恩：沒錯，職業選手才能賺錢。
但是戴夫有贊助者，機車城雅馬哈贊助他。
桃樂絲：贊助者提供什么？
肯恩：有贊助者的選手通常從廠商那兒拿到免費的比賽裝備。
或是用廠商的旅行車將他們的摩托車送到賽場。
戴夫開自己的旅行車，但是他從機車城那兒拿到很多免費的裝備。
真是不錯。
桃樂絲：有女生參賽嗎？
肯恩：當然有，但是不多。
這是很艱難的運動，不過有些地方有女生比賽。
看！那是戴夫。
桃樂絲：我看到了，37 號。
肯恩：沒錯。
桃樂絲：他快摔倒了。
肯恩：沒有，那是他用來快速彎過轉角的招數。
桃樂絲：很高興今天我來了，真的很好看。