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UNIT 5 What an adventure !
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
[对应学生用书第76页]
Why do you think some people are attracted to dangerous sports or other dangerous activities?Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Nowadays many people are attracted to dangerous sports and other dangerous activities.From my everyday experience and observation I think it is a result of dramatic changes in people’s life.
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
Just imagine at old times men had to hunt for food, fight, face many challenges and obstacles.Now our days are quite ordinary with a cup of coffee, donut, computer, desk table and TV.Basically, we do not have to struggle every day for our life and we have nutritious meal without any efforts.So, all we have to do is to contemplate out life.However, I must confess it can be boring.All improvements created for the past centuries made our life easier.Nowadays people look for adventure.They want to face a challenge, prove themselves something, and conquer the world.
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
Personally, I think that every person sees different goals in doing dangerous activities.Some people want to add some stress and tension to their lives.From the other side, other people want to eliminate stress and tension gained from their everyday lives.They can forget about all troubles and leave them behind.I believe that dangerous activities give one freedom, happiness, feeling of independence and tone.
To sum up, I think that dangerous sports and activities are irreplaceable in our life.Without them our life would be miserable and boring.
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
1.specific adj. 具体的, 特定的
2.dramatic adj. 激动人心的;给人印象深刻的
3.obstacle n. 障碍, 阻碍, 妨碍
4.nutritious adj. 有营养的;营养丰富的
5.tension n. 紧张, 焦虑
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
1.Why do people enjoy dangerous sports or activities nowadays?
Because people now want to face a challenge, prove themselves