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韩国射箭运动：通往和谐之路

Wen-Chi Liao, David Lee

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更新: 2010-03-29 8:15 PM 标签: 看新闻学英语

Archery in Korea：a Path to Harmony
韩国射箭运动：通往和谐之路

本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_sports/2010-01-25/234292462266.html
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【新闻关键字】
1. righteous: adj. 正直的
2. virtue: n. 善
3. ancient: adj. 古代的
4. originate: v. 源自于
5. bamboo: n. 竹子
6. childhood: n. 童年时期
7. rediscover: v. 再次发现

[Donghyung Cho, Secretary, Gyeryeong Archery Dao Club]:
“From righteous mind comes righteous body.”
也勇射箭之道俱乐部秘书周东永说：“正常的身体来自正直的心理。”

From stillness and virtue…comes action. That’s one of the ancient codes of conduct of Korean archery which has been practiced for thousands of years.
行动力来自平静和善，这是韩国数千年来练习射箭人古老的行为准则。

[Donghyung Cho, Secretary, Gyeryeong Archery Dao Club]:
“When I prepare to shoot I have to calm down and control my breathing. Good archery is not just shooting an arrow – it comes from focusing the mind. The correct physical action originates from internal stillness.”
也勇射箭之道俱乐部秘书周东永说：“当我准备射箭时，我必须把心静下来、控制呼吸，良好的箭术不只是把弓箭射出，必须专注心灵，正确的肢体动作源自于内心的平静。”

When Donghyung Cho was a boy he lived near an archery field where he would often watch people training.
周东永孩童时期住在射箭场附近，常观看人们练习射箭。

[Donghyung Cho, Secretary, Gyeryeong Archery Dao Club]:
“When I was 9 years old, I hoped to do archery like them (archers) so I tried to make a bow and arrow using bamboo and rubber bands.”
也勇射箭之道俱乐部秘书周东永说：“当我九岁的时候，希望能像那些人一样的射箭，所以用竹子及橡皮圈做了弓和箭。”

40 years on, he’s now fulfilling his childhood dream.
四十年了，现在他实现他童年时期的梦想。

[Donghyung Cho, Secretary, Gyeryeong Archery Dao Club]:
“I was really happy when I rediscovered archery. Now I’m playing with the real thing, I have a real bow and arrow like the soldiers of ancient days.”
周东永说：“当我再次发现射箭，真的很高兴，如今我是玩真的，我拥有真的弓和箭，就像古代士兵的弓箭一样。”

He’s been playing for six years now. Cho was so inspired by archery; he convinced his wife to start as well.
至今他已经射箭六年了，周受到射箭的启发，也说服他的太太开始练习。

【新闻关键字】
1. recommend: v. 推荐
2. hobby: n. 嗜好
3. dominate: v. 以…为主
4. to get along with: v.phr. 与～相处
5. require: v. 需要
6. boom: n. 景气、荣景

[Donghyung Cho, Secretary, Gyeryeong Archery Dao Club]:
“I recommended it to my wife. Now we enjoy playing archery together and this hobby has given us more time to talk with each other, and to love each other more.”
周东永说：“我把它推荐给我太太，现在我们喜欢一起练习射箭，这个嗜好给了我们更多时间互相交谈，也更爱对方。”

And their marriage was in need of a bit more love.
而他们的婚姻的确也需要多一点的爱。

[Hyejeon Min, Archer, Dohyung Cho’s Wife]:
“I was unhappy with our marriage before, because my husband would stay out late and I was alone. After I started archery with him I became very happy in with marriage and there are no more problems.”
周东永的太太钟明烨说：“我以前觉得我们的婚姻不幸福，因为丈夫在外留到很晚，我很孤单，我和他开始一起射箭之后，我们的婚姻变得很快乐，问题都没有了。”

But still, archery is a very a male dominated sport.
但是射箭仍然是一种以男性为主的运动。

[Hyejeon Min, Female Archer]:
“There are only a few women archery players in Korea. I was told by my husband that there are women players. I’m very proud of myself being a woman and playing archery which is a male dominated sport.”
钟明烨说：“在韩国女的射箭选手很少，我丈夫说有女选手，我以身为女人自豪，且会玩以男性为主的射箭运动。”

According to the president of the Gyeryeong Archery Dao Club, there are 50,000 members of the sport, and it’s growing each year.
根据也勇射箭之道俱乐部主席说，这项运动有五万名会员，而且每年持续增加中。

[Pilhwa Kim, President, Gyeryeong Archery Club]:
“It’s good for health and a good tool to get along with others. This sport requires virtue.”
也勇射箭之道俱乐部主席金丕桦说：“射箭对健康有益，而且是和人相处的好运动，这项运动需要德性。”

It’s not so surprising why there’s a recent boom in Korean archery here.
韩国兴起射箭热的原因一点也不令人讶异！

Emma Hall, NTD, Gyeryeong, South Korea.
南韩新唐人电视台艾玛‧霍尔

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【听力加强训练】声音词组烙印

1. From righteous mind comes righteous body

2. rom stillness and virtue…comes action.

3. ancient codes of conduct

4. control my breathing

5. it comes from focusing the mind.

6. The correct physical action

7. originates from internal stillness.
archery field

8. I tried to make a bow and arrow using bamboo and rubber bands.
he’s now fulfilling his childhood dream.

9. he convinced his wife to start as well