Underwater Cycling and Skiing Proves Challenging

在水下騎車及滑冰證實是可挑戰的

本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞

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【新聞關鍵字】

1. season [ˋsizN ; ˈsiːzn] : n. 季節；時期

2. competition [ˏkɑmpəˋtɪʃən ; ˏkɑːmpəˈtɪʃn] : n. 比賽；競賽

3. contest [kɑnˋtɛst ; ˈkɑːntest] : n. 競爭

4. attempt [əˋtɛmpt ; əˈtempt] : v. 努力；試圖

Members of a Siberian diver’s club mark the end of the season with a cycling and skiing competition – only this contest takes place at the bottom of Lake Baikal.

數位西伯利亞的潛水俱樂部成員，以騎單車及滑冰競賽的方式，來標記季節的尾聲─ ─只是這項競賽是在貝加爾湖的水面下舉行。

Fifteen divers attempted to cycle or ski in three-meter-deep water — most not very successfully said club director, Andrei Baranovski.

十五位潛水者試圖在三公尺深水中騎單車或滑冰，Andrei Baranovski俱樂部主任表示：大多數都並非很成功。

5. behave [bɪˋhev ; bɪˈheɪv] : v. 表現；表現得體

6. pedal [ˋpɛdL ; ˈpedl] : n. 踏板；腳蹬子

7. saddle [ˋsædL ; ˈsædl] : n. 馬鞍；（腳踏車或機車的）坐墊

8. adjustment [əˋdʒʌst] : n. 調節；調整

[Andrei Baranovski, Diving Club Director]:

“It is interesting to see how the skis and bicycles behave underwater. A bicycle tends to go up, and so do skis. As soon as you put pressure on the pedals the bicycle rises up. That is why the divers had to regulate the center of the weight and had to sit lower in the saddle in order to move forward.”

潛水俱樂部主任Andrei Baranovski說：“觀看在水面下滑冰及騎單車的動作表現，相當有趣。單車傾向往上，滑冰板也是。你將壓力放在踏板上的同時，車也向上升起。這就是為何潛水者們必須控制重心，並且必須坐低坐墊，才能向前進。

A fewV competitors did manage to move forward instead of up.

一些競賽者的確能夠設法向前移動，而非向上。

But diver, Michael Shuyupov, says the bicycles need some adjustment.

但是潛水者邁可‧蘇玉波夫表示，單車需要一些調整。

[Michael Shuyupov, Diver]:

“We managed to ride, we went forward. But we should make the bicycles a bit heavier so that they don’t go upwards.”

潛水者邁可‧蘇玉波夫說：“我們設法往前騎，但我們應該使單車重一點，這樣才不會向上浮。“

9. valuable [ˋvæljUəbL ; ˈvæljuəbl] : adj. 貴重的；值錢的

10. perhaps [pɚˋhæps ; pərˈhæps] : adv. 也許；大概；可能

11. eccentric [ɪkˈsentrɪk ; ɪkˋsɛntrɪk] : adj. 古怪的

12. annual [ˋænjUəl ; ˈænjuəl] : adj. 每年的；一年一次的

Competitors say they learned valuable lessons about the behavior of objects underwater.

競賽者表示，他們學習到有關物體在水面下行為的珍貴一課。

And perhaps this will be the start of an eccentric annual tradition.

或許這將會是一年一次古怪傳統的開始。

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