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Hold tight! 抓緊囉!
Monday, May 08, 2006,Page 14
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A man rides a young horse at a rodeo in Montevideo, Uraguay.
在烏拉圭蒙特維多舉行的牛仔競賽中，一名男子駕馭著一匹幼馬。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO : AFP
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Who would you rather be in this picture, the horse or the man riding the horse? Both look like they are working pretty hard. This man and this horse are competing in a rodeo. Rodeos are held so that people can show their skill at handling horses and cows.
In English, people who have these skills are called cowboys. Many people think of cowboys as very American, but actually cowboys originally came from Mexico, a Spanish-speaking country. Cowboys there are called vaqueros. Cowboys spread from Mexico into the US, but they also spread south into other Spanish-speaking countries. In many of those countries, people who practice handling cows and horses, like the man in this picture, are called gauchos. (Kayleen Hartman, Staff Writer)
在這張照片中，你寧可是誰？是那匹馬還是騎在馬上的人？這兩者看起來都使足全力。這名男子和他的馬正在參加牛仔競賽。舉行牛仔競賽可以讓人們展現駕馭馬匹與母牛的技術。
英文中，擁有這些技能的人被稱為牛仔。許多人認為牛仔是非常美式的，不過事實上牛仔最早起源於西班牙語系的墨西哥。牛仔在墨西哥被稱為「vaqueros」。牛仔從墨西哥傳到美國，但也往南傳到其他說西班牙文的國家。那些國家中，有許多人把練習駕馭牛隻與馬匹的人稱為「gauchos」，就像照片中男子一樣。
（翻譯：賴美君）
| Today's Words 今天單字 |
1. compete v.i.
競爭 (jing4 zheng1)
例：Russ and Sterling compete in everything, from who runs the fastest to who gets the best grades.
（路斯與史達林什麼事都要較勁一番，從誰跑得最快到誰成績最好都要比。）
2. skill n.
技巧 (ji4 qiao3)，技能 (ji4 neng2)
例：My mother says that playing the piano is an important skill to learn.
（我母親說彈鋼琴是一項應該學習的重要技能。）
3. handle v.t.
處理 (chu3 li3)，對待 (dui4 dai4)
例：Ronda works at a pet store, so she handles animals all day long.
（瑞妲在寵物店工作，所以她整天照料動物。） |
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| Quick Quiz 複習測驗 |
1. What is this man competing in?
a. A rodeo.
b. A cowboy.
c. A vaquero.
d. A gaucho.
2. Where do cowboys originally come from?
a. The US.
b. Mexico.
c. Uraguay.
d. Rodeos. |
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