You need good balance to ride a bike with two wheels. Can you imagine how hard it must be to ride a bike with just one wheel?
It seems that this woman doesn't think riding a unicycle is enough of a challenge. She is doing something that would be impossible for most people to do: she is riding all the way across the US on a unicycle. That's more than 4,500km, and she isn't wearing any shoes!
There are other people who do some amazing things on unicycles. In the US, there is a new sport called mountain unicycling. In this sport, people drive their car to the top of a tall mountain, then they ride down steep mountain slopes on a unicycle.
PHOTO: AP
In Germany and Switzerland, there is another amazing unicycle sport. It is called unicycle hockey. In this sport, people use sticks and a ball to play hockey, but instead of skating on ice, they ride around the ground on unicycles.
(Marc langer, staff writer)
騎雙輪腳踏車時，你需要良好的平衡感。你可以想像騎單輪腳踏車有多困難嗎？
這名女子似乎不覺得騎單輪腳踏車是一項挑戰。她正在從事多數人辦不到的任務︰騎著單輪腳踏車橫越美國，總長逾四千五百公里，她連鞋子都沒穿！
也有人騎單輪腳踏車從事驚人之舉。美國有一種稱為「越野單輪車（mountain unicycling）」的新型運動。人們先開車到高山頂端，再騎著單輪腳踏車下陡峭的斜坡。
德國與瑞士還有另一種讓人歎為觀止的單輪車運動，稱為「單輪曲棍球」。競賽中，人們用竿子與一顆球來打曲棍球，不過他們不是在冰上溜冰，而是在地上騎著單輪車跑。
（翻譯︰賴美君）
今日單字
1. challenge n.
挑戰 (tiao3 zhan4)
例: The test tomorrow is going to be really hard. Getting a good grade will be a big challenge.
(明天的測驗會很困難。想拿好成績會是個大挑戰。)
2. steep adj.
陡峭的 (dou3 qiao4 de5)
例: I got tired climbing up the hill because it was so steep.
(由於這座山坡如此陡峭，爬山時我感到相當疲累。)
3. slope n.
斜坡 (xie2 po1)
例: The first time I went skiing, I skied down a slope that wasn't too steep.
(我第一次溜冰時，是從不甚陡峭的斜坡滑下。)
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