滑冰是一项集速度、协调、力量、耐力、柔韧、平衡、灵活、优美、稳定于一身的运动项目。有助于锻炼身体的协调能力，它可以使你的腿部肌肉更加结实而有弹性。

　　相关词汇

　　arabesque spin 燕式旋转

　　art skating 自由滑

　　back skating 倒滑

　　dressing room 更衣室

　　ear muff 耳罩

　　figure skating 花样滑冰

　　helmet n. 头盔

　　ice arena (花样滑冰)冰场

　　ice show 冰上表演

　　ice skating shoe 冰刀溜冰鞋

　　knee/elbow pads 护膝

　　optional course 选修课

　　pair-skating n. 双人滑冰

　　short track speed 短道速滑

　　skate v. 溜冰

　　skate rental 滑冰器具租赁处

　　skating rink 溜冰场

　　snow train 溜冰接龙

　　stadium n. 体育馆

　　waterproof coat 防水外套

　　情景对话:

　　A: Have you heard about the news?

　　B: What news?

　　A: It's said a skating rink will be built in our university this winter. Next semester, we'll get an optional course of skating.

　　B: Great! I want to learn how to skate.

　　A: Me, too.

　　B: What do you like to learn, the figure skating or the short

　　track speed skating?

　　A: I've no idea. But I think the latter is perhaps easier.Figure skating is too hard: the arabesque spin, back skating... I think it's impossible for us to learn thosethings.

　　B: I think we won't learn so difficult things in our optional course. You know, many professional ice skaters began to learn how to skate when they were four or five years old. So, a semester is too short for us to learn those techniques. I guess we'll only learn some basic ones.

　　A: You're right. Let's go to the shop to have a look at ice skating shoes tomorrow.

　　B: We also need knee pads and elbow pads, don't you think so?

　　A: Oh, yes, you're so considerate.

　　参考译文:

　　A:你听说那个消息了吗?

　　B:什么消息?

　　A:今年冬天.我们*要建一个溜冰场。下学期，我们就可以选修滑冰课了。

　　B:太好了!我想学滑冰。

　　A:我也想。

　　B:你想学花样滑冰还是短道速滑呢?

　　A:我也不知道。但是。我想短道速滑可能更容易学。花样滑冰太难了:又要学燕式旋转、又要学倒滑……我想我们根本学不会那些东西。

　　B:依我看来.我们的选修课不会学那么难的动作的。要知道，很多专业的滑冰运动员四五岁的时候就开始学滑冰了。所以，一学期对于我们来说时间太短了，不可能学会那些技术。我猜我们只会一些基本的滑法。

　　A:你说得对。明天我们去商店看看溜冰鞋吧。

　　B:我们还得准备护膝和护肘，是吧?

　　A:哦，是的，你想得真周到。