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Auto Racing: All in the Family (1/2)

Is the need for speed inherited?

Graham Rahal is 18, fresh out of high school and already [-----1-----] as perhaps the next great American open-wheel racecar driver.

It ought to be pretty heady stuff. But Rahal just shrugs. His earliest childhood memories are of tagging along with his father, Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Rahal, at race tracks, so none of this feels out of the ordinary.

“This has always been my life,” said Rahal, a rookie on the scene.

Ashley Force can relate. She’s 24 and an up-and-coming drag racer. As the child of Funny Car star John Force, she was raised at drag strips, watching her mom mix the fuel and pack the parachute for her dad’s [-----2-----] .

At some point you decide, she said, “Why would I do anything else?”

The Rahals and Forces are two of the latest examples of a long-running trend in American motor sports: racing families.

Some names are [-----3-----] with speed. Andretti. Earnhardt. Petty. Unser. They are racing’s [-----4-----] , perpetuated by chips off the old engine block. The passion and ability to drive a racecar gets handed down from fathers to sons. And daughters. And grandchildren.

The obvious question: Why? Is it nature or nurture? Does the next generation feel obligated to join the family business? Is there a lead-foot gene that scientists have yet to identify?

“I’m not sure I can explain it, to be honest,” said Mario Andretti, the patriarch of racing’s most storied family. “I don’t think there’s any single pattern. I think everybody has a different story to tell.”

There is one common thread. “I’m not saying it’s in the DNA, but whether it’s the Andrettis, the Pettys or us,” said John Force, “all of our families feel the need for speed.”

Vocabulary Focus

heady (adj) ---having a powerful effect; making you feel excited
tag along (v phr) ---to go somewhere with a person or group, usually when they have not asked you to go with them
up-and-coming (adj) ---likely to achieve success soon or in the near future
chip off the old block (idiom) ---very similar in character to one’s own parents or another older member of the family

Specialized terms

rookie (n)--- 新手；新人 a person who is new to an organization or an activity
drag racer (n phr)--- 直线赛车 someone who competes in a car race on a short, straight track to discover whose car is the fastest
drag strip (n phr)--- 直线加速赛车道 a short, straight track where drag races are held
lead foot (n phr)--- 爱开快车的倾向 a tendency to drive too fast

Exercises for Today:

听写&翻译练习：（奖励50HY）
a) 听写填空：补全课文中的空白处。
b) 翻译：翻译文本中高亮的句子（注意联系上下文哦）
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2.更新频率：周一至周六。
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4.参考答案、译文及课文讲解音频回复可见。
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[此贴子已经被作者于2008-3-29 11:25:24编辑过]

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