西方的冒险主义精神与赛车文化汽车英语第十三课资料.ppt

一座伟大城市的生与死 曾经是美国第四大城市，现在下滑到第11位 -- Detroit 底特律 经典赛车电影 LOGO 汽车英语：文化与营销 第十三课 应高峰 人文学院外语系 * * 西方的冒险主义精神与赛车文化 西方的冒险主义精神：冒险精神是人类生存的必要 中国：弱者道之用 * * 各种美式体育项目 因为西方的冒险精神，美式足球、棒球、赛车等冒险游戏大受欢迎。 /v_show/id_XMjgxMjA0Mzc2.html 底特律的破败 /detail_3891.html * * 中国人讲究个人技巧的体育 中国人尤其是统治者的冒险精神的弱化，直接地使得中国后来多次遭受外族入侵，甚至被其统治。而现在的竞技体育运动中，中国只有靠技巧取胜，譬如乒乓球、跳水 /v_show/id_XNzAzMzQzNzAw.html * * * * Franchitti Reunites with The Henry Ford and the Jim Clark Lotus-Ford? * * Three years after an emotional run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar Series star Dario Franchitti has been selected by The Henry Ford to once again drive one of Jim Clark’s most famous race vehicles in the 2013 edition of the Goodwood Revival in England, September 13-15. * * 印第安纳波利斯（ IN, USA）是美国印第安纳州最大城市、首府，美国第二大的州首府（仅次于亚利桑纳州的菲尼克斯）。 Jim Clark，吉姆·克拉克(1936年3月4日—1968年4月7日)是一位苏格兰籍F1车手。在他那个年代，吉姆·克拉克是一位具有统治地位的车手，在1963年和1965年，他赢得了两次车手总冠军。 吉姆·克拉克纪念视频：/v_show/id_XMTM2NTI4OTA0.htmlThe Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September at Goodwood Circuit since 1998 for the types of road racing cars and motorcycle that would have competed during the circuits original period—1948–1966. Most people dress in period clothes. It is one of the worlds most popular motor race meetings and the only UK event which recreates the golden era of motor sport from the 1950s and 1960s. The popular Scottish driver and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner, was previously chosen to drive this historic car in 2010 when it returned to the Indy track for the first time since Clark drove the car to victory there in 1965. * *  * * That victory, the first for a rear-engine car, and the first Indy win for Ford Motor Company, helped changed the sport of IndyCar forever. “We are thrilled that Dario accepted the offer to drive the Lotus at Goodwood,” said Christian Overland, executive vice president of The Henry Ford.? “We know how much the car means to him, and also how much the chance to help h