閱讀測驗教學From Fearful to Fearless by David Pai
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David Pai’s白老師閱讀測驗教學
Camera in the Sky
Professional photographers often have to take calculated risks to get the
perfect shot. But fewphotographers are willing to “take the plunge” like Tom
Sanders. His enthusiasm and daring have made him one of the world’s most
legendary skydiving photographers.
From Fearful to Fearless
If you watched Sanders leaping out of a plane today,weighed down with
heavy camera equipment,you would never guess that he was once terrified of
heights. But that fear is what launched his remarkable career. “I was doing a
course in building self-confidence,” says Sanders, “and one of the assignments
had
to involve something you were scared of doing. I was petrified of heights,
so my assignment was to jump outof a plane.” After about 50 jumps, Sanders did
more than conquer his fear; he began to enjoy the thrill of
parachuting. Today, Sanders never lets fear prevent him from trying
something new. He says he wakes up every morning and asks himself, “How am I
going to enjoy the most out of this life?”
Falling Feats
These days, Sanders is comfortable enough to shoot astonishing photographs
while dropping
thousands of feet in freefall. For one advertisement, he snapped photos of
stunt riders driving motorcycles out of an airplane door. For another ad
campaign, he photographed a sofa as it plummeted to the ground.
He has also recorded enormous group dives in which hundreds of skydivers
join hands to create beautiful flower-like formations.
Fearful to Fearless”?
A Professional photographers are fearless.
B Skydiving is extremely dangerous.
C Photographic equipment is very heavy.
D Skydiving helped a man overcome his fear.
2. According to the passage, Sanders will most
likely .
A keep taking risks to get great photos
B become afraid of heights again in the future
C fly in an airplane to another state
D try to start a new career
3. Sanders first jumped out of an airplane to .
A photograph a falling sofa
B show his enthusiasm
C create a flower-like formation
D build his self-confidence
4. What do the headings tell?
A important information about skydiving
B how Sanders became a photographer
C the topic of each section
D the advertising campaigns Sanders
photographed
Camera in the Sky
專業攝影師通常必須承擔計算好的風險才能獲得完美的鏡頭。但很少攝影師願意像湯姆·桑德斯（Tom Sanders）一樣願意“接受垂直掉落”。他的熱情和勇氣使他世界上最傳奇的跳傘攝影師之一。
From Fearful to Fearless
If you watched Sanders leaping
out of a plane today, weighed down with heavy
camera equipment,you would never guess that he was once
terrified of heights.
從恐懼到無畏
如果你看到桑德斯今天從飛機上跳下來，被沉重的攝像設備重壓在下面，你永遠不會猜到他曾經害怕高度
But that fear is what launched his remarkable
career. “I was doing a course in
building self-confidence,” says Sanders, “and one of the assignments had to
involve something you were scared of doing. I was petrified of heights, so my assignment was to jump out of a plane.”
但正是這種恐懼激發了他的非凡生涯。“我當時正在上一門建立自信的課程，”桑德斯說，“其中一項作業必須涉及你害怕做的事情。我被高度嚇成石頭，所以我的任務是從飛機上跳下來。
After about 50 jumps,
Sanders did more than conquer his fear; he began
to enjoy the thrill of parachuting. Today,
Sanders never lets fear prevent him from trying something new. He says he wakes
up every morning and asks himself, “How am I going to enjoy the most out of
this life?”
在大約50次跳躍之後，桑德斯所做的不僅僅是征服了他的恐懼。他開始享受跳傘。今天，桑德斯從不讓恐懼阻止他嘗試新事物。他說他醒來了每天早上，我都會問自己，「我怎樣才能享受到這一生的最大樂趣
Falling Feats
These days, Sanders is
comfortable enough to shoot astonishing photographs while dropping
thousands of feet in
freefall.
墜落的壯舉
如今，桑德斯足夠舒適，可以在下降時拍攝驚人的照片。數千英尺的自由落體。
For one advertisement, he snapped photos of stunt riders driving
motorcycles out of an airplane door. For another
ad campaign, he photographed a sofa as it plummeted
to the ground.He has also recorded enormous
group dives in which hundreds of skydivers join hands to create beautiful flower-like formations.
在一則廣告中，他拍攝了特技騎手駕駛摩托車駛出飛機門的照片。在另一個廣告活動中，他拍攝了一張沙發墜落到地上的照片。他還記錄了巨大的團體潛水，其中數百名跳傘者聯手創造了美麗的花朵般的陣型。
legendary 傳說
skydiving 高空跳傘
photographer攝影師
leaping跳
be weighed down帶重量往下
terrify 嚇
heights 高度
launch推出
remarkable著名的
course 路徑
petrify 使石化 (使驚呆)
assignment指派的事
conquer 征服
thrill 恐懼
parachuting跳傘
Feats功績
astonishing 令人吃驚
photograph照片
plummet 直掉
enormous 巨大
formations.
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