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Putin takes to the track in F1 car 普金的F1驾驶处女秀 普特编辑按：俄罗斯总理普金时不时会尝试些新花样，向人们展示他那硬汉形象。无论怎样，他那种敢于挑战的勇气是最值得人们学习的。 Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin took time off from his political duties on Sunday to try his hand at Formula One racing in St. Petersburg. 俄罗斯总理普金在上周星期天放下了他的政务，来到圣彼得堡试驾F1赛车。 As the worlds best racing drivers battled it out at the penultimate race of the 2010 Formula One Formula One season in Brazil, Putin got behind the wheel of a F1 car for the first time and spent several hours test-driving a Renault vehicle on an empty stretch of road on the outskirts of his home city. 由于全世界顶尖的赛车手都在巴西参加2010年一级方程赛季的倒数第二轮角逐，普金便在他家乡市郊的一个空旷笔直的道路上花了几个小时的时间对他这两雷诺赛车进行试驾。 The former president reached speeds of 150mph in the car and was pleased with his racing debut. For a first time, it was good, he told reporters afterwards. 普金驾驶F1的速度为每小时150英里，他对他的F1驾驶处女秀感到满意。他后来告诉记者说：“我第一次驾驶F1感觉还好。” Putin -- who is expected to run for a third term in the presidential office in 2012 -- is no stranger to extreme activities and the 58-year-old has often been spotted on hunting and fishing trips, as well as riding motorbikes and piloting planes. 普金有望于2012年竞选第三期的总统职位选举。这位58岁的总理经常尝试各种极限运动，他常常进行打猎，垂钓航行，骑摩托车，以及驾驶飞机。 However, Putins attempt at motor racing comes just four years before Russia hosts its first ever grand prix in Sochi -- the same year as the Black Sea Resort will be the venue for the Winter Olympics. 不过，普金第一次尝试赛车运动是在俄罗斯首次在索契举办的国际汽车大奖赛的四年后，这一年也正是俄罗斯黑海沿岸城市索契获得2014年冬季奥运会承办权的那一年。 Notes: take time off：休假 behind the wheel：在驾驶 be spotted on：在．．．现场 注：本文翻译注释原创于普特网站： /html/dailyfocus/Politics/2010/1109/21574.html 普特英语听力网 免费学习英语 2