外刊精读(九)：Corn drill challenge goes horribly wrong.docxVIP

Corn drill challenge goes horribly wrong for Chinese woman-teen now has a bald batch on her head“玉米钻”挑战出现可怕的失误，中国女青年头上现已出现秃块By Alap Naik DesaiThe “Corn Drill Challenge” recently had the Internet in a tizzy. However, woman in China is regretting the decision to partake in the activity. She now has bald spot on her head owing to the challenge.【生词】 tizzy 紧张，慌乱 partake in参加 owing to由于【翻译】近日“玉米钻”挑战在互联网上引起慌乱。然而，中国女性正后悔决定参加这一活动。由于这个挑战，她现在头上出现了秃点。 A Chinese woman will spend the better part of her teenage years hiding a large bald spot very close to her forehead. The teenager attempted to partake in the latest Internet craze, dubbed the corn drill challenge, and failed spectacularly. The camera recorded the entire episode, and the video of the painful goof-up has now gone viral.【生词】 bald 秃的【翻译】中国女人会将用她大把的青春岁月用来遮盖在前额附近的大块秃点。青少年试图参与最新的互联网热潮，即“玉米钻”挑战最终以失败告终。照相机记录了整个事件，和记录痛苦的一团糟事件的视频现已在网上流传。Corn drill challenge is one of the many, rather insane challenges that caught the attention of social media users. It involves trying to eat an entire corn on the cob. While it may seem simple, the twist is, the corn is attached to a drill machine, which rotates at a very high RPM (Revolutions Per Minute). People who wish to partake in the challenge must hold as much corn as possible in the mouth while it rotates on an industrial power drill. There have been many examples of people successfully or clumsily completing the challenge.【生词】challenge 挑战 clumsily笨拙地【分析】句子的主干是Corn drill challenge is one of the many, rather insane challenges。that caught the attention of social media users是定语从句修饰challenges。【翻译】“玉米钻”挑战是许多疯狂挑战之一，吸引了社交媒体的关注。这涉及到从烤玉米棒吃一整个玉米棒子。虽然它看起来简单，但扭转的是，玉米是连接到一台钻机上，以非常高转速旋转（转每分钟）。那些希望参加的挑战必须保持尽可能多的玉米在嘴里虽然在工业动力钻具旋转。成功地或笨拙地成功完成挑战的例子很多。 Interestingly, the corn drill challenge isn’t new. The crazy feat was attempted by a few people way back in 2014. But, at the time, the challenge failed to garner any considerable traction and mellowed out. However, after a few social media users recently