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第一节　原汁原创 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Test 1 Are You Ready to Slackline? 走软绳(slacklining)又叫走扁带运动。它是由国外的登山者在走钢丝运动的基础上开创出来的，如走钢丝运动一样，走软绳是一项极具挑战的极限运动。 Think tightrope walking is tough？Then you haven’t seen slacklining，the latest extreme sport in which athletes walk across two points，balancing on a nylon webbing，which has been tied to both sides. The biggest difference between tightrope walking and slacklining is that while the line in the latter is under some tension，it is not as hard，but is instead almost bouncy like a trampoline.Also，use of nylon webbing helps to keep the slacker’s foot from rolling.This allows slackliners to be dynamic and perform impressive stunts and tricks，all while balancing on the thin line with no safety net below! The honor for creating this extreme sport can be attributed to two California rock climbers—Adam Grosowsky and Jeff Ellington，who first started walking on the loose chains and cables that lie alongside parking lots.They enjoyed it so much that they started tying nylon webbing to higher points in California’s Yosemite Valley and walking across it.Soon other climbers caught on.Not only was it fun，but also，a great training tool for rock climbing. Over the years，slacklining has developed into a real sport，one with many different variations，ranging from Freestyle slacklining to Waterlining，which as the name indicates is walking across water.However the most nerve-racking is tricklining，where athletes perform tricks as they walk across. And，while most of them do it with the nylon web pretty close to the ground，San Francisco resident Andy Lewis takes it to a new level，by performing tricks while slacklining a 45ft crossing over a 100ft deep valley in Flat Sands，California. But，as the 27-year-old full-time slackliner will warn you，while he makes the sport look easy，it is only because he has been practicing since graduating from high school in 2004.In other words，do not try this at home! http：///2011/6/6/are-you-ready-to-slackline Notes： 1．tightrope