On Writing Well 17

Chapter17 Sports

Words

1.rack up

The memphis native was in top form as he cracked up the first four games, breaking the Indian's service twice in the first four games.

 If a business racks up profits, losses, or sales, it makes a lot of them. If a sportsman, sportswoman, or team racks up wins, they win a lot of matches or races.（商业上）大量获得（利润），遭受(严重损失)，热销；（体育中）获胜，得（分）

例：India while not racking up such an impressive score beat Japan 3-0.

印度尽管没有大胜，却也以3比0击败了日本。

仿：Increasing sales volume means that the firm is more likely to rack up profits in the coming months.

2.intercepted[ˌɪn.tə'sept]

Fortunately for Auburn, nine of Reaves's passes were intercepted.

to stop and catch something or someone before they are able to reach a particular place 拦截，截住

例：Law enforcement agents intercepted a shipment of drugs from Latin America.执法人员截获了一批从拉丁美洲运来的毒品。

仿：Beckham intercepted Nevill's pass and scored the third goal.

3.the/a glare of sth

Something in Updike made contact with something in Williams:two solitary craftmen laboring in the glare of the crowd.

the full attention of newspapers, television etc, especially when you do not want it

the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc

4.rub off on

 If someone's qualities or habits rub off on you, you develop some of their qualities or habits after spending time with them.影响;感染

例：He was a tremendously enthusiastic teacher and that rubbed off on all the children.

rub原意是擦，揉搓的意思

•She yawned and rubbed her eyes sleepily

词组rub sb's nose in it

■to say or do things which make someone remember that they failed or got something wrong 揭（某人）的疮疤；不断提起（某人）以前的过失

Sue failed her exam, so just to rub her nose in it, I put my certificate up on the wall.休考试没有及格，所以我把自己的证书贴在墙上，就是为了让她难堪。

rub salt in/into the wound

■to make a difficult situation even worse for someone 伤口上撒盐，雪上加霜（使某一困难局势对某人来说变得更糟）

•Losing was bad enough, having to watch them receiving the trophy just rubbed salt into the wound

5.furnish 

Here's an enjoyable list of the kind of people every sport comes furnished with.

［formal］ to supply or provide something:

furnish somebody/something with something

例：They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.

Thoughts

今天讲的是运动相关的文章，个人觉得体育项目还是看现场直播更加生动和精彩，因此看的少。相关类型的文章看过的可能是讲述一些运动员的成长历程的。记得当年还买过一本关于刘翔的书。里面有他的一些图片和故事，大多数内容已经忘得差不多了，只依稀记得他年复一年不断的努力训练。