Speed on Ice: Speed Skating and Ice Hockey(2-1)
     ——Winter sports for those who need speed
The crowd cheers as speed skaters zip around the track. They're racing against the clock, and one-hundredth of a second can be the difference between winning and losing. Hockey players, on the other hand, chase a puck that can travel at 190km/h instead of racing toward a finish line.
For those who love speed, there's nothing like speed skating and ice hockey.
Speed Skating
Speed skating is the fastest human-powered sport in the world, with racers reaching speeds of up to 60 km/h in long-track and short-track competitions. In a long-track race, two skaters race around a 400-meter oval ice rink. They compete in races that vary from 500 meters up to 10,000 meters. Instead of racing each other, skaters compete for the fastest time.
In short-track speed skating, four to six skaters jockey for position and often bump one another as they race several times around a 111-meter oval track. They often fall and sometimes end up with serious injuries. Japanese-American Apolo Anton Ohno, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and a short-track sensation, is an audience favorite.
He looks to speed his way to more gold at the Winter Olympics in Canada in 2010.

Word Bank
1. hockey
      eg. Dan likes to play ice hockey because he can skate fast.
2. against the clock
      eg. It was a race against the clock to try to finish the history exam before class was over.
3. jockey
      eg. The two racecars jockeyed for the lead as they sped around the racetrack.
4. sensation
      eg. Hilary Duff is a singing sensation among teenagers.
  
Chat Room
speed v.超速;增加速度
speed limit
speeding
Godspeed（祝愿）平安

Word Description
1. against the clock 分秒必争
      eg. We were working against the clock to meet the deadline.
            The racers ran against the clock to win the title（冠军）.
2. jockey 推挤，卡位
    jockey for position
   eg. ...singer appeared, the photographers jockeyed for position...
         Several candidates are jockeying for the same position.   
3. sensation 轰动的事件或者人物
      eg. The scandal caused a sensation in New York.
            This pitcher from Taiwan is now a baseball sensation.

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