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In the past, young athletes would play baseball or basketball. Today, they want risk and excitement—the closer to the edge, the better. They snowboard over cliffs, windsurf near hurricanes, or bungee jump from towers.
在过去，年轻的运动员会打棒球或篮球。现在，他们想要的是冒险和刺激—-越接近极限就越好。他们在悬崖上玩滑雪板，在飓风附近玩帆板，或者从高楼上蹦极。
Extreme sports started as an alternative to more expensive sports such as golf. A city kid who didn’t have the money to buy expensive sports equipment could get a skateboard and have fun. But now it has become a whole new area of sports, with specialized equipment and high levels of skill. There’s even a special Olympics for extreme sports, called the Winter X Games, which includes snow mountain biking and ice climbing. An X Games is also held each summer.
极限运动最初是高尔夫等更昂贵运动的替代品。一个没有钱买昂贵的运动器材的城市孩子可以得到一个滑板并玩得很开心。但现在它已经成为一个全新的体育领域，拥有专门的设备和高水平的技术。甚至还有极限运动的特奥会，叫做冬季极限运动会，包括雪山自行车赛和冰上攀岩。极限运动会也在每年夏天举行。
