Today we’re going to be talking about the ultramarathon where extreme weather conditions caught ill-prepared runners off guard and killed 21 of them.
Twenty-one people running a mountain ultramarathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds hit the high-altitude race.
生词短语:
marathon [ˈmærəθɑːn]
马拉松
ultramarathon [,ʌltrə'mærəθɒn]
超级马拉松
long-distance race [lɔːŋ ˈdɪstəns reɪs]
长跑比赛
hail [heɪl]
冰雹
freezing [ˈfriːzɪŋ]
冰冷的
gale-force wind [ɡeɪl fɔːrs wɪnd]
强风
altitude [ˈæltɪtuːd]
海拔