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제목	Senior Forklift Races

작성자	잉글리쉬쌤	등록일	2022-06-29

Senior Forklift Races 노인들의 지게차 경주 “We’ve had like huge crowds coming down to watch. And, we’ll 1cram about 30 people into that room.” At Carver Senior Living Facility, it’s a 2packed house with a playoff atmosphere. “Two, one, go!” The 3residents have gathered to 4cheer on the hometown River Rats... a lean, mean 5forklift racing team. “6Keep our composure, and don’t 7panic. Everybody 8watch out for me. You never know where I’ll be.” Every Thursday at 1:00, the River Rats 9face off 10virtually against another group of 11seniors in Minnesota and Wisconsin. “It’s very 12competitive and you have to really be 13team-oriented to do this.” They use remote-controlled forklifts to pick up 14loads and place them around the 15arena. The first team to deliver all 4 loads to a new location, 16wins the shift. “Harder than it looks. You gotta be seriously aware of whether you wanna go forwards or backwards... whether you wanna turn left or right.” All while trying not to 17collide with your teammates. “What I learned during my career was that aging is a team sport.” Dr. Bill Thomas invented the National Forklift Racing League to help seniors exercise hand-eye coordination, while 18building camaraderie. He’s tuning in from Ithaca, New York. “A lot of people, when they think about aging and old age, they think about what people can’t do. And forklift racing is about what people can do.” Turns out, they can do a lot. There is a little bit of senior 19smack talk. And the crowd 20goes wild whenever the River Rats come through. 1 cram (좁은 공간 속으로) 잔뜩 들어가다 2 packed house 꽉 찬 관객[관중] 3 resident 주민 4 cheer 응원하다 5 forklift 지게차 6 keep one’s composure 평정심을 유지하다 7 panic 당황하다 8 watch out for ~을 경계하다 9 face off 대결하다, 맞붙다 10 virtually 온라인으로 11 senior 노인 12 competitive 경쟁이 심한 13 team-oriented 팀을 중심으로 하는 14 load 짐 15 arena 경기장 16 win the shift (기록 보드의 점수에서) 승리하다 17 collide with ~와 충돌하다 18 build camaraderie 동지애를 쌓다 19 smack talk 거친 말 20 go wild 열광하다 Article from https://cnn.ybmnet.co.kr/cnn_class/2451