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At the end of his workday in steamy midtown Manhattan, Joel Terry craves relaxing outdoors. But these days, instead of starting
At the end of his workday in steamy midtown Manhattan, Joel Terry craves relaxing outdoors. But these days, instead of starting
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2015-03-25
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At the end of his workday in steamy midtown Manhattan, Joel Terry craves relaxing outdoors. But these days, instead of starting his hour-long commute home to the mellow shore town of Long Branch, New Jersey, Terry stops at an unlikely source of nature: downtown Manhattan.
There, he boards a sailboat and is soon tacking against the winds of New York Harbor. Terry, 37, who works in retail finance, is a newly minted member of the Manhattan Sailing Club, one of an increasing number of community sailing clubs across the country. Dozens of its sailboats sit in the North Cove marina, bobbing among mega-yachts near the World Financial Center. But sailing these days doesn’t have to mean blue blazers, clubhouse dining rooms, and strict rules of etiquette. Next to multimillion-dollar yachts, and in the shadow of shiny towers housing financial giants Goldman Sachs and American Express, members socialize on plastic lawn chairs while drinking beers.
"Sailing has had the reputation of being an expensive, elitist sport, but it really isn’t," says Jack Gierhart, executive director of U. S. Sailing, the governing body for the sport. With more than 550 community sailing programs across the United States, these open-to-the-public and mostly nonprofit clubs account for the recent revival of a pastime whose popularity has declined since its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s, when sailing was an elegant alternative to motorized boats during the energy crisis. The number of these organizations has risen 10 percent over the past three years, according to Gierhart.
The pastime has also suffered what could be described as a branding problem. "Sailing has traditionally been portrayed as being just for rich white people, and yachting has such a snooty reputation," says Charlie Nobles, executive director of the American Sailing Association, which certifies instructors and students. "The average age of yacht-club members 10 years ago was 50. Now it’s 60. They’re not getting replacement members. The challenge we have today is how to get youth interested. "
To that point, a less formal atmosphere and social friendship are big selling points for these sailing clubs, especially in young professional Manhattan. The Manhattan Sailing Club hosts "full moon" parties on the floating bar it runs next to the Statue of Liberty, where members have a view of the new One World Trade Center on one side and New Jersey sunsets on the other. In the winter, it organizes annual trips where members can island-hop in the Caribbean.
While promoting the social side of sailing may be the key to attracting people to the sport, the appeal of speeding along the open water tugs at something more fundamental. " It’s an amazing feeling, using the wind and tide to propel your boat forward," says Terry. "It clears your mind, and you’re just in that moment. "
Which of the following can be a good illustration of Jack Gierhart’s words on the reputation of sailing?
选项
A、Strict rules of social behavior.
B、Location of the sailing clubs.
C、Plastic lawn chairs and beers.
D、The profit of the clubs.
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。根据题干关键词Jack Gierhart’s words和reputation of sailing定位到第二、三段。第三段第一句提到:“美国帆船”的执行董事杰克·吉尔哈特说帆船运动已经不再是昂贵的精英体育运动,而第二段后半部分指出,如今,帆船运动不一定意味着蓝色的运动衣、会所餐厅和严格的礼仪规则。在林立的高楼大厦之中,会员们坐在普通的塑料椅子上,聊天、喝啤酒。由此可知,能够诠释帆船运动平民化的正是这些普通的塑料椅子和啤酒,因此选[C]。第二段倒数第二句中提到了严格的社交礼仪,但这是人们以往对帆船运动的印象,而不是现在帆船运动给人的印象,故排除[A];第二段最后一句中涉及了帆船俱乐部的位置,但其周围的这些高楼和奢侈的游艇并不能体现出现在帆船运动的平民化,故排除[B];第三段倒数第二句中提到这些帆船俱乐部通常不是以盈利为目的的,因此,其利润并不能体现帆船运动的地位,故排除[D]。
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