攀岩运动能考验人的勇气和技巧。 Rock-climbing is a test of nerve and skill.
简和她的男朋友作过一两次攀岩。她说当她在数百英尺高处朝下望时,只见脚下空荡荡的,吓得她胆战心惊。 Jane's gone rock climbing with her boyfriend once or twice. She says that it makes her hair stand on end when she looks down at hundreds of feet of empty air.
他们取笑我在攀岩活动中的那可怜劲儿。 They laughed at my puny efforts at rock-climbing.