Parkourisasportwiththeaimofmovingfromonepointtoanotherassmoothlyefficientlyandquicklyaspossibleusingchieflytheabilitiesofthehumanbody.It’smoresimilartomartialarts(武术)thantoasport.Parkourfocuses

　　Parkourisasportwiththeaimofmovingfromonepointtoanotherassmoothlyefficientlyandquicklyaspossibleusingchieflytheabilitiesofthehumanbody.It’smoresimilartomartialarts(武术)thantoasport.Parkourfocusesonhowanyobstacleisdealtwithwhethertheobstacleiseitherphysicalormental.

　　Inspirationforparkourcamefromthe“NaturalMethodofPhysicalCulture”developedbyGeorgesHebertintheearlytwentiethcentury.FrenchsoldiersinVietnamwereinspiredbyHeber’sworkandcreatedwhatisnowknownasparcoursducombatant(障碍训练课程).DavidBellewhowasintroducedtothismethodbyhisfatherRaymondBelleaVietnamesesoldierwhohadpracticedithadtakenpartinactivitiessuchasmartialartsandgymnasticsandsoughttoapplyhisathleticskillinamannerthatwouldhavepracticaluseinlife.

　　AftermovingtoLissesDavidBellecontinuedhisjourneywithothers.“Fromthenonwedeveloped”saysSebastienFoucanwhohelpedtospreadparkour“andreallythewholetownwasthereforus;thereforparkour.”

　　Overtheyearsasdevotedpractitioners(实践者)improvedtheirskillstheirmovescontinuedtogrowinscalesothatbuilding-to-buildingjumpsanddropsofoverastorey(楼层)becamecommoninmediadescriptioncausingmuchmisunderstandingonthenatureofparkour.”

　　Althoughmanypractitionerssayparkourisn’tanextremesportitdoescarryriskwithit.Thepracticeofrunningjumpingandleapingfromavarietyofurbanstructures(rooftopsstaircasesraisedsurfaceswallsetc.)andlandingonconcreteofcoursecarriesthepotentialforinjury.Someofthemostcommoninjuriesincludesprained(扭伤的)anklesandinjuriestotheknees.

　　Accordingtoonepractitioner“Oneofthebiggestdifferencesbetweenparkourandotherso-called‘extreme’sportsisthatitisnotconcernedonlywithphysicalskillsbutalsowithone’smentalandspiritualpleasure.”

　　1. Thesecondparagraphismainlyabout_______.

　　A.Belle’sdevotiontoparkour B.theoriginofparkour

　　C.theuseofparkourduringwartime D.thepracticaluseofparkourinlife

　　2. WhatdoweknowaboutDavidBelle?

　　A.HeusedtobeaFrenchsoldierinVietnam.

　　B.Hisattitudetow