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