Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs" comeback may be the best. Takacs was part of Hungary's world-champion pistol-shooting team in 1938 when an army grenade exploded in his right hand. Ten years later, he won the first two golds in rapid-fire pistol - after teaching himself to shoot left-handed. In a sport where the bullseye looks about the size of the full stop at the end of this sentence, a sport where shooters compete amid a cacophony of noise and still concentrate on firing between heartbeats, Takacs' achievement tests the imagination. From just three shooting events at the 1896 Olympic Games to 17 today, the sport has grown steadily. In part this leap can be ascribed to advances in the technology of firearms and equipment, which have led to constant changes in the shooting competition. But it can also be ascribed to the passion shooters have for their sport. Help: abound with 盛产, 富于; 充满, 多 grenade n. 手榴弹 bullseye n. 靶心 cacophony n. 杂音 射击(shooting）是用枪支对准目标打靶的竞技项目。国际比赛有男女个人项目。也有团体项目，使用枪支射击的人叫射手（射击运动员）或叫神枪手。射击运动员的技术叫射击术。 最初枪支用于狩猎和军事目的。现在，射击被当作是一种娱乐活动。射击首次列入现代奥运会在1896年雅典奥运会。1897年举行了首届世界射击锦标赛。1907年世界射击联盟成立。 射击项目在世界上居于领先地位的国家有美国，中国，俄国和德国。射击运动要求（运动员）具有平衡，注意力集中，协调，心理稳定和时间感觉等项素质。 大家普遍认为射击运动员的视力一定很好。其实不然，像国内很多优秀选手在视力上都有着这样那样的问题。例如：现中国射击队总教练王义夫，他有很严重的花眼。但是射击成绩是最优秀的，所以比赛的时候戴眼镜就没有问题了。 和射击运动相关的英语词汇 射击运动 shooting 射击运动员 shooter 神枪手 sharpshooter 裁判员 referee 裁判长 range officer 手枪 pistol shooting 气手枪 air pistol 运动手枪 sports pistol 手枪速射 rapid-fire pistol shooting 自选手枪 free pistol 步枪 rifle 气步枪 air rifle 移动靶 running target 飞碟 clay-target 飞碟多向 trap 飞碟双向 skeet 飞碟双多向 double trap 飞碟双双向 double skeet 速射 rapid fire 慢射 slow fire 三种姿势 three positions 立姿 standing position 跪姿 kneeling position 卧姿 prone position 发 shot 组 string 环 point 打中靶心 make the bull's-eye 脱靶 miss 装弹 load 瞄准 aim 三点成一线 sight alignment 扣扳机 trigger 击发 fire 命中 hit 枪支 firearm 手枪总称 handgun 小口径手枪 small-bore pistol 猎枪 shotgun 枪管 barrel 口径 bore 弹药 ammunition 靶 target 飞碟靶 clay target 固定靶 fixed target 靶环 ring 靶心 bull's-eye 内10环 inner ring 射击场 range 抛靶器 trap 射击衣 shooting coat