射箭学校火爆 Waiting List 长达百人

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Archery is catching fire among girls

年轻女孩学习射箭的热情空前高涨。这大概要归功于Catniss效应。Catniss 是电影《饥饿游戏》女主人公。多伦多射箭学校目前报名人数爆满，在waiting list上排队的女生多达百人以上。
Jennifer Laurence 主演的《饥饿游戏》续集 《Catching Fire》目前高居票房榜首，这部电影无疑是射箭学校大受女生欢迎的原因。

Consider it the Katniss effect.


Young girls keen to shoot a bow and arrow have overloaded Toronto archery schools so much that waiting lists have amassed more than 100 hopefuls.

The sudden surge in popularity has been connected to the Hunger Games film and movie franchise, with Jennifer Lawrence topping the current box office as ace archeress Katniss Everdeen in Catching Fire.


"Without a doubt it's because of the movie. It's the only thing we can account the huge increase in numbers we have," said Joan McDonald, who coaches the Canadian Olympic team and teaches youth classes through Bullseye Buccaneers, a Toronto archery school.

"We certainly have more girls sign up than I've had for years and years," she said, adding that enrolment in an all-girls class tripled in just three years.

来源：Graham Slaughter