《剑桥英语词汇在用·初级》Unit 42. Competitive sport (竞技体育)
A. Winning and losing
In football, you can talk about the score like this:
Spain played Poland and they won the game. = Poland lost the game.Spain won 2–0 (spoken as two nil). = Poland lost 2–0.Spain beat Poland (2–0). (NOT Spain won Poland.) = Poland lost (2–0) to Spain.Spain defeated Poland (2–0). = Poland were defeated (2–0) by Spain.Spain and Italy drew 1–1 (spoken as one all) OR It was a 1–1 draw between Spain and Italy.赢与输
在足球比赛中，你可以这样谈论比分：
西班牙对阵波兰，他们赢了比赛。= 波兰输了比赛。西班牙2:0获胜 (说成是“二零”)。= 波兰2:0输了。西班牙(2:0)战胜波兰。(而不是 “西班牙赢取了波兰”.) = 波兰(2:0)输给了西班牙。西班牙以(2:0)击败波兰。= 波兰以(2:0)被西班牙击败。西班牙和意大利1:1战平 (说成是“一平”) 或者或者\textbf{或者} 这是西班牙和意大利之间的1:1平局。B. Competitions
A competition is an organised event in which people try to win something by being the best, the fastest, etc. Individuals, such as tennis players Serena Williams or Rafael Nadal, and teams such as Manchester United, take part in different types of competition. Tennis players and golfers enter tournaments such as the French Open; football and ice hockey teams play in league competitions, where they play against different teams. Many teams also play in cup competitions (similar to tournaments), e.g. the FA Cup or the World Cup, which ends with two teams playing against each other in a final. The winners (opp the losers) are the champions, e.g. Germany became World Cup champions in 2014, and Philipp Lahm received the cup as captain of the winning team.
竞赛
一场竞赛是一次有组织的活动，其中的人们试图赢得一些东西，通过成为最好的、最快的，等等方式来实现。个人，如网球运动员 塞雷娜·威廉姆斯 或 拉斐尔·纳达尔，以及曼联等球队，会参加不同类型的竞赛。网球运动员和高尔夫球员要参加法国网球公开赛等比赛；足球队和冰球队要参加联赛比赛，在此与不同球队进行比赛。许多球队还参加杯赛 (类似于锦标赛)，例如足总杯或世界杯，这些比赛最后是两支球队在决赛中互相对决。赢家 (“与此相反的”是输家) 就是冠军，例如德国在2014年成为世界杯冠军，而 菲利普·拉姆 作为冠军队的队长接受了奖杯。
C. Reporting sports events
In one of the most incredible races of all time, Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt won the 100 metres final at the 2016 Olympics. Although Bolt did not break his own world record of 9.69 seconds, he achieved a great victory running an outstanding time of 9.81 seconds. Usain Bolt has now won three gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games, also known as the ‘triple triple’.
Kim Clijsters won the womens US Open last night for the second time. She first won the championship in 2005, but gave up tennis in 2007 to have a baby. She returned in 2009, and is the first mother to win a grand slam for 29 years.
There was a superb race for the Canadian Grand Prix. The winner, Lewis Hamilton, passed Sebastian Vettel and won by five seconds. But Nico Rosberg now leads the drivers championship with 107 points.
报道体育赛事
有史以来最不可思议的赛跑比赛之一，其中牙买加运动员 尤塞恩·博尔特 在2016年奥运会上赢得了100米决赛。虽然博尔特没有打破他自己9.69秒的世界纪录，但他以9.81秒的出色成绩取得了伟大的胜利。尤塞恩·博尔特 现已在连续三届奥运会上赢得了三枚金牌，也被称为 “三连冠”。
金·克莉丝特丝 昨晚第二次赢得了美国女子公开赛。她在2005年首次获得冠军，但在2007年放弃了网球，去生孩子。她于2009年回归，是29年来第一次赢得大满贯的母亲。
加拿大大奖赛有一场精彩的比赛。获胜者 刘易斯·汉密尔顿 超过了 塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔，以5秒的优势获胜。但 尼科·罗斯伯格 现在以107分领跑车手冠军榜。
