新概念第四冊(cè)課文精講 Lesson6:體育的精神

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課文6 體育的精神

86. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations,

我總是驚愕不已。當(dāng)我聽(tīng)人們說(shuō)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)可創(chuàng)造國(guó)家之間的友誼，

87. and that if only the common peoples of the could meet one another at football or cricket,

還說(shuō)各國(guó)民眾若在足球場(chǎng)或板球場(chǎng)上交鋒，

88. they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.

就不愿在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上殘殺的時(shí)候，

89. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples

一個(gè)人即使不能從具體的事例

90. (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance)

(例如1936年的奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì))

91. that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

了解到國(guó)際運(yùn)動(dòng)比賽會(huì)導(dǎo)致瘋狂的仇恨，也可以從常理中推斷出結(jié)論。

92. Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive.

現(xiàn)在開展的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)幾乎都是競(jìng)爭(zhēng)性的。

93. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win.

參加比賽就是為了取勝。如果不拚命去贏，比賽就沒(méi)有什么意義了。

94. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved,

在鄉(xiāng)間的草坪上，當(dāng)你隨意組成兩個(gè)隊(duì)，并且不涉及任何地方情緒時(shí)，

95. it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise:

那才可能是單純的為了娛樂(lè)和鍛煉而進(jìn)行比賽。

96. but as soon as the question of prestige arises,

可是一量涉及到榮譽(yù)問(wèn)題，

97. as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose,

一旦你想到你和某一團(tuán)體會(huì)因?yàn)槟爿敹鴣G臉時(shí)，

98. the most savage combative instincts are aroused.

那么最野蠻的爭(zhēng)斗天性便會(huì)激發(fā)起來(lái)。

99. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

即使是僅僅參加過(guò)學(xué)校足球賽的人也有種體會(huì)。

100. At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare.

在國(guó)際比賽中，體育簡(jiǎn)直是一場(chǎng)模擬戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。

101. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators:

但是，要緊的還不是運(yùn)動(dòng)員的行為，而是觀眾的態(tài)度，

102. and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests,

以及觀眾身后各個(gè)國(guó)家的態(tài)度。面對(duì)著這些荒唐的比賽，參賽的各個(gè)國(guó)家會(huì)如癡如狂，

103. and seriously believe -- at any rate for short periods -- that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

甚至煞有介事地相信 -- 至少在短期內(nèi)如此 -- 跑跑、跳跳、踢踢球是對(duì)一個(gè)民族品德素質(zhì)的檢驗(yàn)。