導讀作者：小雅和英美友人SummerOlympicGames夏季奧運會Everyfouryears,topathletesintheworldcompetein....

作者：小雅和英美友人

Summer Olympic Games 夏季奧運會

Every four years, top athletes in the world compete in a festival of sports, called the Olympic Games.

每隔四年，世界上的頂級運動員們會參加一個運動盛會，叫做奧運會。

There are two types of Olympic Games – summer and winter, which occur two years apart from each other.

奧運會分兩種——夏季和冬季，它們每隔兩年交替進行。

This year is an exception.

今年是個特殊情況。

Due to the pandemic, 2020 Summer Olympic Games have been postponed to 2021.

由于疫情，2020年夏季奧運會被推遲到2021年舉行。

Beijing will be holding the Winter Olympic Games in 2022.

北京將會在2022年舉辦冬季奧運會。

我們列出了2020年東京奧運會的100多個運動的中英文名稱，并對部分項目進行了說明。我們還引用了英國Usborne出版社的Look Inside Sports翻翻書中的句子，用簡單的語言向寶寶介紹一些項目。

1. 3x3 Basketball 三人籃球

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2. Archery 射箭

Archers use a bow and arrow to fire at targets.

射箭手用弓箭射向靶子。

3. Artistic Gymnastics 競技體操

Male gymnasts compete in six medal events: floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.

男子體操選手在六項比賽中角逐：自由操、鞍馬、吊環、跳馬、雙杠和單杠。

In the womens division, there are four medal events: vault, uneven parallel bars, balance beam, and floor.

女子組有四項比賽：跳馬、高低杠、平衡木和自由操。

4. Artistic Swimming 花樣游泳

Artistic swimming, or synchronized swimming, is a mix of swimming and dance.

花樣游泳融合了游泳與舞蹈。

5. Athletics 田徑

Athletics involves track, field, road events, and the mens decathlon and womens heptathlon.

田徑包括徑賽、田賽、公路賽和男子十項全能和女子七項全能。

Track events are mostly running races on a track, including sprint, middle and long-distance events, hurdle race, steeplechase race, and relay.

徑賽項目主要是在跑道上進行的跑步比賽，包括短跑、中長跑、跨欄、障礙賽和接力。

Field events involve jumping or throwing things including high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, and javelin throw.

田賽項目包含跳或投擲，包括跳高、撐桿跳、急行跳遠、三級跳遠、鉛球、鐵餅、鏈球和標槍。

These take place on a grassy field.

這些項目會在草地上舉行。

The marathon and racewalking events are held on public roads.

馬拉松和競走比賽在公共道路上舉行。

6. Badminton 羽毛球

Badminton players hit a shuttlecock made of feathers and wood.

羽毛球運動員打的是羽毛和木頭做的羽毛球。

7. Baseball / Softball 棒球 / 壘球

8. Basketball 籃球

9. Beach Volleyball 沙灘排球

Beach volleyball is played on sand.

沙灘排球是在沙子上進行的。

10. Boxing 拳擊

Boxers throw powerful punches with padded gloves.

拳擊手帶著拳擊手套擊出重拳。

11. Canoe Slalom 皮劃艇激流回旋

12. Canoe Sprint 皮劃艇靜水

13. BMX Freestyle Cycling 自由式小輪車

14. BMX Racing Cycling 小輪車競速

BMX bike racers speed along dirt tracks.

小輪車選手沿著煤渣跑道賽車。

15. Mountain Bike Cycling 山地自行車

16. Road Cycling 公路自行車

Road riders climb steep hills on their bikes.

公路自行車選手騎車爬過陡坡。

17. Cycling Track 場地自行車

Cyclists race each other around an oval track called a velodrome.

場地自行車選手沿著橢圓形賽道比賽，賽道叫做賽車場。

18. Diving 跳水

There are two diving events, springboard and platform.

跳水比賽有兩種，跳板和跳臺。

Divers compete to jump into the water in the best possible style.

跳水運動員比賽看誰能用最完美的姿勢跳入水中。

19. Equestrian 馬術

In an equestrian event, riders guide a horse over jumps.

在馬術比賽中，騎手們指引馬匹跳過障礙。

20. Fencing 擊劍

Fencers fight with blunt swords.

擊劍選手用鈍劍對打。

21. Football 足球

22. Golf 高爾夫

23. Handball 手球

24. Hockey 曲棍球

25. Judo 柔道

Judo is a Japanese combat sport.

柔道是一個日本的格斗運動。

Players score points by wrestling their opponents to the ground.

選手們通過把對手們摔倒在地得分。

26. Karate 空手道

27. Marathon Swimming 馬拉松游泳

28. Modern Pentathlon 現代五項

Modern pentathlons include fencing, shooting, swimming, riding, and running.

現代五項包括擊劍、射擊、游泳、馬術和跑步。

29. Rhythmic Gymnastics 藝術體操

Female athletes perform expressive and acrobatic moves with the aid of handheld apparatuses - a hoop, ball, pair of clubs, and ribbon.

女子運動員帶來兼具表現力和雜技動作的表演，會使用以下道具：圈、球、棒和帶。

30. Rowing 賽艇

31. Rugby 橄欖球

32. Sailing 帆船

Sailing events take place at sea. Racers steer their boats around markers.

帆船比賽在海上進行。選手們駕駛帆船繞標航行。

33. Shooting 射擊

34. Skateboarding 滑板

35. Sport Climbing 攀巖

36. Surfing 沖浪

37. Swimming 游泳

There are four main styles, or strokes, for swimming races – breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and freestyle.

游泳比賽有四種泳姿——蛙泳、仰泳、蝶泳和自由泳。

38. Table Tennis 乒乓球

39. Taekwondo 跆拳道

40. Tennis 網球

41. Trampoline Gymnastics 蹦床

42. Triathlon 鐵人三項

A triathlon is an endurance sport that combines swimming, road cycling, and distance running.

鐵人三項是一個考驗耐力的運動，包括游泳、公路自行車和長跑。

43. Volleyball 排球

44. Water Polo 水球

In water polo, as they swim, players try to throw the ball into the other teams goal.

水球比賽中，運動員在游泳的同時要把球扔到對方的球門里。

45. Weightlifting 舉重

Weightlifters raise very heavy barbells. There are two types of lifting: the snatch, and the clean and jerk.

舉重選手要舉起很重的杠鈴。有兩種類型的舉重：抓舉和挺舉。

46. Wrestling 摔跤

Wrestlers grapple each other to the floor.

摔跤運動員要把對方摔倒在地。

資料來源

olympics.com

2020.cctv.com

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