2019年翻译资格考试初级英语笔译练习题：体育运动

　　1.体育运动大概是几乎所有人都喜爱的最普遍的令人松弛的娱乐形式，男孩女孩，男女老少都很喜欢体育运动。

　　2.体育运动增强体质，防止我们发胖，使我们保持身体健康。

　　3.融力量、敏捷、风格和优雅与一体，体操成为当今奥运会上最紧张刺激的项目。

　　4.古代奥林匹克运动会的赛事没有固定次序，比赛项目也无法与现代同日而语，不过男子体操、拳击、摔跤、赛马和各种田赛项目都是必备项目。

　　5.顾拜旦在他的散文诗《体育颂》中充满激情地歌颂体育，将体育比作美丽、正义、勇气、健康、进步与和平的化身。

　　6.奥林匹克运动的信条是：“重要的是参与，而不是取胜。正如在生活中，最重要的事情不是胜利，而是斗争;不是征服，而是奋力拼搏。”

　　7.在古希腊，运动员一经发现在比赛中欺诈违规，就会被处以罚款，所得款项即用来铸造宙斯青铜像，矗立在通往体育场的路上。

　　8.拳击调动全身肌肉群，像划船一样也要全身协调，参与者要抛掉胆怯之心。

　　9.远距离的汽车拉力赛可追溯到1907年。那一年举行丁一次从中国到法国的长途汽车拉力赛，长达两个月。四年后的1911年，著名的蒙特卡罗汽车拉力大赛成为世界上最隆重的年度赛事。

　　10.真正的健康意味着有健康的生活习惯，诸如定期锻炼，不吸烟，缓解压力，注意饮食等。

　　11.从第五届到第七届世界游泳锦标赛中国跳水运动员囊括了10项冠军，并在第23届至第26届奥运会上夺得9枚金牌。

　　12.在过去的几十年中，全国性的“全民健身活动”使中国人民的健康水平得到了很大的提高，人均寿命大幅提高。

　　13.“新北京，新奥运”表达了我们在新世纪里，由一个既有古老文化传统又具有现代化魅力的城市来举办一届伟大的奥运会的愿望。

　　14.大约在公元11世纪宋朝的时候，人们开始玩一种叫做“蹴鞠”的游戏，这个游戏被认为是古代足球的起源，在当时非常流行。

　　15.在2000年的悉尼奥运会上，中国体育代表团表现出众，荣登奥运会奖牌榜第三名，共夺得28枚金牌，大大超出亚特兰大奥运会上获得的16枚。

　　16.用35米长的绳子，每端8人进行的拉力比赛叫“拔河”赛。

　　17.中国许多传统体育项目不仅可强身健体，而且具有很高的艺术价值，和娱乐教育功能。

　　18.自新中国建立以来，政府一直重视发展少数民族传统体育运动项目，如藏族的赛牦牛，朝鲜族的荡秋千和跷跷板，苗族的赛龙舟，满族的滑冰等共1000来项。

　　19.赛龙舟、放风筝、扭秧歌、围棋、气功和太极拳是深受汉族和各少数民族人民喜爱的传统运动项目。

　　20.近几年，一些新兴运动项目，诸如攀岩、赛马、保龄球和高尔夫球等越来越受到中国人的欢迎，尤其得到都市年轻人的青睐。

　　参考译文

　　1.Sports are perhaps the most popular form of relaxation that almost all can enjoy, whether boys or girls, men or women, young or old.

　　2.Sports and games build our bodies, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy.

　　3.Mixing strength and agility with style and grace, the gymnastics have provided many of the most breathtaking Olympic spectacles.

　　4.The exact sequence of events in ancient Olympics is uncertain, but events included man's gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modem Olympic Games.

　　5.In his prose Ode to Sport, Pierre de Coubertin passionately described sport as the embodiment of beauty, justice, courage, health, progress and peace.

　　6.The Olympic Creed reads: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. "

　　7.In ancient Greece, athletes who were discovered cheating were fined, and the money was used to make bronze statues of Zeus, which were erected on the road to the stadium.

　　8.Boxing brings into play the various groups of muscles almost as harmoniously as rowing, and like rowing has the advantage of ruling out one source of nervous fatigue holding back.

　　9.Long-distance rally driving dates back to an event that took place in 1907 when vehicles set out on a two-month trek from China to France. Four years later in 1911, the famous Monte Carlo Rally was inaugurated as the world's leading annual international rallying event.

　　10.Total well-being means applying healthy lifestyle habits such as not smoking, managing stress, and eating a smart diet, as well as exercising regularly.

　　11. The Chinese divers carried off 10 championships from the 5th to 7th World Swimming Championships and won nine gold medals from the 23rd to 26th Olympic Games.

　　12. Over the past few decades, thanks to the nationwide "fitness-for-all" sports campaign, Chinese people's health has been greatly improved, and the average life expectancy has increased substantially.

　　13. The slogan "New Beijing, Great Olympics" reflects our desire to host a great Olympic Games in the new century in a city with both ancient culture and modern charm.

　　14. Back to Song Dynasty, about the 11th century, people stated to play a game called Cuju, which is regarded as the origin of ancient football. The game was very popular.

　　15. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, China did quite well coming in third place with the most medals won at the Games. They brought home 28 gold medals, a great improvement compared to the 16 they won in Atlantic.

　　16. Teams of eight pull against each other at opposite ends of a 35-metre-long rope in a contest known as the "Tug-of-War".

　　17. Many of China's traditional sports activities are not only good for health but also have high artistic value, and rich recreational and educational functions.

　　18. Since the founding of New China, the government has attached great importance to the development of the traditional sports of ethnic minorities, amounting to about l,000 kinds, such as yak racing of the Tibetans; swinging and see-sawing of the Koreans; dragon-boat racing of the Miao people and skating of the Manchu people.

　　19. Dragon-boat racing, kite flying, yangge dancing, weiqi, qigong and taijiquan are traditional sports popular among both Han people and the people of ethnic minorities.

　　20. In recent years, some new sports, such as climbing, horse racing, bowling and golf are becoming popular among the Chinese people, especially urban young people.