本期《希望英语》
点击本段关键词:compete 竞争；wolf down 狼吞虎咽
新闻1追奶酪比赛
这项赛事的历史可以追溯到古羅馬帝國時期，而且它的本意就是为了迎接春天的到来。所以那里的人们都以参加这项赛事，为自己能够成为奶酪勇士而骄傲。比赛是在一个斜坡上举行 ，在裁判抛下一块大奶酪的同时，所有参赛选手争先恐后地以各种方式俯冲而下。由于很少有人能真正在抵达终点前将奶酪揽入怀中，所以第一个到达山脚的选手就算胜出。
Notice the contestants at the top of the hill doing some preliminary warm-ups in preparation for the contest. At the sound of the judge’s starting bell, a 3 kilogram cheese wheel comes rolling out at high speed, and several seconds later the contestants all begin competing for the cheese , chasing it down the mountain side.
别看山坡不长，只有180米，可是45度的斜坡角度，让人在狂奔的情况下很难掌握平衡，
After only a short distance, many contestants have already fallen down, and even the winner made it to the finish line tumbling and crawling. First prize is the wheel of cheese that just was rolled down the steep hill.
这项比赛非常危险，每年都有人身上摔得青一块，紫一块，还有的轻微骨折，但是不少人认为这能够展现自己勇敢精神，值得一试。
新闻2吃比萨比赛
The contest rules are: Whoever eats the most within the ten-minute time limit is the winner. During the competition, the spectators on the sideline cheer and applaud wildly, encouraging the contestants. Within 10 minutes a 2-meter pizza was consumed. After the contest the champion summed up his technique, saying that before he ate the pizza he soaked it in water, making it easier to wolf down.
wolf down通常是说像狼那样的大吃，也就是中文里面咱们常说的狼吞虎咽
比如说He wolfed (down) a good meal. 他狼吞虎咽地吃了一顿美餐。
He wolfed down his food.他狼吞虎咽地吃东西。
眼睛大，肚子小，英文中形容这样的情况是说“Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.”
你的眼睛要比你的胃大许多，感觉自己能吃很多，实际吃不下那么多Your eyes are bigger than
your stomach.”
新闻3抢头巾比赛
故事的起源还要追溯到十四世纪英国林肯郡一个名叫海克希的小镇，当时一位农场主夫人在海克希游玩时，头巾被风吹落了，恰巧被一群路过的农场工人看到了，他们争先恐后地去抢被风吹落的头巾，最后头巾被一个小伙子拿到，并物归原主，农场主夫人非常高兴，从此她把抢头巾作为一项运动
From this point on, each year in January, a group of local inhabitants carried out a lively game in which everyone competes to grab the headband. And this chap with the wild makeup is the target of all these people. But in order to protect the headband from being torn or damaged by the enthusiastic crowd of people, they put the cloth inside a black wooden tube.
点击本段关键词：compete 竞争；competition 比赛
春天在美国，人们通常会进行春季打扫除 spring cleaning
新闻4 .吃螃蟹比赛Crab-eating contest
吃螃蟹比赛是在三分钟之内，谁吃的最多就获胜。But these crabs are not ordinary steamed crabs – they have a spicy hot flavoring. And so the secret of winning this contest is not just speed; the winner must also be able to eat spicy hot food.
It looks like these competitors are really serious about winning the contest。
Competitors就是竞争者，对手的意思
新闻5.吃辣椒比赛
The Thai people, famous for their love of hot peppers, are holding a hot pepper eating contest. These little hot peppers are the hottest in the world, and contestants must eat as many as they can within the 12-minute time limit. In order to increase the difficulty, participants are not allowed to eat the hot pepper in one bite; they must chew each pepper thoroughly. And of course, plenty of rice, cooked dishes, and water are provided. Even without tasting it, you can imagine how hot it must be --- just look at the expressions on the faces of these contestants! Already five participants have eliminated from the contest. It looks like there is a lot of stiff competition for the $4,500 prize.
新闻6：母鸡赛跑世界冠军赛
英国德贝郡迎来了母鸡赛跑世界冠军赛，大约有30只母鸡参加了比赛。But the contestants all seemed to have their own ideas. As soon as it heard the starting gun for the final round, this chicken chirped happily on the way to the finish line. Her owner was in front, encouraging her with delicious food. But when she turned her head and saw that the other contestants had not moved, she also turned and went to the starting line.
趣味比赛集锦。
传统的西班牙斗牛也不再是血腥的运动，it used to be. A new breed of bullfighter is overturning the bullfighting tradition, which used to involve the bullfighter running all over the ring dressed in splendid yellow clothes and flapping a red cape to fool the bull. 斗牛士还将杂技运用到斗牛中，给这项古老的运动增添了新的活力。The ten meter high-diving board is no longer just for divers. These creative and gutsy mountain bikers have begun to dive off the diving platform on their bikes.
看电影比赛
看电影是人们休闲时的主要活动，不过一连看上十几个小时，就是考验参赛者的意志了，The rules of the contest are very strict: Three films will be shown in a row, and the contestants only have 15 minutes of rest time. They can rest their eyes and refresh themselves, but they only have 30 seconds to do so. There are video cameras in the theater to keep a careful watch on the contestants, and anyone who violates the rules is disqualified.
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