Life3 -2f Cheese rolling Teacher: Myself

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16:"Cheese rolling" has been a tradition

“奶酪滚动”已经成为一种传统
18:in the town of Brockworth since the early 1800s.

从19世纪初开始,在布罗克沃斯镇

23:First, the competitors come together

首先，竞争者走到一起
25:at the top of Cooper's Hill and wait.

在库珀山顶等着。

28:Then, someone pushes a large wheel of cheese

这时，有人推着一大轮奶酪
32:down the steep slope.

沿着陡峭的斜坡向下。
34:And after that, things get a little wild!

在那之后，事情变得有点疯狂!
38:The cheese may reach up to 40 miles per hour.

奶酪的时速可达40英里。
41:The competitors go pretty fast, too.

竞争对手也走得很快。
44:The first one to the bottom wins.

第一个垫底的人获胜。
47:What's the prize?

奖品是什么?
49:The wheel of cheese, of course!

当然是奶酪轮了!
54:The first winner of the day is Craig Brown.

今天的第一位获奖者是克雷格·布朗。

57:Craig's plan was simple...

克雷格的计划很简单……
59:Keep going, you know, and try and get your balance back.

继续前进，你知道，试着恢复平衡。
62:Because it's steeper than you could ever think.

因为它比你想象的还要陡峭。
64:You'd have to run down there to really believe how steep it is!

你得跑下去才能相信它有多陡!
66:Many people enjoy the cheese-rolling races,

许多人喜欢滚奶酪比赛，
69:however, they can be dangerous.

然而，它们也可能是危险的。
71:A few years ago, thirty people were injured in an accident at a race.

几年前，三十个人在一次比赛中意外受伤。
76:One of the cheeses rolled down the hill too quickly...

中一块奶酪滚下山坡的速度太快了……
80:and unexpectedly went into the crowd.                #  adv. 出乎意料地，意外地

出乎意料地走进了人群。
83:Now, the competition route has crash barriers to protect the crowd.

现在，比赛路线上设置了防撞护栏来保护人群。

87:It's not just spectators who get injured.

受伤的不只是观众。
90: Competitors do as well,

竞争对手也一样，
92:especially when it's cold or there hasn't been much rain.

尤其在天气寒冷或雨水不多的时候。
96:It's when the ground's really hard,

当地面非常坚硬的时候，
98:that's when the injuries are going to happen.

那就是受伤发生的时候。
101:Craig's plan to just "keep on going" failed in his second race.

克雷格的“继续前进”计划在他的第二次比赛中失败了。
106:At the time, he was trying to get the competition's version of a "double":

当时，他试图获得比赛版本的“双份”:
110:winning two cheese wheels in one day.

一天赢得两个奶酪轮。
114:So, what drives these runners?

那么，是什么驱使着这些跑步者呢?
116:Are they crazy?

他们疯了
118:One cheese racer thinks they may be...

一个奶酪赛车手认为他们可能…
121:It is dangerous.

它是危险的。
122:If I'm running down...

如果我跑下去…
127:must be crazy.

一定是疯了。
129:Yeah, I must be crazy!

是啊，我一定是疯了!
132:These cheese racers may be crazy.

这些奶酪赛车手可能很疯狂。
134:But year after year the crowds keep on cheering,

但年复一年，人群继续欢呼，
138:and the competitors keep on running.

竞争者们还在继续奔跑。
140:Is it for the fame?

是为了出名吗?
141:Is it for the fun?

是为了好玩吗?
143:We may never know, but you can be sure of one thing:

我们可能永远不会知道，但有一件事你可以肯定:
146:it's more than just cheese that makes people want to win

使人们想赢的不仅仅是奶酪
150:Brockworth's annual cheese-rolling race!

布罗克沃斯一年一度的滚奶酪比赛!
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