华尔街英语：爱体育这些英文词汇你得会

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网易教育讯 爱体育的你这些英文词汇你得学会！华尔街英语外教带你来一一学习。 

Field, Pitch and Court

Where do we play sports? Usually on a very flat surface. One that islevel, hence the term “a level-playing field”. In Chinese, we use certain wordsto describe this place where we play sports. In English, it is just the same.The word for the playing surface changes depending on the sport.

For indoor sports, usually played on a hard wooden surface, we use theword court. Basketball, volleyball, badminton are all played on courts. Tennis,although outdoor, is also played on a court.

For outdoor sports, we use field or pitch. The term depends on the cultureof the sport. American sports like American football and baseball are played ona field. British and Commonwealth sports like European football (soccer) andrugby are played on a pitch.

“Do you want to go down to the football pitch, see if there’s a pickupgame?”

“I don’t feel like football. How about If we go to the basketball courtstonight?”

（作者：华尔街英语外教Rand Herz）

运动场，足球场以及网球场

我们都在哪里打球呢？通常是一个平的地面。那是一个有标准的地面，因此我们称之为“标准场地”。中文中，我们用特定的词语来描述我们运动的场地。在英语中，也是一样的。因为运动的不同，表达运动场地的单词也不同。

在室内的运动，通常会在一个坚硬木制的地面上打球，我们用单词court（球场）。篮球，排球，羽毛球都在这样的球场里打。网球，虽然是室外运动，但也用单词court（网球场）表示它打球的场地。

对于室外运动，我们使用运动场（field）或者足球场（pitch）的场地。选择哪个词语，依赖于不同国家的运动文化而不同的使用。美国人踢美式足球和打棒球喜欢用运动场（field）。英联邦国家的人踢欧式足球和橄榄球喜欢用足球场（pitch）。

“你想去足球场吗，看看足球场（pitch）里会不会有人可以跟你临时组队一起打球（pickup game）？”

“我不想踢足球，那我们今晚去篮球场（court）怎么样？”

Game V Sport

What is the difference between a sport and a game?  Theonly real difference is that a sport necessarily has to involveathleticism.  Other than that, they are basically the same-- the same bydefinition that is.  However, that slight difference can lead us toquestion some sports as to whether they merit being called a “sport”. Take for example F1 racing.  Is a driver, who must remain acutely focusedwhile having his body rushed with adrenaline engaging in an athletic act? Is that long-sustained adrenaline-laden focus any different than the pokerplayer risking his life savings on a full house?  Or what about theinternational hot dog eating champion whose “bodily skills” involve theunrivaled rapid consumption of pork?  Don’t ask your English teacher to distinguishbetween a sport or a game; Understand that ambiguities exist in any language.

（作者：华尔街英语外教Samuel Roth）

游戏对运动

游戏（game）和运动（sport）有什么不一样呢？唯一真正不一样的地方是运动涉及必要的体育活动竞赛。除此之外，他们定义基本上是一样的。然而，细微的不同会把我们引向这个问题，一些运动是否真值得被称为运动。举一级方程式锦标赛（F1）为例： 在竞赛中，体内肾上腺像引擎一样飞速运转，同时又必须保持高度集中的人，是赛车手吗？那样长期的肾上腺素满载的人，跟把一生积蓄买来的房子冒险赌注在打牌上的人有什么不一样呢？国际级的吃热狗大赛怎么样呢？他们的身体需要以不可匹敌的速度来消化猪肉。不要让你的英语老师区分运动（sport）和游戏（game）；要知道任何语言的词汇都有语意交叉的时候。（比如两个拼写不同的英语单词sport和game也存在意思相同的时候一样）

（翻译由华尔街英语提供，仅供参考）

Officials, Umpires, Referees

All sports need someone to make sure the rules are followed. In differentgames, this person is called by different names.

In baseball and cricket, the man in charge is the umpire or ‘ump’, forshort. This word is French meaning ‘not equal’. In most other sports, the mainman in charge of keeping order is the referee or ‘ref’. Official is a generalterm for a rule keeper.

Some other similar words for officials include judge, arbiter, arbitrator,linesman, commissaire, timekeeper and touch judge.

“Come on, ref! Make a call! This guy keeps punching me in the back!”

（作者：华尔街英语外教Rand Herz）

裁判员的不同叫法：official（运动统称），umpire（垒球，曲棍球），referee（足球，篮球）

所有运动都需要人来保证规则的执行。不同的比赛中，这个人被叫做不同的名字。

在垒球和曲棍球中，负责的人被称作umpire（裁判员）或者缩写成‘ump’。这个词是法语，意思是“不平等”。在大多数体育运动中，主要负责维持秩序的人是referee（裁判员）或者缩写成“ref”。Official（裁判）这个词是对负责保持规则的人的总称。

一些和裁判意思类似的英文词汇还包括judge, arbiter, arbitrator, linesman, commissaire,timekeeper 还有touch judge.

“拜托，裁判员（ref），吹哨！这人总打我后背！”

（翻译由华尔街英语提供，仅供参考）