Lesson 6 The sporting spirit-英语听力

[00:01.46]Lesson 6
第六节 [00:03.05]The sporting spirit
体育的精神 [00:11.70]How does the writer describe sport at the international level?
作者如何描述国际水平的体育运动? [00:18.65]I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations,
我总是惊愕不已，当我听人们说体育运动可创造国家之间的友谊 [00:25.26]and that if only the common peoples of the world
还说各国民众如果在 [00:28.60]could meet one another at football or cricket,
足球场或板球场上交锋 [00:31.74]they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.
就不愿在战场上残杀的时候 [00:36.47]Even if one didn't know from concrete examples
一个人即使不能从具体的事例 [00:40.13](the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance)
例如1936年的奥林匹克运动会 [00:43.47]that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred,
了解到国际运动比赛会导致疯狂的仇恨 [00:49.13]one could deduce it from general principles.
也可以从常理中推断出结论 [00:53.86]Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive.
现在开展的体育运动几乎都是竞争性的 [00:58.33]You play to win,
参加比赛就是为了取胜 [00:59.94]and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win.
如果不拚命去赢，比赛就没有什么意义了 [01:04.77]On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved,
在乡间的草坪上，当你随意组成两个队，并且不涉及任何地方情绪时 [01:11.55]it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise:
才可能是单纯的为了娱乐和锻炼而进行比赛 [01:16.30]but as soon as the question of prestige arises,
可是一量涉及到荣誉问题 [01:20.00]as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose,
一旦你想到你和某一团体会因为你输而丢脸时 [01:26.00]the most savage combative instincts are aroused.
那么最野蛮的争斗天性便会激发起来 [01:30.76]Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.
使是仅仅参加过学校足球赛的人也有种体会 [01:36.01]At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare.
在国际比赛中，体育简直是一场模拟战争 [01:41.53]But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators:
但是，要紧的还不是运动员的行为，而是观众的态度 [01:48.89]and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe
以及观众身后各个国家的态度，面对着这些荒唐的比赛，参赛的各个国家会如痴如狂，甚至煞有介事地相信 [01:59.51]-- at any rate for short periods -- that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.
至少在短期内如此 -- 跑跑、跳跳、踢踢球是对一个民族品德素质的检验