Cricket
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Welcome to Cricket.
目录 欢迎来到板球.
4 How to Play Cricket.
4 如何玩板球.
5 The Story of Cricket.
5"板球传".
10 Cricket Today.
今日10个板球.
13 Heroes of the Oval.
13 欧华英雄.
14 Ready to Play?
14 准备玩?
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Welcome to Cricket Cricket is a sport with an honored history and a huge international following.
16 欢迎来到"板球"是一项具有光荣历史和巨大国际追随者的运动.
Players from around the world compete in front of crowds of adoring fans from India to Jamaica.
来自世界各地的玩家在从印度到牙买加的取道粉丝人群面前进行比赛.
To enjoy the game, new players need a bat and ball, a few friends, and some free time to practice their cricket skills.
为了享受比赛,新球员需要蝙蝠和球,几个朋友,以及一些闲暇时间来练习自己的板球技巧.
In cricket, a batter hits a ball with a large flat bat.
在板球中,击球手会用一个大平球打入一球.
The ball is about the same size as a baseball.
球的大小与棒球差不多.
How to Play Cricket Teams play cricket on an oval field with a cleared rectangle in it called the pitch.
怎样玩板球 球队在椭圆球场上打板球,里面有一个被清除的矩形,叫做投球.
Two teams with eleven players take turns batting and bowling.
两支有11名球员的球队轮流出击和打保龄球.
A team’s turn at bat is called an inning.
球队在球场的转机被称为入球.
On the bowling team, one player takes the position of bowler (thrower) and another takes the position of wicketkeeper (catcher).
在保龄球队中,一名球员取保龄球员(掷球员)的位置,另一名球员取保龄球员(接球员)的位置.
The other nine players take position in the oval.
其他9名球员在奥华站占据位置.
Two batters from the batting team take the field and stand on opposite ends of the pitch.
击球队的两名击球手取出球场并站到投出球道的对面.
The first player to bat is called the striker.
第一位出击的玩家被称作"出击".
The other batter is the nonstriker.
另一个击球手是非击球手.
An Australian wicketkeeper (yellow) prepares to catch a ball.
一个澳大利亚wicketkeer(黄色)准备接球.
The wicketkeeper is similar to the catcher in baseball.
接球员和棒球里的接球员类似
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外野战队wicketkeeer WK战地选手(出场9名选手) FP保龄球员 B 裁判 U Batting Team 非突击队员 NS 出击手 S Wicket 出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出击出
66 m) 22 yards (20.
66米)22码(20.
12 m) wicket the pitch Cricket fields vary in size.
12米)将投出板球的球场大小相去甚远.
A regulation cricket field is at least 16,000 square yards (13,378 sq m).
规范板球场至少为16,000平方码(13,378 sq mi).
The bowler will bowl, or throw, the ball overarm (with the arm above the head and without bending the elbow).
保龄球手会打保龄球,或将球抛出过臂(手臂在头上方而不会弯肘).
The bowler tries to get the batter out by hitting the wicket.
保龄球手试图通过打出击球手出击.
The wicket is three small posts in the ground, called stumps, with two pieces of wood on top, called bails.
地上有3个小站,叫做立木站,上面有两块木头,叫做取保候审.
If the bowler can knock the bails off the stumps, then the batter is out!
如果保龄球手能把保龄球从树桩上击倒 那击球手就出来了!
Batters can stop the ball from hitting the wicket by hitting the ball with their bat.
击球手可以通过用他们的球棒击出球来阻止球打出接球.
They can also hit the ball hard enough to score runs.
他们也可以把球打得够重,以得分来跑.
When the striker hits the ball, both the striker and the nonstriker will start running to the opposite ends of the pitch.
当出击者打入入球后,出击者和非出击者都将开始跑入投出出球的相反端.
At each end of the pitch is a line just in front of the wicket, called the popping crease.
投出后的每一端都是一行正前方的接线,被称作"出出击倒".
If the two runners pass the popping crease and change places, they’ve scored a run!
如果两个跑者通过弹出折痕和换位,
Wicket stumps are hammered into the ground.
威克特树桩被打入地底
The striker and the nonstriker run back and forth again and again, scoring a run each time, but they need to be careful!
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The fielding team will try to “run out” the batter, or get him or her out.
野外小组将试图“跑出”击球手,或将击出。
If the batter is not safe behind the popping crease and a fielder knocks the bails off the wicket stumps with the ball, the batter is out.
如果击球手在弹出折痕后不安全 外出者用球敲开接球杆的保险箱 击球手就出局了
Batters can stop safely behind the crease at any time to prevent an out.
蝙蝠机可以随时安全地停止在折痕后,以防止出局.
A batter can also be “caught” out if a player on the bowling team catches a hit ball before it bounces on the ground.
如果保龄球队的球员在弹出地面前接住一球,击球员也可以被"击出".
When batters finish running, whoever is standing in the striker’s original position is now the striker.
当击球手完成跑道时,无论谁站在击球手的原位置上,现在都是击球手.
Also, if a bowler bowls the ball six times and there are no hits or outs, the bowler changes places with another player on his or her team.
另外,如果一个保龄球手将球打出6次而没有入球或出球,保龄球手会随球队的另一名球员换位.
The nonstriker then gets a turn to be the striker.
非罢工者然后转身成为罢工者.
Players from a Bangladesh team run after a hit in a match against South Africa.
来自一孟加拉国队的球员在对南非的比赛中追逐一发命中.
A batter can also score extra runs.
击球手也可以获得附加跑分.
For example, if the ball is hit and passes the boundary without ever bouncing, six runs are added to the team’s score.
例如,如果球被击中并越过边界而从未被弹出,则球队得分会增加6跑.
Each match lasts two innings or until the day ends.
每场比赛持续两回合或到一天结束.
The team with more runs wins.
跑步较多的球队获胜.
If the day ends without both teams finishing their innings, the game is a draw.
如果一天结束,两队没有完成比赛,比赛就是平分.
Cricket players and fans expect honesty, fair play, and good manners.
板球选手和球迷期望诚实,公平游戏,以及良好的礼貌.
Many of the rules in cricket require that teams come to an agreement about whether a player is out.
板球的许多规则要求球队就球员是否出局达成协议.
There is no arguing or waiting for umpires to make a call.
没有争论或等待 裁判打电话。
All players have to meet this high standard of good behavior.
所有玩家都必须达到这种高标准的良好行为.
The Story of Cricket Cricket fans and players cherish their sport’s history.
《板球迷和球员的故事》珍惜他们的体育历史。
Nobody knows exactly when people started playing cricket.
没人知道人们什么时候开始玩板球
We do know that by the 1500s, children in England were playing the sport.
我们知道,到1500年代, 英格兰的儿童在运动。
Not long after that, adults began playing, too.
不久之后,成年人也开始玩了.
By the early 1700s, some players started playing for wages and fees, becoming the first professional cricket players.
到1700年代初,一些球员开始为工资和费用打球,成为了第一批职业板球运动员.
Around that same time, a group of noblemen in London created a set of cricket rules.
大约在同一时间,伦敦的一些贵族创造了一套板球规则.
These rules are still in use hundreds of years later.
这些规则在数百年后仍在被使用.
Only a few rules have been changed or added over the years.
这些年来,只有少数规则被修改或增加。
People play cricket at the Artillery Ground in London in 1743.
1743年人们在伦敦炮台地上打板球.
Today, cricket is popular in many of England’s former colonies, but not in the United States.
今天,板球在英格兰的许多前殖民地中很受欢迎,但在美国却并非如此.
While the sport was popular in early America, the rising popularity of baseball in the late 1800s changed that.
虽然这项运动在美国早期很受欢迎,但棒球在1800年代后期越来越受欢迎,改变了这一点.
Probably based on an English children’s game called rounders, baseball, with its faster pace and shorter game-time, was a better fit for American tastes, and by the early 1900s, cricket had all but vanished from the United States.
可能基于一个叫做"圆人"的英国儿童游戏,棒球以其更快的速度和更短的比赛时间,更适合美国的口味,到1900年代初,板球已经完全从美国消失了.
The nineteenth century is known as “the Golden Age of Cricket.”
19世纪被称为"板球的黄金时代". “
Bowlers started bowling overarm, and batters adapted to balls bowled at a higher rate of speed.
鲍勒斯开始打保龄球超臂,而被改编为球保龄球的击球手则以更高的速度打出.
Cricket spread all over the world: teams formed in the United States, Canada, Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, and throughout the Caribbean.
板球遍布世界各地:在美国,加拿大,澳大利亚,印度,南非,新西兰等地以及整个加勒比地区组建了球队.
In the late nineteenth century, what are now thought of as the first Test-level cricket matches were played.
在19世纪后期,人们现在所认为的首次测试级板球比赛被打出.
Test matches are long, multiday matches that decide international championships.
测试赛是决定国际冠军的长而多天的比赛.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Cricket was featured in the 1900 Olympic Games.
1900年奥运会以板球为特色.
Since then, cricket’s popularity around the world has grown.
从那时起,板球在全世界的受欢迎程度不断提高.
Now, international teams play against nations that ruled cricket during its Golden Age.
现在,国际团队与那些在黄金时代统治板球的国家进行比赛。
They bring new things to the sport, like the fast bowling style created by West Indian players.
他们给运动带来了新的东西,比如由西印度球员创造的快保龄球风格.
A West Indies bowler throws a ball during a championship match against Australia in 2014.
在2014年冠军赛对阵澳大利亚的比赛中,一名西印度会保龄球手出场一球.
Balls can travel about 95 to 100 mph (152.
球能出行约95至100 mph(152.
9 kmph).
9 kmph) (英语).
ASIA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AUSTRALIA AFRICA 1.
南北美洲南欧非洲 1. 联合国
England 2.
英国 2.
Australia 3.
澳大利亚 3.
South Africa 4.
南非 4.
West Indies* 5.
西印度群岛*
New Zealand 6.
新西兰 6.
India 7.
印度
Pakistan 8.
巴基斯坦
Sri Lanka 9.
斯里兰卡 9. 国家
Zimbabwe 10.
津巴布韦
Bangladesh * The West Indies team consists of players from sixteen separate countries, colonies, and protectorates.
*西印度群岛队由来自16个不同国家、殖民地和保护国的球员组成。
Equator Cricket Today Today, the best teams in the world play cricket on a professional international level in Test matches, with ten national teams currently competing at this level.
今日赤道板球(英语:Equator Cricket Today Today),世界最佳球队在"测试"比赛中在国际专业级别上打板球,目前共有10支国家球队在该级别出战.
Outside the Test level, there are numerous levels of play.
在"测试"关卡之外,游戏有多个关卡.
Women’s teams play at the national and international levels.
妇女小组在国家和国际两级进行比赛。
There are also leagues and special matches that follow special rules.
也有一些联赛和特殊比赛遵循特殊规则.
Heroes of the Oval Over the centuries, there have been many outstanding cricket players.
欧华英雄 几个世纪以来,有许多杰出的板球运动员.
W.
维.
G.
（字母G）
Grace (1848– 1915) changed the way the sport was played by creating a smart, complicated batting style that could handle a variety of bowling styles.
格蕾丝(1848–1915)通过创造能处理各种保龄球风格的聪明而复杂的击球风格来改变运动的玩法.
He’s widely considered one of the most important cricket players ever.
他被广泛认为是有史以来最重要的板球运动员之一.
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (koo- MAR SHREE rahn-JEET-seeng- jee), known as “Ranji” (1872–1933), was a royal leader in his home country of India.
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (koo-MAR SHRE RAHN-JEET-seeng-jee),被称作"兰地"(1872–1933),曾是故乡印度的皇家领袖.
He was introduced to cricket in England and became one of the sport’s best batters.
他被介绍入选了英格兰的板球,并成为了该运动的最佳击球手之一.
The Ranji Trophy, the Indian national championship, is named after him.
印度国家锦标赛(英语:Ranji Trophy)是印度国家锦标赛,以他命名.
Since 1889, each year five players are chosen as cricket’s Players of the Year.
从1889年起,每年有5名球员被选为"年度板球运动员".
In 2009, Claire Taylor (1975–) became the first woman to win the honor.
2009年,克莱尔·泰勒(1975–)成为首位赢得荣誉的女性.
With a bat, a ball, and a wicket, young players can hone their skills.
以球棒,球和接棒,年轻球员可以磨练出自己的技能.
These boys strike up a game in Asia.
这些男孩在亚洲打出一场比赛。
Ready to Play?
准备好了吗?
Cricket has a rich history, but its future is in the hands of tomorrow’s batters, bowlers, and fielders.
板球有着丰富的历史,但其未来掌握在明天的击球手,保龄球手和外出运动员手中.
There are a few things new players should remember: protect the wicket, keep an eye on the ball, and hold on to cricket’s spirit of fair play and respect.
有一些新球员应该记住的事情:保护球杆,注意球,并坚持板球的公平打球和尊敬精神.
Good luck, and good game!
祝你好运,还有好游戏!