March Madness
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The Maddest Time of the Year.
(原始内容存档于2017-09-29). Cable of Course The Maddest time of the Year.
4 Now or Never.
4现在或永远。
5 How the Madness Works.
页:1 疯狂是如何运作的。
7 The Bracket Racket.
7 Bracket Racket (英语).
9 Women’s Wins.
9 妇女胜利.
11 Upstarts and Upsets.
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13 Conclusion.
13 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 The Maddest Time of the Year The date is April 4, 1983.
16 年度最疯狂的时刻 日期为1983年4月4日.
North Carolina (NC) State faces off against dominant Houston in the national championship game.
北卡罗来纳州(NC)在全美冠军赛中面对主力休斯敦.
Underdogs NC State are playing the game of their lives, and with just seconds left the score is tied 52-52.
下级NC 州立大学在玩他们一生的游戏 仅剩几秒的得分就打平了52比52
An NC State guard has the ball but is quickly running out of time.
一个NC州警带了球 但很快就没时间了
With the final seconds ticking away, he has no choice but to toss the ball at the net and hope for the best.
随着最后几秒钟的到来,他别无选择,只能把球扔到网上,希望是最佳的.
The shot falls short.
镜头落空了.
Suddenly, an NC State teammate comes out of nowhere to catch the ball in midair.
突然,一名NC州队队友突然出走,在中空接球.
He dunks it into the net just as the clock ticks to zero.
他把它灌入了网里 就像钟点到零一样
The crowd erupts in celebration.
人群为庆祝而爆发.
It has just witnessed one of the most exciting upsets in college basketball history.
它刚刚见证了大学篮球史上最激动人心的一幕.
This is what March Madness is all about: excitement and unpredictability.
这就是"疯狂三月"的意义:兴奋和不可预测性。
With sixty- eight teams playing in a single-elimination tournament, anything can happen.
随着68支球队在单场淘汰赛中出场,任何事情都可能发生.
With this last-second dunk, NC State wins 54-52.
凭借这最后一秒的入球,NC Station以54-52取胜.
Now or Never The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) coordinates college sports in the United States.
Now或Never The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 协调美国的大学体育.
On March 17, 1939, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, also known as the March Madness tournament, began its historic run.
1939年3月17日,NCAA分区一号男子篮球锦标赛(又名"三月疯人会")开始历史性的跑步.
Back then, only eight teams got to compete.
当时只有8支球队参加比赛.
Over the years, though, the championship tournament grew into a raging phenomenon, one that sweeps across the country every March.
然而,多年来,冠军联赛发展为一股狂暴现象,每年三月横扫全国.
Since 1939, the March Madness tournament has introduced the world to some of the greatest basketball legends of all time.
自1939年起,"三月疯狂"锦标赛向全世界介绍了一些有史以来最伟大的篮球传奇.
Since many professional athletes perfect their skills in college, it is no surprise that the path to professional basketball goes straight through the March Madness tournament.
由于许多职业运动员在大学中完善了自己的技能,职业篮球之路直接通过"三月疯狂"锦标赛并不奇怪.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) includes many former March Madness players.
全国篮球协会(NBA)包括许多前"三月疯狂"球员.
NBA legends Shaquille O’Neal, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Stephen Curry, and many others first made their impact in the tournament.
NBA传奇人物沙克·奥尼尔(Shaquille O'Neal),魔术强生(Magic Johnson),拉里·伯德(Larry Bird),斯蒂芬·库里(Stephen Curry)等多位选手首先在联赛中出道.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Canada has one member in the NCAA— Simon Fraser University.
加拿大的NCAA——西蒙·弗雷泽大学有一名成员。
Only a tiny number of NCAA players are drafted into the NBA each year, however.
然而,每年只有极少数NCAA球员被征入NBA.
This means that for most players, college is the final stop in their basketball career.
这意味着对于大多数球员来说,大学是他们篮球生涯中的最后一站.
For them, the chance for basketball glory is now or never.
对他们来说,篮球荣耀的机会是现在还是永远。
These players play with passion.
这些玩家以激情来玩.
It is not uncommon for one to collapse onto the floor and burst into tears at the end of a game.
一个人倒地倒地,在游戏结束时流出眼泪,这并非罕见。
Sometimes it’s out of happiness.
有时,
Sometimes it’s out of disappointment.
有时,
No matter what, it’s out of love for the game.
不论怎样,
A Xavier guard reacts after a last-second shot by Wisconsin beats his team on March 20, 2016.
威斯康辛州队最后一秒出场后,一名Xavier后卫在2016年3月20日击败了队友.
How the Madness Works The path to the championship is long and difficult.
疯狂是如何运作的 冠军之路漫长而艰难.
In 2016, there were 351 eligible schools, with teams grouped by region into 32 conferences of different sizes.
2016年,符合条件的学校有351所,各大队按地区分组为32个不同规模的会议.
All the teams want to play in the tournament, but only 68 make it each year.
所有球队都希望在联赛中出场,但每年只有68人出场.
So how are the 68 teams chosen?
68支球队选得怎么样?
Each conference has its own tournament.
每次会议都有自己的比赛.
The winners of each of the 32 conferences automatically qualify for the March Madness tournament.
32场会中的每场会场的获奖者都自动获得参加"三月疯狂"锦标赛的资格.
The remaining 36 teams are chosen by a ten-person committee.
其余36支队伍由十人委员会选定.
Its members vote before the tournament on a day commonly known as Selection Sunday.
其成员在俗称"选拔星期日"的一天在联赛前投票.
The University of North Florida pep band and mascot celebrate on Selection Sunday after learning their team will play in the 2015 March Madness Tournament.
北佛罗里达大学便普乐队和吉祥物在学习了他们的团队后,将在2015年3月的"疯狂之旅"(March Madness Tournament)上在选拔周日庆祝.
First Round Second Round Regionals National Semifinals National Semifinals Final Four Final Four Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Oregon Oklahoma Austin Peay Colorado Connecticut Maryland Maryland Maryland S.
第一轮第二轮区域赛 国家半决赛 国家半决赛 最终四强堪萨斯堪萨斯堪萨斯堪萨斯堪萨斯堪萨斯州堪萨斯州堪萨斯州 俄克拉何马州 俄克拉荷马州 奥斯汀 佩伊 科罗拉多州 康涅狄格州 马里兰州 马里兰州 S.
Dakota St.
达科他州
California Hawaii Hawaii Arizona Wichita St.
加州夏威夷 亚利桑那州 Wichita St.
Wichita St.
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Miami (FL) Miami (FL) Miami (FL) Buffalo Iowa Iowa Temple UNC Asheville Villanova Villanova Villanova Villanova Villanova Oklahoma WESTSOUTH f b c a d e Connecticut CHAMPION Villanova FINAL FOUR N.
迈阿密 (FL) 迈阿密 (FL) 迈阿密 (FL) 布法罗·艾奥瓦·艾奥瓦寺 UNC Asheville Villanova Villanova 比利亚诺瓦 比利亚诺瓦 比利亚诺瓦 俄克拉荷马 WestSUTH f b c a d e Connecticut CHAMPION 比利亚诺瓦 最终4 N.
Carolina EAST MID- WEST Villanova Oklahoma WESTSOUTH Syracuse Villanova N.
卡罗莱纳东部省 - West Villanova 俄克拉荷马州西部 锡拉库扎·比利亚诺瓦 N.
Carolina EAST CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH Full Bracket SOUTH WEST MIDWESTEAST South Bracket: 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship CHAMPION Villanova FINAL FOUR N.
卡罗来纳州东部 南部 南部 西部 西部 西部 南方快克:2016年NCAA分区一号男子篮球锦标赛 国会 维拉诺瓦 最终4 N.
Carolina EAST MID- WEST Villanova Oklahoma WESTSOUTH Syracuse Villanova N.
卡罗莱纳东部省 - West Villanova 俄克拉荷马州西部 锡拉库扎·比利亚诺瓦 N.
Carolina EAST CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH Four regions emerge with a winner to reach the Final Four.
卡罗来纳州东部 南部 4个区域出现一个胜利者 到达最后4个
In 2016, Villanova was the South’s champion—and the nation’s!
2016年,比利亚诺瓦是南方的冠军-和全国的冠军!
The Bracket Racket March Madness has become one of the most popular sports events in the United States, even among people who aren’t sports fans.
美国最受欢迎的体育赛事之一,
In large part, this is due to the fun of filling out a bracket—a grid of all the teams in the tournament.
这在很大程度上是由于在锦标赛中填入所有球队的括号——网格的乐趣.
People fill out a bracket to predict who will win each game and move on to the next round of competition.
人们填写出一个括号来预测谁将赢得每场比赛并进入下一轮比赛.
A bracket shows the path a team would have to follow to reach the championship game.
一个括号显示一个球队要进入冠军赛必须走的道路.
Millions of people around the country fill out a bracket every year.
全国每年有数百万人填入括号。
Some base their picks on statistics.
有些人根据统计数字来选择。
Others like the safe bet and choose the best-ranked teams, while still others love the excitement of rooting for the underdogs.
其他人喜欢安全赌并选择排名最好的球队,而还有人喜欢为下等球员打根的兴奋.
Almost everyone is trying to beat somebody else—family and friends, coworkers, or strangers online.
几乎所有人都想打败别人,
One of the most famous March Madness fans is former U.
其中最出名的"三月疯狂"粉丝是前U.
S.
师曰.
president Barack Obama.
奥巴马总统
In each of his eight years as president, he filled out his own March Madness bracket on television.
在他担任总统的八年中, 他都在电视上填写了自己的"疯狂之旅"
Duke’s head coach presents President Barack Obama with a copy of the men’s bracket in 2010.
杜克的教练送来了 巴拉克·奥巴马总统2010年的男排副本.
Duke’s Blue Devils won the tournament that year and visited Obama at the White House.
杜克的"蓝色恶魔"在当年的联赛中取胜并拜访了白宫的奥巴马.
Bracket Bragging At least while in office, President Obama did not have much success with his March Madness picks.
括号 奥巴马总统在位期间,
In 2015, an eleven-year-old girl wrote him a letter to let him know that her bracket beat his.
2015年,一名11岁女孩给他写了一封信,让他知道她的括号会打他.
“You are a great president,“ she wrote, “just not the best bracket picker.”
“你是一个伟大的总统,”她写道,“不是最好的摘花者。 “
President Obama wrote her a letter back with a signed photo of him and his bracket that read, “Next time, I’ll check with you first!”
奥巴马总统给她写了一封信,上面有一张他和他的括号的签名相片,上面写着“下次我会先与你核对!”
Women’s Wins In 1982, the NCAA started a women’s March Madness tournament.
妇女胜利 1982年,NCAA开始举办女子三月疯狂锦标赛.
The Division I Women’s Tournament began with 32 teams and has since doubled to 64 teams.
第一分区女子锦标赛开始有32支球队参赛,此后翻了一番,达到64支.
The Connecticut Huskies have been the most dominant women’s team in March Madness tournament history with eleven national championships.
康涅狄格胡斯基斯队是3月疯人院锦标赛历史上最有优势的女子队,拥有11个全国冠军.
The Tennessee Lady Volunteers drive against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during the women’s championship game.
田纳西州女子志愿军在女子锦标赛期间出道与罗格斯·斯嘉丽骑士出战.
Win After Win Over the course of her career, head coach Patricia Summitt earned 1,098 career wins.
赢后赢 在她的职业生涯中,主教练帕特里夏·斯通斯特赢得了1098个职业生涯的胜利.
That’s the most in NCAA basketball history.
这是NCAA篮球史上最多的一次。
From 1974 to 2012, she coached the Tennessee Lady Volunteers.
从1974年到2012年,她担任田纳西州女子志愿队教练.
The Volunteers never failed to qualify for the tournament although in the beginning, good funding failed them.
志愿者们从未未能获得参加联赛的资格,尽管一开始,良好的资金使他们落空.
When Summitt started, a donut sale paid for the players’ uniforms.
当高峰会开始的时候,
Breanna Stewart takes the ball during the Final Four stage of the 2016 tournament.
布蕾安娜·斯图尔特(Breanna Stewart)在2016年联赛最后4个阶段接球.
Some argue that Husky Breanna Stewart may be the greatest player in women’s college basketball history.
有人说胡斯基·布蕾安娜 斯图尔特可能是女子大学篮球史上最伟大的球员.
From 2013 to 2016, her team won the title four years in a row.
从2013年到2016年,她所在的球队连续四年夺得冠军.
For each of those four years, she won the honor of Most Outstanding Player.
在这四年中,她每年都会获得"最杰出玩家"的荣誉.
Upstarts and Upsets The most exciting stories that come out of March Madness are “Cinderella stories.”
启动和设置 最令人兴奋的故事来自"三月疯狂", “
Cinderella teams are underdogs that aren’t given very good odds to win.
灰姑娘队是失败者,
The single- elimination format of March Madness, however, means that any team can claw its way to an exciting upset victory.
然而,"March Madness"的单打淘汰格式意味着任何球队都能够踏上令人激动的心烦意乱取胜的道路.
Nobody gave Villanova much of a chance against Georgetown in the 1985 championship finals.
在1985年冠军决赛中,没有人给比利亚诺瓦一个与乔治敦相较的机会.
Georgetown was the defending champion and was awarded the top rank that year.
乔治敦是卫冕冠军,并被授予当年的最高军衔.
Villanova was ranked eighth, and many thought their only chance of winning was by a miracle.
比利亚诺瓦排名第八,许多人认为他们唯一的取胜机会是奇迹.
It turns out Villanova didn’t need a miracle.
Villanova并不需要奇迹。
All they needed was to play the greatest game of their lives.
他们只需要玩他们生命中最伟大的游戏
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot other than a free throw.
在篮球中,"野外入球"一词指除自由投球外,在任何一发中打入的篮子.
It is worth two or three points, depending on the player’s distance from the basket.
视球员与篮子的距离,
Field goal percentage is how many field goals succeed out of all those that the team attempts.
外地目标百分比是指小组努力实现的外地目标中有多少成功。
The higher the percentage, the better!
百分率越高越好!
A Villanova Wildcat reacts with joy after beating Georgetown for the national championship in 1985.
一名维拉诺瓦野猫在1985年击败乔治敦获得全国冠军后,以欢快的心情反应.
Villanova shocked Georgetown by breaking the record for the highest field goal percentage in a game in Final Four history (22 of 28 baskets; over 78 percent).
维拉诺瓦震惊了 乔治敦打破了最后四场比赛中场均进球百分比最高的纪录(28个篮板中的22个;超过78%).
This led to Villanova winning their first national championship in men’s basketball with a score of 66-64.
这使得比利亚诺瓦以66-64的得分赢得了他们在男子篮球方面的首个全国冠军.
In the 2016 opening round, the Michigan State Spartans were ranked second; the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders were ranked fifteenth.
2016年开赛,密歇根州斯巴达人队排名第二;中田纳西州蓝突击队排名第15.
Yet in what many call the biggest single upset in March Madness history, the Blue Raiders shocked basketball fans by defeating and eliminating Michigan State 90-81.
然而在许多人称之为"3月疯狂"史上最大的单曲中,"蓝突袭"通过击败并消灭了密歇根州90-81而震惊了篮球迷.
The Blue Raiders didn’t win the tournament, but they did bust a lot of people’s brackets in the first round!
蓝色突击队没有赢得联赛,
Conclusion Every March, millions of people take in the excitement of Cinderella teams, rising stars, and game-winning shots at the buzzer.
每年三月,数百万人 接受灰姑娘队的兴奋, 升起的明星, 和游戏中赢得的镜头 在蜂鸣器。
Dreams will either come true or fade away forever.
梦想要么成真 要么永远消失
This is passion.
这是激情。
This is March Madness.
这是三月疯狂。
Good luck with your bracket!
祝你好运,你的括号!
Billion-Dollar Bracket Everyone is looking to choose the perfect bracket.
亿-多拉尔括号 每个人都想选择完美的括号。
In 2014, billionaire Warren Buffett and Quicken Loans offered $1 billion to anyone who chose the perfect bracket, but no one could.
2014年,亿万富翁沃伦·巴菲特(Warren Buffett)和克克根(Quicken)贷款公司向任何选择完美档次的人提供10亿美元,但没有人能.
This is not surprising.
这不足为奇。
The odds of picking every game correctly are between 1 in 5 billion and 1 in 135 billion.
正确选择每场比赛的概率在50亿分之一到1 350亿分之一之间.
As far as we know, nobody has ever chosen the perfect bracket.
据我们所知,从来没有人选择完美的括号。
Duke rejoices after beating Wisconsin in the 2015 men’s championship game (left).
杜克在2015年男子锦标赛上击败威斯康辛后欢欣鼓舞(左).
Maryland beats Louisville in 2014 to advance to the women’s Final Four (right).
马里兰州在2014年击败了路易斯维尔以晋级女子决赛四强(右).