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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12 Conclusion.
12 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.
The entire country watches as the North Carolina (NC) State Wolfpack faces off against the heavily favored Houston Cougars in their national championship game.
整个国家都看着北卡罗来纳州沃尔夫帕克队 在全国冠军赛中迎战非常受欢迎的休斯敦美洲狮队
Underdogs NC State are playing the game of their lives, and with mere seconds left the score is tied 52-52.
下级NC 州政府正在玩他们一生的游戏,仅剩几秒,得分就平分了52比52.
NC State guard Dereck Whittenburg has possession of the ball but is quickly running out of time.
NC州级后卫德雷克·惠特登堡(Dereck Whittenburg)掌握了球权,但很快就用完了.
With the final seconds ticking away, Whittenburg has no choice but to launch the ball at the net and hope for the best.
随着最后几秒钟的到来,惠特滕堡别无选择,只能将球射入网中并寄希望于最佳球.
The shot falls short.
镜头落空了.
Suddenly, NC State teammate Lorenzo Charles comes out of nowhere to catch the ball in midair.
突然,NC州队的队友洛伦佐·查尔斯(Lorenzo Charles)不知从何而出,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 chaos and celebration.
人群在混乱和庆祝活动中爆发.
It has just witnessed one of the biggest and most exciting upsets in college basketball history.
它刚刚见证了大学篮球史上 最令人兴奋最激动的不安之一。
This is what March Madness is all about: excitement, high stakes, and unpredictability.
三月疯狂就是如此:兴奋、利害攸关和不可预测性。
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.
Now or Never The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) organizes, coordinates, and regulates college and university sports in the United States.
Now 或 Never The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 在美国组织,协调和规范大专和大学体育.
On March 17, 1939, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament began its historic run.
1939年3月17日,NCAA分区一号男子篮球锦标赛开始历史性跑步.
Back then, only eight teams got to compete.
当时只有8支球队参加比赛.
Over the decades, the championship tournament continued to grow into a raging phenomenon, one that sweeps the country every March.
几十年来,锦标赛继续发展为一股狂暴现象,每年三月横扫全国.
Since 1939, this tournament—known informally as March Madness—has introduced the world to some of the greatest basketball legends of all time.
自1939年以来,这次锦标赛——非正式地称为 " 三月疯狂 " ——向全世界介绍了有史以来一些最伟大的篮球传奇。
Since many athletes perfect their skills in college, it is no surprise that the path to the National Basketball Association (NBA)—the professional men’s basketball league—goes straight through the March Madness tournament.
由于许多运动员在大学里完善了自己的技能,因此通往国家篮球协会(NBA)——职业男子篮球联赛——的道路直接走入了3月疯狂联赛,这并不奇怪.
NBA legends Shaquille O’Neal, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Stephen Curry, and many others first made their impact in the tournament.
NBA 传奇 Shaquille O'Neal, Earvin " Magic" Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, 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。
Though most of the NBA legends first competed in the March Madness tournament, they are among an elite class of athletes.
尽管大多数NBA传奇选手在三月疯人院锦标赛中首次出场,但他们还是属于精英级运动员.
Unfortunately, just a select few spots are available in the NBA.
不幸的是,在NBA中只有几个选取的分数.
Scarcely 1 percent of all NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball players are drafted into the NBA each year.
在所有NCAA第一分区的男子篮球运动员中,每年只有1%被征入NBA.
This means that for the vast majority of players, college is the final stop in their basketball career.
这意味着对于绝大多数球员来说,大学是他们篮球生涯的最后一站.
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, sometimes disappointment, but no matter what, it’s out of love for the game.
有时是因为幸福, 有时是失望,
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 demanding.
疯狂是如何运作的 获得冠军的道路漫长而艰巨.
In 2016, there were 351 schools playing Men’s Division I basketball.
2016年,共有351所学校打"男子一分一"篮球.
These teams are separated by region into 32 conferences of different sizes.
这些小组按区域分为32个大小不同的会议。
All the teams want to play in the tournament, but only 68 will make it each year, so how are the 68 teams chosen?
所有球队都想在联赛中出场,但每年只有68支球队出场,因此68支球队是如何入选的?
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 selection committee of athletic directors and conference commissioners.
其余36支队伍由体育总监和会议专员组成的甄选委员会选定。
The ten-person committee considers many factors in their choices.
十人委员会在其选择中考虑了许多因素.
Based on statistics, along with discussions with coaches and one another, the members vote to determine which teams will play in the tournament.
根据统计,连同同教练的讨论和彼此的讨论,成员投票决定哪些球队将在联赛中出场.
This takes place a few days before the tournament on a day commonly known as Selection Sunday.
这发生在联赛前几天的一天,俗称"选拔星期日".
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.
北佛罗里达大学的pep乐队和吉祥物在学习他们的团队后在选拔周日庆祝,将在2015年3月疯狂联赛中出场.
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.
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Dakota St.
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California Hawaii Hawaii Arizona Wichita St.
加州夏威夷 亚利桑那州 Wichita St.
Wichita St.
(原始内容存档于2018-10-21). Wichita St.
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 is a fitting title for this historic tournament since every March, complete madness overtakes the country.
这场历史性的锦标赛 恰到好处 因为每年的三月 完全疯狂地占领了全国
It is one of the most popular sporting events in the United States, even among people who aren’t sports fans.
这是美国最受欢迎的体育活动之一,
This is largely due to the fun of filling out a bracket—a grid of all the teams in the tournament.
这主要是因为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 claims to have the winning strategy, and almost everyone is trying to beat somebody else— family and friends, coworkers, or strangers online.
几乎每个人都宣称有赢家策略, 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.
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president Barack Obama.
奥巴马总统
In each of his eight years as president, he appeared on a televised segment in which he filled out his own March Madness bracket.
在他担任总统的八年中, 他都出现在电视剧中, 他填写了自己的三月疯人院。
Bracket Bragging In 2015, an eleven-year-old girl named Emilia wrote a letter to President Obama to “smack talk” his March Madness picks.
括号 2015年,一位叫Emilia的十一岁女孩写了一封信给奥巴马总统,要他“笑谈”他的“3月疯狂”选择。
Her 2015 bracket beat his.
她2015年的括号比他强
“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,“但并不是最好的选手。 “
President Obama wrote Emilia a letter back with a signed photo of him and his bracket that read, “Next time, I’ll check with you first!”
奥巴马总统给艾米利亚写了一封信,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!”
President Obama did not have much success with his picks, however.
然而,奥巴马总统的挑选没有取得多大成功。
He successfully picked the University of North Carolina Tar Heels to win the tournament in 2009, but at least while in office, he never chose another winner.
他于2009年成功选择了北卡罗来纳大学的Tar Heels以夺得联赛冠军,但至少在上任期间,他从未选择过再一名得分者.
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.
Women’s Wins In 1982, the NCAA started a women’s March Madness basketball tournament with 32 teams.
妇女胜利 1982年,NCAA以32支球队开始女子3月疯狂篮球锦标赛.
Since then it has doubled, and public interest continues to grow.
从那时起,它翻了一番,公共利益继续增长.
The Connecticut Huskies have been the most dominant team in women’s March Madness tournament history with eleven national championships; the Tennessee Volunteers rank second with eight.
康涅狄格胡斯基斯队是女子三月疯狂锦标赛历史上最有优势的一队,获得11个全国冠军;田纳西志愿人员以8个排名第二.
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.
Win After Win Over the course of her career, Patricia Summitt earned 1,098 wins.
赢后赢 在职业生涯中,帕特里夏·斯通克特获得了1098场胜利.
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.
They never failed to qualify for the tournament although in the beginning, good funding failed them.
他们从未未能获得参加联赛的资格,尽管在一开始,良好的资助使他们失败了.
When Summitt started, a donut sale paid for the players’ uniforms.
当高峰会开始的时候,
Breanna Stewart Upstarts and Upsets The most exciting stories that come out of March Madness are “Cinderella stories.”
Breanna Stewart 启动和启动 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 the Villanova Wildcats much of a chance against the Georgetown Hoyas in the 1985 championship finals.
没人给维拉诺瓦野猫队在1985年冠军决赛中与乔治敦·霍亚斯相敌的机会.
Georgetown was the defending champion, having won in 1984, and was awarded the top rank that year.
乔治敦是卫冕冠军,曾于1984年取胜,并被授予当年的最高军衔.
Meanwhile, Villanova was ranked in eighth place, and many thought their only chance of winning was by a miracle.
同时,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 turned 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 in basketball is how many field goals are successful out of all the field goals that the team attempts.
篮球的场球目标百分比是球队所尝试的所有场球目标中有多少场球成功.
The higher the percentage, the better!
百分率越高越好!
The Wildcats shocked Georgetown by breaking the record for the highest field goal percentage in Final Four history—over 78 percent (22 of 28) in the game.
野猫队震惊了乔治敦,打破了最后四强历史上最高的场上入球率纪录——在比赛中超过78%(28分中22分).
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.
The Kansas Jayhawks had a miraculous run in 1988.
1988年堪萨斯州杰鹰队奇迹般的出场.
Led by star player Danny Manning, the team earned the nickname “Danny and the Miracles.”
在明星球员丹尼·曼宁的带领下,球队获得了"丹尼与奇迹"的外号. “
This was because nobody expected them to win or even come close.
这是因为没有人希望他们获胜甚至接近。
The Jayhawks had just finished an eleven-loss season—the most losses that a national championship team has ever had.
Jayhawk队刚刚结束了11个输球赛季——这是一支国家冠军赛队有史以来损失最多的赛季.
In 2008, Danny Manning helped Kansas capture another March Madness championship, only this time as an assistant coach.
2008年,丹尼·曼宁帮助堪萨斯夺得又一届"3月疯狂"冠军,仅此一次出任助理教练.
A Villanova Wildcat rejoices after beating Georgetown for the national championship in 1985.
1985年击败乔治敦获得全国冠军后,一名维拉诺瓦野猫欢欣鼓舞.
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders weren’t given much of a chance against the Michigan State Spartans in the 2016 opening round.
中田纳西蓝突袭队在2016年开局时没有获得太多机会来对抗密歇根州斯巴达人.
The Spartans were ranked second, and many thought they should have been first; the Blue Raiders were ranked fifteenth.
斯巴达人排行第二,许多人认为他们应该排行第一;而"蓝突袭"则排行第十五.
Most people viewed this game as a mere warm-up for Michigan State.
大多数人认为这场比赛仅仅是密歇根州立大学的热身.
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,
A Blue Raider shoots against a Spartan in the 2016 opening round.
2016年开局时一出"蓝色突袭"对阵斯巴达人.
Conclusion Every March, millions of people take in the excitement of Cinderella teams, rising stars, incredible athletic feats, 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, 令人难以置信的体育成就, 以及游戏中赢得的镜头 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).