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進入中英對照讀新聞》Contestants chase cheese wheel down a hill in chaotic UK race參賽者在英國混亂比賽中追著起司輪下山
英國格洛斯特布拉沃斯村29日舉辦年度趣味競賽「庫柏山滾起司大賽」。（美聯社）
◎周虹汶
The big cheese of extreme U.K. sports events is back.
英國極限運動賽事的重頭戲回來了。
Hundreds of spectators gathered Monday to watch dozens of reckless racers chase a 7-pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwest England.
數百名觀眾週一聚在一起，觀看數十名魯莽的參賽者追逐7磅重的雙倍格洛斯特起司輪，從英格蘭西南部格洛斯特附近近乎垂直的庫柏山一路下山。
The first racer to finish behind the fast-rolling cheese gets to keep it.
快速滾動的起司後頭的第一個完賽者可以留下它。
The cheese-rolling race has been held at Cooper’s Hill, about 100 miles west of London, since at least 1826, and the sport of cheese-rolling is believed to be much older.
至少自1826年開始，這個滾起司比賽就一直在倫敦以西約100英里的庫柏山舉行著，而這項滾起司運動據信有更悠久歷史。
The rough-and-tumble event often comes with safety concerns. Few competitors manage to stay on their feet all the way down the 200-yard hill, and this year several had to be helped, limping, from the course.（AP）
這起亂成一團的比賽通常伴隨安全疑慮。少有參賽者能在200碼下坡一路站穩，今年有幾人不得不在扶助下一瘸一拐地離開競賽場地。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
big cheese：片語，指愚蠢或粗魯的男人、傻瓜、大人物、名人、大亨。例句：In our school, he was a big cheese.（在我們的學校，他曾是個鼎鼎大名的人物。）
rough-and-tumble（rough and tumble）：形容詞，指混亂的、莽撞的；名詞，指混戰、扭鬥、漫無計畫的生活。例句：That was just a bit of rough and tumble.（那不過是孩子間的小打鬧。）
