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? ? ? 英文选自2021年考研英语二阅览了解text1，中文是我翻译的。
every saturday morning, at 9 am, more than50,000 runners set off to run 5km around their local?每个星期六早上，9点钟，跨越50000跑步者初步绕着他们本地的公园跑5公里。park.
the parkrun phenomenon began with a dozen friends and has inspired 400
events in?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??公园跑步表象初步于一群兄弟之间，然后在英国股动了400个类似的运动，在海外则更
the uk and more abroad. events are free, staffed by thousands of volunteers. runners range?多。? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?此类运动是安适参加的，由数千自愿者组织而成。?跑步者从四岁小from four years old to grandparents; their times range from andrewbaddeley’ world s record 13?孩到老爷爷都有； ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?他们的跑步时刻规模从安德鲁·贝德里的世界纪录13分48秒minutes 48 seconds up to an?hour.到一个小时都有。
??? parkrun is succeeding where london’ s olympic “legacy” is failing.?ten years ago on monday,?? ??当伦敦的奥林匹克“传承”失利的时分，公园跑步这种运动却很成功。十年之前的周一，it was announced that the games of the 30th olympic would be to lever a nation of sport lovers?有这种声称:第三十届奥运会将会股动全国的运动喜爱者们脱离他们的沙发。away from their?couches. the population would be fitter, healthier and produce more winners. it? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??我们将会变得更细长、更安康，然后发生更多的成功者。has not happened. the number of adults doing weekly sport did rise, by nearly 2?million in the?但这些并没有发生。每周运动的成年人的确添加了，到2012年已增加了近200万，但总人员增run-up to 2012-but the general population was growing faster.?worse, the numbers are now?加得更多。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?更糟的是，那个数字正在加速下falling at an accelerating rate. the opposition?claims primary school pupils doing at least two?降。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?相反的陈述闪现每周至少运动2小时的大学生几乎减半。hours of sport a week have?nearly halved. obesity has risen among adults and children. official? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??肥胖的成人和成人添加了。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?retrospections continue as to why london 2012 failed to “inspire a generation. ” the success of?官方一向在反省为啥2012年伦敦奥运会未能“激起一代人”。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?公园跑步运动parkrun offers answers.的成功给出了答案。
??? parkrun is not a race but a time trial: your only?competitor is the clock. the ethos welcomes?? ??公园跑步运动不是一种竞赛，而是一种计时赛:你仅有的竞赛对手是时钟。这种运动等待任anybody. there is as much joy over?a puffed-out first-timer being clapped over the line as there is?何人。 ? ??来参加的人都充溢了快乐喜爱，不管是气喘吁吁的初度参加者仍是天资绝伦的运动家到about top?talent shining. the olympic bidders, by contrast, wanted to get more people?doing?达结束时我们都拍手喝彩。比较照而言，申奥者期望的是招引更多的人参加体育运动并能培育更多的?sport and to produce more elite athletes. the dual aim is mixed up: the?stress on success over?高手运建议。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??这两个方针合起来构成的成果是:成功的压力使新来takingpart was intimidating for newcomers.者害怕不前。
??? indeed, there is something a little absurd in the?state getting involved planing of such a?? ? ? ?的确，国家参加方案社区运动联盟这么一个基础的“草根概念”有一些荒诞的当地。fundamentally
“grassroots concept ”as?community sports associations. if there is a
role for?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 假定说在这种事中政府
government, it should?really be getting involved in providing common goods?－making sure?有啥人物可以扮演的话，那么它大约是供给公共设备——保证有满足的运动场所，并供给铺thereis space for playing fields?and the money to pave tennis and netball courts, and?设网球场和无挡板篮球场的资金，encouraging the provision?of all these activities in schools. but successive governments have?并鼓舞在学校中打开一切这些活动。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??可是一向以来政府都在出售绿地，presided?over selling green spaces, squeezing money from local authorities and declining? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?从当地政府那里揉捏资金，并削减了对体育教育的重视。attention on sport in education. instead of wordy, worthy strategies, future?governments need to?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??简而言之，有价值的战略是:将来的政府大约为体育运动的蓬do more to provide the conditionsfor sport to thrive. or at?least not make them worse.焕打开供给条件。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 或许至少不要搞得更糟。