新概念早讀英語初中版 第25期:最早的球類運(yùn)動(dòng)
最早的球類運(yùn)動(dòng)
The first interesting thing for sports use was the ball.
球是最早的有意思的體育用具。
In ancient Egypt, as in everywhere,
在古埃及，和其他地方一樣，
throwing stones was a favorite children's game.
丟石塊是孩子們最喜歡的游戲。
But a stone could hurt a child.
但是石塊會(huì)傷到孩子。
Looking for something less dangerous to throw,
為了找到可以降低危險(xiǎn)的玩具，
the people in Egypt made,perhaps,the first balls.
埃及人做出了第一個(gè)球
At first,balls were made of grass or leaves held together
起初，人們把草或樹葉塞緊做成了球。
Later they made balls with animals' skin.
后來,他們用動(dòng)物皮做球，
They put the pieces of animals' skin together with thread
他們用線把動(dòng)物皮縫起來，
and put in some birds' feathers or grass.
再把鳥的羽毛或草塞進(jìn)去。
This kind of ball was soft and not heavy.Everyone liked to play with it.
這種球又軟又輕，人人都愛玩。
Although the people in Egypt liked fighting and wars,
盡管埃及人喜歡打架，征戰(zhàn)，
they tried to save time for sports games.
但還是找時(shí)間參與體育游戲。
Before long they could play a lot of new ball games,each with its own rules.
不久他們能夠玩很多新鮮的球類游戲，各個(gè)游戲有自己的規(guī)則。
Perhaps they thought
或許他們認(rèn)為
the games were useful to help the young men run faster in wars.
這些游戲能使他們?cè)趹?zhàn)場上跑得更快。
