Pally paddlers put friendship first

友誼第一，比賽第二

（友好的乒乓球運(yùn)動(dòng)員把友誼放在第一位）

文章標(biāo)題就運(yùn)用了英語(yǔ)的修辭手法—頭韻(Aliiteration)，既表明主題又令讀者朗朗上口。

pally adj.要好的，親密的 ：friendly pal n.朋友 : friend pen pal筆友

paddler 乒乓球運(yùn)動(dòng)員； paddle n.乒乓球球拍，船槳 ； v.用槳?jiǎng)澊?/span>

Chinese paddlers glorious Tokyo Olympics campaign was built on individual brilliance on the table and an unbreakable team spirit off it.

中國(guó)乒乓球運(yùn)動(dòng)員在東京奧運(yùn)會(huì)光榮的戰(zhàn)績(jī)基于賽場(chǎng)上運(yùn)動(dòng)員優(yōu)秀的個(gè)人成績(jī)和賽場(chǎng)下堅(jiān)不可摧的團(tuán)隊(duì)精神。

on the table在乒乓球桌上的；明面上，擺在臺(tái)面上，公開(kāi)的

under th table 在暗地里的，見(jiàn)不得光的，私底下

Bagging four of the five gold medals on offer, China maintained its dominance of the sport in the Japanese capital. However, fans back home were equally cheered by the obvious solidarity and kinship within the squad - even between gold-medal rivals.

本屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)中，中國(guó)乒乓球隊(duì)包攬了五枚金牌中的四枚，在日本的首都東京延續(xù)著中國(guó)在乒乓球項(xiàng)目上的霸主地位。同樣讓中國(guó)粉絲受到鼓舞的是，乒乓球隊(duì)中團(tuán)結(jié)一致的精神，即使在奧運(yùn)金牌爭(zhēng)奪者之間也是如此。

bag v. 包攬，收入囊中

solidarity n.團(tuán)結(jié)，團(tuán)結(jié)一致

kinship n.親切感，親屬關(guān)系

squad n.小分隊(duì)，軍隊(duì)中的連

Six days after beating Sun Yingsha in the womens singles final, Chen Meng was captured on camera helping her younger teammate with the nuances of correctly wearing a face mask. The clip, filmed after Chinas semifinal victory in the womens team competition, went viral on social media, racking up 160 million views on Weibo by Wednesday.

陳夢(mèng)在女子單打比賽中打敗孫穎莎的六天之后，鏡頭拍到她正在幫助比她年幼的隊(duì)友正確佩戴口罩，這段視頻拍攝于中國(guó)乒乓球女團(tuán)半決賽獲勝后，隨后在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上快速走紅。截止至星期三，這段視頻在微博上已經(jīng)達(dá)到1.6億的閱讀量。

singles n.單打 doubles n.雙打

semifinal n.半決賽 final n.決賽 quarterfinal n. 四分之一決賽 Preliminary n.預(yù)賽

capture v.捕捉

"Of course, we all know Sun Yingsha has very pinchable cheeks! There were obviously regulations at the Olympics about wearing face masks, so when we stopped playing, we were supposed to wear them," Chen told China Daily during an exclusive Douyin livestream on Monday.

"We were all really focused on watching our teammates play that day. But when I turned my head to chat with Sha Sha (Sun Yingsha), I noticed she wasnt wearing her face mask properly. So, naturally, I helped her. After all, shes younger than me, and in our daily training, we just help and support each other."

陳夢(mèng)在周一接受抖音獨(dú)家直播采訪時(shí)告訴《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》，“當(dāng)然，我們都知道莎莎的臉很好捏。奧運(yùn)會(huì)有佩戴口罩的要求，我們不比賽的時(shí)候是應(yīng)該佩戴口罩的。那天我們都在很認(rèn)真地看隊(duì)友的比賽，但是我扭頭去和莎莎聊天的時(shí)候，我發(fā)現(xiàn)她的口罩沒(méi)戴好，我就很自然地幫她戴上了。畢竟她年紀(jì)比我小，在平時(shí)的訓(xùn)練中我們都會(huì)互相幫助，互相支持對(duì)方?！?/span>

pinchable adj.很好捏的，可愛(ài)的

notice sb doing sth注意到某人正在做什么

Chen revealed that feeling of camaraderie was nurtured from the top down thanks to the example shown by Chinese Table Tennis Association president Liu Guoliang, the legendary former player and coach.

陳夢(mèng)還透露，中國(guó)乒乓球隊(duì)這種隊(duì)友之間的情誼是自上而下培養(yǎng)出來(lái)的，這都要?dú)w功于中國(guó)乒乓球協(xié)會(huì)主席劉國(guó)梁做出的表率。劉國(guó)梁先前也是一位傳奇的中國(guó)乒乓球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，也是一位優(yōu)秀的教練。

reveal v.透露，揭露

camaraderie n.友情，同志情誼，同志之愛(ài)

top down自上而下

bottom up自下而上

"I was really in trouble in my womens singles quarterfinal. I lost the first two games, and at 0-2 down things were looking pretty precarious for me. That day my opponent played really aggressively, so it was a truly hard-fought win," Chen said.

奧運(yùn)冠軍陳夢(mèng)繼續(xù)說(shuō)道：“女單四分之一決賽的時(shí)候我打得非常困難。我輸?shù)袅俗畛醯膬删浔荣悾诖蟊确致浜?分的情況下情況真的很危急。那天我的對(duì)手也拼得十分努力，所以這場(chǎng)比賽的勝利實(shí)在是來(lái)之不易?！?/span>

precious adj.寶貴的，珍貴的

aggressively adv.具有攻擊性地，激烈地 aggressive adj.好爭(zhēng)斗的，挑釁的

hard-fought a.浴血奮戰(zhàn)得來(lái)的，艱苦努力得來(lái)的

"But many people noticed that day, in the toughest situation, that president Liu never stopped cheering and encouraging me from the stands. He stood up and cheered when I won each point. That was truly unforgettable for me."

“但那天很多人都注意到，在最艱難的情況下，劉國(guó)梁主席始終在看臺(tái)上為我加油鼓勁兒。我沒(méi)贏一分，劉主席就站起來(lái)為我歡呼一次我，和對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)真的很難忘?！?/span>

unforgettable adj.難忘的

Despite their dominant display in Tokyo, Chinas paddlers are wary of a new breed of foreign talents eager to knock them off their perch.

盡管我們的運(yùn)動(dòng)員在東京奧運(yùn)會(huì)的賽場(chǎng)上占據(jù)了主導(dǎo)地位，國(guó)乒運(yùn)動(dòng)員還是十分警惕國(guó)外那些急于打敗中國(guó)隊(duì)，將中國(guó)隊(duì)拉下神壇的新生代選手。

despite 盡管 in spite of

be wary of 警覺(jué)的，謹(jǐn)防的

knock sb off their perch 將某人趕下神壇

Chen says the up-and-coming opposition only serves to motivate Team China players to keep pushing their limits.

陳夢(mèng)說(shuō)，那些新生代運(yùn)動(dòng)員只會(huì)激勵(lì)中國(guó)運(yùn)動(dòng)員不斷突破自己的極限，取得更好的成績(jī)。

up-and-coming a.有作為的，有希望的，新生代的，有前途的

"My goal is simple - to win more titles," she said. "There will be many more top-level international tournaments, and my table tennis dream is far from over. I just hope now I can keep this momentum and keep improving my performances in the future."

“我的目標(biāo)非常簡(jiǎn)單，”陳夢(mèng)說(shuō)，“贏得更多的冠軍。以后會(huì)有更多高水平的國(guó)際賽事，我的乒乓夢(mèng)還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)沒(méi)有結(jié)束。我希望我現(xiàn)在能保持這股勁兒，不斷提升自己的水平和成績(jī)?！?/span>

title n.（體育賽事中的）第一名，冠軍

top-level adj.高水平的，頂尖的

tournament n.錦標(biāo)賽，聯(lián)賽