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•英譯：
In Taiwan, 1) Tennis always cannot 2) top baseball and basketball. However, it has regained the focus from Taiwanese because of Henry Lu’s excellent 3) performance at the Wimbledon Open, one of four 4) worldwide tennis 5) tournaments. Many famous American media, e.g. The New York Times, CNN, CBS, and Los Angeles Times, are surprised that this Taiwanese player had made it so far at this Wimbledon Open. Let’s get to know some interesting facts about Tennis.

•中譯：
在台灣, 網球運動一直無法像棒球和籃球一樣受到重視, 而今年因為我國的網球好手盧彥勳在溫布敦網球公開賽表現優異, 打進世界前八強, 成為台灣第一人, 讓網球運動再次成為大家的焦點; 在當時, 盧彥勳導表現也讓釵h美國知名媒體感到驚豔, 如美國有線電視網, 紐約時報, 洛杉磯時報等…接下來就要向大家介紹網球相關的一些資訊喔!

• 本段單字
1) Tennis (n.) 網球
2) top (v.) 凌駕
3) performance (n.) 表現
4) worldwide (adj.) 全世界的
5) tournament (n) 錦標賽

•英譯：
Tennis is believed to begin in the 12th century, and was 1) invented by a group of French monks. They hit the ball with their 2) bare hands over a piece of rope before the 3) rackets, the nets and even the courts were created in the 16th century. In 1873, the modern tennis was created and 4) patented by Walter Clopton Wingfield.

•中譯：
一般人相信網球運動開始於十二世紀, 由一群法國和尚所發明的; 在球拍, 球網, 甚至網球場在十六世紀出現之前, 他們當時是用赤手擊球越過一件長袍給對手來進行這項運動的; 現代的網球是在西元1873年由Walter Clopton Wingfield所發明, 他並且還申請了專利;

• 本段單字
1) invent (v.) 發明
2) bare hands 赤手的
3) racket (n.) 球拍
4) patent (v.) 申請專利

英譯 :
Tennis was 1) originated from France, so there are many terms2) derive from French as well. For example, tennis this word is from tenez, which means “here you are”. The word love is from l’ouef which means eggs. An egg’s shape looks like number zero, and love means a player does not have a point in the game.

中譯 :
由於網球運動源自於法國, 所以有釵h網球專業術語也來自於法文; 舉例來說, 網球tennis這個字來自於法文tenez, 意思是拿去; 還有一些比賽用語像是love這個字原本的意思是雞蛋, 由於蛋的形狀很像數字0, 所以衍生為選手在比賽中沒有得分的意思;

本段單字 :
1)Originate from 源自於…
2)Derive from 衍生自…

英譯 :
In the modern tennis, there are lots of tennis 1) competitions around the world including the four main tournaments. The so called 2) Grand Slam 3) consists of these four tournaments: Wimbledon (U.K. in 1877), the U.S. Open (in 1881), the French Open (in 1891), and the Australian Open (in 1905). If a player wins the 4) championships for all these four in a year, then the player will be named the real Grand Slam Championship. In addition, the player will be called the Golden Grand Sam if the/she also win the first prize in 5) Olympics.

中譯 :
在現代的網球運動, 世界各地有舉辦著釵h的相關比賽, 其中還包含著最有名的四大錦標賽; 這四大錦標賽, 包含英國的溫布頓公開賽(開始於西元1877年), 美國公開賽(西元1881年), 法國公開賽(西元1891年), 以及澳洲公開賽(西元1905年); 能夠在一年之中囊括這四大公開賽所有的冠軍, 選手就會被稱為大滿貫冠軍, 如果同時還贏得奧運網球項目的冠軍, 就會被稱為金滿貫!

本段單字 :
1)Competition 競賽
2)Grand Slam 大滿貫, 在棒球比賽中代表滿貫全壘打
3)Consist of 由…組成
4)Championship (n.) 冠軍(名次); champion (n.) 冠軍(選手)
5)Olympics 奧林匹克運動會