电竞奥运会来了

近日，国际奥委会宣布，将与沙特阿拉伯奥委会合作，于2025年在沙特举办首届奥林匹克电子竞技运动会。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What is the primary purpose of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 program?

A) To dominate the global esports market.

B) To attract and retain young fans and audiences.

C) To host as many international sports events as possible.

D) To diversify the Saudi economy and modernize society.

A) He expressed concern about Saudi Arabia's modernization.

B) He emphasized Saudi Arabia's unique expertise.

C) He questioned the financial viability of the esports games.

D) He suggested that the esports games might be postponed.

无注释原文：

Saudi Arabia to host first 'Olympics Esports Games' in 2025

From: The Guardian

Saudi Arabia and the International Olympic Committee have announced a 12-year agreement to host the new esports Olympics in the oil-rich kingdom starting next year.

The partnership promises “Olympic Esports Games held regularly”, the International Olympic Committee said in a statement on Friday, beginning with the Esports Olympics in 2025. Saudi Arabia did not disclose how much it planned to spend on the competition.

“This is a natural next step for our young athletes, our country and the global esports community,” said Prince Abdulaziz, who also heads the Saudi national Olympic committee.

The IOC said last month it planned to launch video gaming Olympics to try to attract and retain young fans and audiences. In a statement announcing the Saudi Arabia deal, the IOC said the agreement had “ensured that the Olympic values are respected”, emphasizing the “promotion of gender equality and engagement with the young audience, which is embracing esports”.

The announcement was made as the two-month Esports World Cup was held in Riyadh, the capital of the kingdom. The first formal hosting or sponsorship deal between the IOC and Saudi Arabia is the latest addition to the kingdom's sprawling portfolio of sports events, including confirmation, due in December, to stage the 2034 World Cup in men's football.

Sports and entertainment events are a key part of a program spearheaded by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, called Vision 2030, which aims to move the Saudi economy away from dependence on oil and to modernize its society.

Saudi Arabia has hosted a swath of top-tier boxing events including heavyweight title fights in recent years, and created the LIV Golf project as a disruptive rival to the PGA Tour in the United States.

The kingdom also will host the 2027 Asian Cup in men's football, the 2029 Asian Winter Games, which will take place in a ski resort specially built for it, and the multi-sport 2034 Asian Games in Riyadh.

The Saudi sports minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, said the country “has become a global hub for professional esports”.

Critics of Saudi Arabia's record on human rights have said the push into international sports is in effect “sportswashing” to improve that reputation.

The Saudi deal must be signed off by the IOC membership, which meets on 23 and 24 July in Paris, on the eve of Games. That approval is typically a formality for projects proposed by the Olympic body's leadership.

“We are very fortunate to be able to work with the Saudi committee on the Olympic Esports Games, because it has great – if not unique – expertise in the field of esports with all its stakeholders,” the IOC's president, Thomas Bach, said.

Last month, Bach said the video gaming event would have a financial model separate from the summer and winter Games, which share revenue with governing bodies of sports on those programs.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Saudi Arabia to host first 'Olympics Esports Games' in 2025

From: The Guardian

Saudi Arabia and the International Olympic Committee have announced a 12-year agreement to host the new esports Olympics in the oil-rich kingdom starting next year.

沙特阿拉伯和国际奥林匹克委员会宣布达成一项为期12年的协议，从明年起将在沙特这个石油资源丰富的王国举办新的电子竞技奥运会。

e-sports /ˈiːˌspɔːts/ 表示“电子竞技”，英文解释为“the activity of playing computer games against other people on the internet, often for money, and often watched by other people using the internet, sometimes at special organized events”举个🌰：E-sports is now a huge spectator sport. 电子竞技现已成为一项极具观赏性的运动。

The partnership promises “Olympic Esports Games held regularly”, the International Olympic Committee said in a statement on Friday, beginning with the Esports Olympics in 2025. Saudi Arabia did not disclose how much it planned to spend on the competition.

周五，国际奥委会在声明中表示，从2025年开始，双方将合作“定期举办电竞奥运会”。沙特阿拉伯尚未透露将为这项赛事投入多少资金。

disclose /dɪˈskləʊz/ 表示“公开，公布；透露，揭露”，英文解释为“to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden”举个🌰：The company has disclosed profits of over £200 million. 这家公司已公布其利润超过两亿英镑。

📍词根“dis-”表示“分开”，“close”意味着“关闭”，整体表示“打开关闭的东西”，即“揭露”或“透露”信息。近义词：reveal（揭示），同根词：disclosure（披露），常用短语：disclose information（透露信息）

“This is a natural next step for our young athletes, our country and the global esports community,” said Prince Abdulaziz, who also heads the Saudi national Olympic committee.

沙特国家奥林匹克委员会主席阿卜杜勒阿齐兹王子（Prince Abdulaziz）表示：“这对我们的年轻运动员、我们的国家和全球电竞社区来说，这是顺理成章的下一步。”

The IOC said last month it planned to launch video gaming Olympics to try to attract and retain young fans and audiences. In a statement announcing the Saudi Arabia deal, the IOC said the agreement had “ensured that the Olympic values are respected”, emphasizing the “promotion of gender equality and engagement with the young audience, which is embracing esports”.

国际奥委会上个月表示，计划推出视频游戏奥运会，以吸引和留住年轻观众。在宣布与沙特阿拉伯达成协议的声明中，国际奥委会强调，该协议“确保了奥林匹克价值观得到尊重”，强调“促进性别平等和吸引热衷于电竞的年轻观众”。

retain /rɪˈteɪn/ 表示“保持；保留；保有”，英文解释为“to keep or continue to have something”举个🌰：She has lost her battle to retain control of the company. 她被打败了，失去了继续掌管公司的权力。

engagement /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/ 1）表示“订婚”，英文解释为“an agreement to marry someone”如：an engagement party 订婚宴会。

2）表示“约定；约会；预约”，英文解释为“an arrangement to meet someone or do something at a particular time”如：a dinner engagement 晚餐预约，举个🌰：I'm afraid I have a previous/prior engagement (= another arrangement already made). 对不起，我已经有约了。

3）表示“交战，交火；战斗”，英文解释为“the act of beginning to fight someone, or a period of time in a war”

4）表示“参加，从事”，英文解释为“the fact of being involved with something”

5）表示“对社交媒体的参与或互动，包括发布内容、点赞、评论、分享等行为”，英文解释为“the process of people looking at and reacting to particular information online, for example a particular company's social media posts”

The announcement was made as the two-month Esports World Cup was held in Riyadh, the capital of the kingdom. The first formal hosting or sponsorship deal between the IOC and Saudi Arabia is the latest addition to the kingdom's sprawling portfolio of sports events, including confirmation, due in December, to stage the 2034 World Cup in men's football.

这一消息是在沙特首都利雅得举行为期两个月的电竞世界杯期间宣布的。这是国际奥委会与沙特阿拉伯之间的首次正式主办或赞助协议，是沙特一系列体育赛事计划中的又一项新赛事，包括预计将于12月确认的2034年男子足球世界杯。

sponsorship /ˈspɒn.sə.ʃɪp/ 表示“赞助，资助”，英文解释为“the act of sponsoring someone or something or of being sponsored”如：the brands sponsorship of sports events 体育赛事的品牌赞助。

sprawling /ˈsprɔː.lɪŋ/表示“蔓延的；杂乱无序伸展的”，英文解释为“spreading in an untidy way”如：a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇。

sprawl /sprɔːl/ 作动词，1）表示“（懒散地）摊开四肢坐（或躺）”，英文解释为“to spread the arms and legs out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down”举个🌰：I knocked into her in the corridor and sent her sprawling (= knocked her over). 我在走廊里和她迎头相撞，把她撞了个四脚朝天。

2）表示“（尤指城市）杂乱无序地扩展，散乱地延伸”，英文解释为“(especially of a city) to cover a large area of land with buildings that have been added at different times so that it looks untidy”举个🌰：The refugee camps sprawl across the landscape. 眼前杂乱地散落着许多难民营。

portfolio /pɔːtˈfəʊliəʊ/ 很久没出现了，很早之前在88岁股神巴菲特日喝5罐可乐一文中出现过：Even though Apple stock is a major part of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, Buffett still uses a flip phone that he showed off on CNN. 表示“（某人或某公司持有的）有价证券组合，投资组合”（a group of stock s owned by a particular person or compan），如：an investment portfolio 投资组合。

此外，portfolio还有多个不同含义：1）表示“公事包，文件夹；画夹”（a large flat case used especially for carrying pictures, documents etc）。

2）表示“部长（大臣）的职责”（the work that a particular government official is responsible for），如：the foreign affairs portfolio 外交部长职责。

3）表示“（艺术家、摄影师等的）作品选集”（a set of pictures or other pieces of work that an artist, photographer etc has done）。

4）表示“（公司或机构提供的）系列产品，系列服务”（the range of products or services offered by a particular company or organization），如：a portfolio of wines 系列葡萄酒。

stage /steɪdʒ/ 1）表示“上演；举办；举行”，英文解释为“to organize and present a play or an event for people to see”如：to stage a ceremony/an event/an exhibition 举行仪式/活动/展览，举个🌰：The local theatre group is staging a production of ‘Hamlet’. 当地剧团在上演《哈姆雷特》。

2）表示“组织；筹划”，英文解释为“to organize and take part in action that needs careful planning, especially as a public protest”如：to stage a ceremony/an event/an exhibition 举行仪式/活动/展览。

3）表示“使发生；使出现”，英文解释为“to make sth happen”举个🌰：After five years in retirement, he staged a comeback to international tennis. 退役五年之后，他又复出国际网坛。

🎬电影《无罪的罪人》（Presumed Innocent）中的台词提到：Your opinion is that this was... a staged rape? 你的看法是这是…有预谋的强奸？

区分：

📍wage 作名词，表示“工资，工钱，报酬”，作动词，表示“发动（战争）；组织，筹备（活动）”，英文解释为“to fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something”举个🌰：They've been waging a long campaign. 他们已组织发起了一场持久的运动。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇介绍拉美电商平台美卡多的文章中提到：The biggest is Amazon, against which his firm has waged a costly battle in Mexico. 最大的威胁来自亚马逊，美卡多与它在墨西哥展开了一场较量，代价高昂。

Sports and entertainment events are a key part of a program spearheaded by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, called Vision 2030, which aims to move the Saudi economy away from dependence on oil and to modernize its society.

体育和娱乐活动是沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼（Mohammed bin Salman）主导的“2030愿景”计划的重要组成部分，该计划旨在使沙特经济摆脱对石油的依赖，实现社会现代化。

spearhead /ˈspɪə.hed/ 表示“领导（攻击、行动等）；充当…的先锋；带头做”，英文解释为“to lead something such as an attack or a course of action”举个🌰：British troops spearheaded the invasion. 英军充当入侵的先锋。

modernize /ˈmɒd.ən.aɪz/ 表示“（使）现代化”，英文解释为“to make something more modern”举个🌰：Much of the house has been modernized. 房子的大部分已经现代化了。

📍2024年政府工作报告Part 2提到：现代化基础设施建设不断加强。Infrastructure was further modernized. 这个翻译将原句中的动态过程（“[现代化]建设不断加强”）转化为了结果导向“was further modernized”，这样的处理侧重于展示最终的成果，即基础设施的现代化程度有所提升。这种结果导向的翻译更便于读者快速抓住句子的重点，理解信息的核心。

Saudi Arabia has hosted a swath of top-tier boxing events including heavyweight title fights in recent years, and created the LIV Golf project as a disruptive rival to the PGA Tour in the United States.

近年来，沙特阿拉伯举办了一系列顶级拳击赛事，包括重量级拳王争霸赛，并推出了LIV高尔夫巡回赛，以挑战美国PGA巡回赛的主导地位。

swath /swɑːθ/ 更常写作 swathe /sweɪð/  1）表示“长条区域，大块区域；（尤指）长条田地，大块田地”，英文解释为“a long strip or large area especially of land”举个🌰：Huge swathes of rainforest are being cleared for farming and mining. 为了耕种和采矿，大片大片的雨林被砍伐。

2）表示“部分；范围”，英文解释为“a large part of something that includes several different things”举个🌰：These people represent a broad/wide swathe of public opinion. 这些人代表了广大人民的意见。

表示“一流的；水平最高的，质量最好的”，英文解释为“of the highest level or quality”，如：a top-tier medical school 一所一流的医学院。

heavyweight /ˈhev.i.weɪt/ 1）表示“（体重79.5公斤以上的）重量级拳击手”，英文解释为“a boxer who is in the heaviest weight group, or this division of boxing weight”如：He was heavyweight champion of the world. 他曾是世界重量级拳击冠军。

2）表示“重量级人物，有影响力的人物（事物），要人”，英文解释为“someone or something that is very important or has a lot of influence”如：one of the heavyweights of the movie industry 电影业巨子之一。

title /ˈtaɪ.təl/ 作名词，熟词僻义，表示“（竞赛、体育比赛的）冠军”，英文解释为“the position of being the winner of a competition, especially a sports competition”如：the world heavyweight title 重量级世界拳击冠军。

title还可以表示「书」举个🌰：Last year we published over a hundred new titles. 去年我们出版了100多种新书。

titles也可以指游戏的所有权或产权。

disruptive /dɪsˈrʌp.tɪv/ 表示“改变行业传统运作方式的，颠覆性的”，英文解释为“changing the traditional way that an industry operates, especially in a new and effective way”如：disruptive technologies 颠覆性科技。

2）表示“捣乱的，引起混乱的”，英文解释为“causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual”举个🌰：His teacher described him as a noisy, disruptive influence in class. 他的老师说他在班里是一个喜欢吵吵嚷嚷的捣乱分子。

rival /ˈraɪ.vəl/ 作名词，表示“竞争对手；敌手”，英文解释为“a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area”

作动词，表示“可与…相媲美，比得上”，英文解释为“to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else”举个🌰：No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. 没有任何计算机比得上人脑复杂。

The kingdom also will host the 2027 Asian Cup in men's football, the 2029 Asian Winter Games, which will take place in a ski resort specially built for it, and the multi-sport 2034 Asian Games in Riyadh.

沙特还将举办2027年亚洲杯男子足球赛、2029年亚洲冬季运动会（将在专门为其建造的滑雪度假胜地举行）以及在利雅得举行的2034年亚洲运动会。

resort /rɪˈzɔːt/ 作名词，表示“度假胜地；旅游胜地”，英文解释为“a place where many people go for rest, sport, or another stated purpose”如：a tourist resort 旅游胜地。

作动词，表示“诉诸；凭借；采用；求助于，依靠”，英文解释为“the fact that you have to do something because there is no other way of achieving something”举个🌰：We may have to resort to using untrained staff.我们也许只能使用未受过训练的员工了。

The Saudi sports minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, said the country “has become a global hub for professional esports”.

沙特体育部长阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·本·图尔基·阿尔费萨尔王子（Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal）表示，沙特 “已成为全球职业电竞中心”。

hub /hʌb/ 一词可以理解为“（某地/活动）中心，枢纽，核心”，如：the commercial hub of the city 城市的商业中心，a hub airport 大型中转机场，举个🌰：The kitchen was the hub of family life. 厨房是家庭生活的中心。

📍河南加油！文中，路透社（Reuters）介绍河南就说的是：a major logistics hub in central China 中国中部的主要物流中枢，原句：Many train services across Henan, a major logistics hub in central China, have been suspended. Many highways have also been closed and flights delayed or cancelled. 河南是中国中部的一个主要物流中枢，整个河南的许多火车服务已经暂停。许多公路也被关闭，航班被推迟或取消。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）2018年8月一篇提到B站的文章是这么表达的，Bilibili, an online hub for fans of comics and games.

Critics of Saudi Arabia's record on human rights have said the push into international sports is in effect “sportswashing” to improve that reputation.

批评沙特人权记录的人士称，沙特进军国际体育界实际上是在“体育洗白”，以改善其声誉。

柯林斯词典公布2022年度热词之一，“sportswashing（体育洗白）”，指的是那些利用体育活动来提升自身声誉或转移人们对不可接受的政策的注意力的组织和国家。

The Saudi deal must be signed off by the IOC membership, which meets on 23 and 24 July in Paris, on the eve of Games. That approval is typically a formality for projects proposed by the Olympic body's leadership.

这项协议必须由国际奥委会成员批准，国际奥委会将于奥运会前夕的7月23日和24日在巴黎举行会议。通常情况下，国际奥委会领导层提议的项目都会得到批准。

formality /fɔːˈmæl.ə.ti/ 表示“礼节；俗套；例行公事”，英文解释为“something that has to be done but has no real importance”举个🌰：You'll have to sign the visitors' book, but it's just a formality. 你得在访客簿上签名，不过这只是例行公事而已。

📍复数formalities，表示“法定程序；正式手续”，英文解释为“something that the law or an official process says must be done”举个🌰：We'll have to observe the formalities (= do what is expected). 我们必须遵守法定程序。

“We are very fortunate to be able to work with the Saudi committee on the Olympic Esports Games, because it has great – if not unique – expertise in the field of esports with all its stakeholders,” the IOC's president, Thomas Bach, said.

国际奥委会主席托马斯·巴赫（Thomas Bach）说：“我们非常荣幸能与沙特奥委会合作举办电竞奥运会，因为其在电竞领域与所有利益相关方都拥有丰富的、甚至可以说是独一无二的经验。”

expertise /ˌek.spɜːˈtiːz/ 表示“专门技能（知识）;专长”，英文解释为“a high level of knowledge or skill”举个🌰：We admired the expertise with which he prepared the meal. 我们很羡慕他那一手烹调绝活。

stakeholder /ˈsteɪkˌhəʊl.dər/ 表示“股东；持股人；利益相关者；利害关系人”，英文解释为“a person or group of people who own a share in a business; a person such as an employee, customer, or citizen who is involved with an organization, society, etc. and therefore has responsibilities towards it and an interest in its success”

Last month, Bach said the video gaming event would have a financial model separate from the summer and winter Games, which share revenue with governing bodies of sports on those programs.

上个月，巴赫表示，电子竞技奥运会将拥有一套不同于夏季奥运会和冬季奥运会的财务模式，夏季和冬季奥运会与那些项目的体育管理机构共享收入。

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