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新概念英语第四册课文原文：体育的精神

91. that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

了解到国际运动比赛会导致疯狂的仇恨，也可以从常理中推断出结论。

92. Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive.

现在开展的体育运动几乎都是竞争性的。

93. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win.

参加比赛就是为了取胜。如果不拚命去赢，比赛就没有什么意义了。

94. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved,

在乡间的草坪上，当你随意组成两个队，并且不涉及任何地方情绪时，

95. it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise:

那才可能是单纯的为了娱乐和锻炼而进行比赛。

96. but as soon as the question of prestige arises,

可是一量涉及到荣誉问题，

97. as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose,

一旦你想到你和某一团体会因为你输而丢脸时，

98. the most savage combative instincts are aroused.

那么最野蛮的争斗天性便会激发起来。

99. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

即使是仅仅参加过学校足球赛的人也有种体会。

100. At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare.

在国际比赛中，体育简直是一场模拟战争。