How did you do in the writing contest?

你在写作比赛中做得怎么样？

Can’t it wait? I’m watching the game right now!

就不能再等等吗？我在看比赛呢！

So I went to one of these games and I got pretty pumped up.

我去看了一场比赛，情绪很高涨。

Special permission from Dumbledore so he could play for Gryffindor.

邓布利多特许他代表格兰芬多学院比赛。

Usually, with the games looming, there are concerns about readiness.

一，随着比赛临近，人们往往会担心奥运会的筹备工作。

Papa was discussing the cricket match. - The village thrashed us last year.

爸爸在谈论板球比赛的事呢。- 村队去年把我们打得一败涂地。

I'm gonna lose this contest, aren't I?

这场比赛 我会输的 对吗？

Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.

从 1917 年开始一直到 1975 年去世不久前还在为曼彻斯特《卫报》写文章的 Neville Cardus，如今仅仅作为一个撰写关于板球比赛文章的作家被人们所知。

He's also hit two dramatic buzzer beaters, including a running one-handed bank shot to beat the top-seeded Toronto Raptors in Cleveland's second-round sweep that will populate highlight reels for years.

他还两度上演惊天杀，包括在季后赛第二轮与头号种子多伦多猛龙对抗时，用一记单手抛投打板锁定了比赛胜利，他的这一成绩在未数年都将为人津津乐道。

They aren't really good enough to enter national band competitions, but they're in a regional one later in the term.

他们还不够好到可以参加全国性的乐队比赛，但是他们本学期后面会参加一个地区性的比赛。

This tournament is an extravagance we cannot afford.

我们负担不起这么铺张浪费的比赛.

Hey, do I get my voucher for a hot dog before or after?

我的热狗代金券是比赛之前还是之后给？

Is the singing contest in May, too?

歌唱比赛也是在五月吗？

If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be even more pronounced.

如果你接着调查世界杯和职业比赛的欧洲国家青年队的话，那么你会发现这一奇怪的现象甚至更明显。

How could a buzzer-beater better beat a buzzer than with a heave hove free throw for three though that span the court of court to court, a game- winning, claim-winning, fame-winning shot for the super fresh freshman who sank the shot.

这记杀球是如何扭转战局的呢？只用了一个飞越球场的长投球，这记投球为他们赢得了比赛，赢得了资格，赢得了荣誉，就只是因为一个新人中了一记杀球。

People of all races can take part in these races.

不同种族的人都可以参加这些比赛。

The cat and the rat hopped onto the ox's back just as the race began!

比赛一开始，猫和老鼠就跳到了牛背上。

17. M: I'm getting worried about Jenny's school work. All she talks about these days is volleyball games and all she does is practice, training and things like that.

问题17. M: 我开始担心珍妮的功课了，最近她总是谈论排球比赛，而且她做的都是关于排球的练习、训练之类的事。

They've organised a game for my birthday.

他们为我的生日组织了一场比赛。

This reminds me of those movies where you see the boxer down to his last bits of energy in the final round, but then he has a flashback a powerful memory of why he's doing this.

这让我想起了那些拳击电影， 主角往往在比赛最后只剩一点儿力气，但接下他们如同回光返照，从自己的初心中获得了能量。