The Best of the Best Sporting Events in the USA 美国最棒的体育赛事

Melanie Renzulli 邓杨周

有很多比賽每年都在不同的地点举行，具体取决于参赛队伍或主办城市。然而，有一些体育赛事会固定在某一个城市或地区举行，这为粉丝们创造了年度体育旅行的绝佳机会。如果你是赛车、网球、赛马、高尔夫、自行车或冲浪等运动的爱好者，一定不要错过下面这些美国最棒的体育赛事。

Daytona 500

代托纳500汽车赛

NASCAR fans flock to Daytona International Speedway on the last Sunday in February for the Daytona 500， the most famous stock car race in the world. The race is 500 miles， which requires 200 laps around the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway loop1. An entire tourism industry has built up around the Daytona 500. It takes place in Florida in February， thus you can find Daytona 500 travel packages on the Speedways website.

代托纳500汽车赛被认为是世界上最负盛名的改装车比赛。在二月的最后一个星期天，纳斯卡赛车的粉丝会涌向代托纳国际赛车跑道观看这个比赛。这个比赛全程是500英里，需要绕赛道长2.5英里的代托纳国际赛车跑道跑200圈。围绕这个赛事已经形成了完整的旅游产业。代托纳500汽车赛每年二月在佛罗里达州举行，你可以在该比赛的网站上找到代托纳500汽车赛的旅游套餐。

The Masters Golf Tournament

高尔夫大师赛

Played at the Augusta National Golf Club since 1934， the Masters golf tournament2 is one of the most important mens professional golfing championships. Played during the first week of April， the Masters is the first gasp3 of summer for golfers and golf lovers. The winner of the Masters traditionally receives a green jacket to wear following his victory.

从1934年开始，大师赛就一直在美国乔治亚州奥古斯塔国家高尔夫俱乐部举行。它是最重要的男子职业高尔夫赛事之一。大师赛在四月的第一周举行，对高尔夫球手和高尔夫爱好者来说，它是夏季的第一件激动人心的事。根据传统，大师赛的获胜者在获胜后会得到一件绿色夹克。

Boston Marathon

波士顿马拉松赛

Held every year on Patriots4 Day—the third Monday of April—since 1897， the Boston Marathon is the worlds oldest annual5 marathon race. The race attracts top male and female runners from across the world but is also open to amateurs6. The 100th running of the Boston Marathon set a world record for the number of participants， which included 38，708 entrants7， 36，748 starters， and 35，868 finishers. In addition to the many runners， the race also sees as many as 500，000 spectators8 line the route， which goes past many of Bostons top attractions.

波士顿马拉松赛自1897年以来，于每年的爱国者日，即四月的第三个星期一举行，是世界上历史最悠久的年度马拉松比赛。这个比赛吸引了来自世界各地的顶尖男女选手，但也向业余选手开放。第100届波士顿马拉松赛创造了参赛人数的世界纪录，有38708人报名参赛，36748人从起跑线出发，并有35868人跑完全程。除了众多的参赛者外，这条蜿蜒经过波士顿许多著名景点的路线上还有多达50万名观众。

Triple Crown Horse Racing

赛马三冠王大赛

The Kentucky Derby， the Preakness Stakes， and the Belmont Stakes make up the three horse races of the Triple Crown. In order to win the “Triple Crown”， a horse must win all three races. This has only happened 12 times in history; the last time was in 2015.

The first and most famous of the races is the Kentucky Derby， which takes place on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville， Kentucky. The Preakness Stakes is held in Baltimore， Maryland at the Pimlico Racetrack on the third Saturday in May. Belmont Park in Elmont， New York， hosts the Belmont Stakes， which takes place three weeks after the Preakness and five weeks after the Kentucky Derby.

肯塔基德比、必利时锦标赛及贝尔蒙特锦标赛是赛马三冠王大赛的三场比赛。为了赢得“三冠王”，一匹马必须在这三场比赛中都获胜。这在历史上只有过12次，最近一次是在2015年。

第一场也是最著名的一场比赛是肯塔基德比，于五月的第一个星期六在肯塔基州路易斯维尔的丘吉尔唐斯赛马场举行。必利时锦标赛于五月的第三个星期六在马里兰州巴尔的摩的皮姆利科赛马场举行。在纽约埃尔蒙特的贝尔蒙特公园举办的贝尔蒙特锦标赛，会在必利时锦标赛的三周后，即在肯塔基德比的五周后举行。

Indianapolis 500

印第安纳波利斯500英里大奖赛

With permanent9 seating capacity for 257，000 fans， the Indianapolis Motor Speedway， in Indianapolis， Indiana， hosts one of car racings most famous races—the Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500 takes place on Memorial Day Weekend each year. The winner typically drinks milk after his victory and collects one of the single biggest prizes in sports， around $2.5 million or more.

印第安纳州印第安纳波利斯的印第安纳波利斯赛道可容纳25.7万名赛车迷，是赛车界最著名的比赛之一——印第安纳波利斯500英里大奖赛的举办地。印第安纳波利斯500英里大奖赛每年在（美国）阵亡将士纪念日的周末举行。获胜者通常会在获胜后喝牛奶，并获得体育界最大的单项奖金之一，约250万美元以上。

Amgen Tour of California

环加州自行车赛

While the route changes yearly， the one week， 750-mile Amgen Tour of California is your best chance to see world-class cyclists riding through the cities and along the coasts of California. The Tour of California doesnt have a long history， going on only since 2006， but it has begun to attract thousands of cycling spectators who may have otherwise traveled to Europe for the Tour de France or the Giro dItalia.

虽然路线每年都在变化，但为期一周、长750英里的环加州自行车赛是你看到世界级自行车手骑车穿行加利福尼亚州的各城市和海岸的最佳机会。环加州自行车赛的历史并不长，从2006年才开始，但它已经开始吸引成千上万的自行车赛观众。如果没有环加州自行车赛，这些观众可能已经前往欧洲去看环法自行车赛或环意自行车赛了。

U.S. Open of Surfing

美国冲浪公开赛

A chance to see some of the worlds top surfers ride impossible waves is what the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington， Beach， California， is all about. Each year， hundreds of thousands of sun and surf lovers gather on 14 acres of beachfront south of the Huntington Beach pier10 to watch professional men and women surfers compete for bragging11 rights and a prize of up to $310，000. Spectators will also find music， vendors12， and tons of California-style fun.

在加利福尼亚州的亨廷顿海滩举行的美国冲浪公开赛，就是要让人们有机会看到一些世界顶级的冲浪者踏浪而行。每年，成千上萬的阳光和冲浪的爱好者们聚集在亨廷顿海滩码头以南14英亩的海滨，观看职业男女冲浪者争相炫技和争夺高达31万美元的奖金。观众们也会发现音乐、小贩，和无数带有加州风格的乐趣所在。

The U.S. Open （Tennis）

美国网球公开赛

The U.S. Open is the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season. The finals of the U.S. Open take place on the central court， named Arthur Ashe Stadium， after the American tennis great. The two-week tournament takes place at the end of August/beginning of September with the Labor Day weekend falling in the middle of the tournament， making it an ideal sporting event around which to plan a visit to New York City. The tournaments official website provides information on buying U.S. Open tickets or booking a U.S. Open travel package.

美国网球公开赛是每年网球四大满贯赛中的最后一个。美国网球公开赛的决赛在以美国网球巨星命名的阿瑟·阿什球场举行。为期两周的比赛在八月底到九月初举行，它是一个时间理想的体育赛事，因为劳动节的周末正好是在赛事中期。你可以围绕它制定在纽约市游玩的计划。赛事的官方网站会提供有关购买赛事门票或预订美国网球公开赛旅游套餐的信息。

New York City Marathon

紐约市马拉松赛

Although not as old as the Boston Marathon， the New York City Marathon is one of the most popular running races in the world， attracting about 35，000 runners every year. One of the biggest draws for participants in the NYC Marathon is the chance to run across or past icons13 of the Manhattan cityscape. Spectators get excited from watching the runners， too.

虽然不像波士顿马拉松赛那样历史悠久，但纽约市马拉松赛是世界上最受欢迎的跑步比赛之一，每年吸引大约35000名选手参赛。对参赛者来说，纽约市马拉松赛最吸引人的地方就是有机会穿越或经过曼哈顿城市标志性的景观。对观众来说，观看比赛也是激动人心的。

【Notes】

1. loop [     ] n. 环状物;环路;（铁道或公路的）环线

2. tournament [     ] n. 锦标赛，联赛 3. gasp [     ] n. 喘气

4. patriot [     ] n. 爱国者 5. annual [     ] adj. 年度的;每年的

6. amateur [     ] n. 业余爱好者;生手，外行

7. entrant [     ] n. 参加竞赛者 8. spectator [     ] n. 观众;旁观者

9. permanent [     ] adj. 永久的，永恒的

10. pier [     ] n. 码头 11. brag [     ] v. 吹牛，吹嘘;夸耀

12. vendor [     ] n. 小贩 13. icon [     ] n. 图标;象征物