Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Competition库珀山追逐奶酪节

Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling is a crazygame. In the past nearly 20 years， the eventhas been held regularly almost every year，typically on the last Saturday in May and ispresided1 over by a Master of Ceremonies.On that day in any given year， severalthousand people get together and watchabout between 20-40 contestants2 （in manyraces with different contestants each time） chase a 9-pound wheel of cheese down avery steep3 hill in the English countryside. The cheese can reach speeds of up to 70miles per hour， hurtling4 down the hill. If you’re the first one down the hill， youwin it.

库珀山追逐奶酪节是一个疯狂的比赛。在过去的近20年中，这项活动几乎每年都会定期举行，通常是在5月的最后一个星期六，由主持人主持。每年中的那一天，几千人聚集在一起，看着大约20到40名参赛者（在多轮比赛中，每轮都有不同的参赛者）从英国乡村一个非常陡峭的山上追赶一个9磅重的奶酪轮。奶酪（滚动）的速度可以达到每小时70英里，它会从山上飞驰而下。如果你是第一个下山的人，你就赢得了比赛。

The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Competition takes its name from the hilloutside of Gloucester， England， where it is held each spring. The rules are simple. A9-pound， round Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down the hill a one-second headof the players who chase it down the hill.

库珀山追逐奶酪节的名字来自英国格洛斯特郊外的一座山，每年春天该节在那里举行。规则很简单。一块9 磅重的圆形双格洛斯特奶酪先于追逐它的选手一秒钟被滚下去。

The first one to make it to the bottom and across the finishing line wins thecheese. In theory， it’s the one who catches the cheese that wins it， but giventhat it can reach speeds of up to 70 miles every hour， the chances of actuallycatching it are slim5.

第一个到达山脚并越过终点线的人会赢得奶酪。从理论上讲，抓住奶酪的人才是赢家，但鉴于奶酪的速度可以达到每小时70英里，真正能“抓住”它的机会很渺茫。

Up until 2009， the Cheese -Rollingwas an official event. But it was called offover concerns for the safety of thespectators6. This， however， hasn’t stoppedthe locals from continuing the tradition.The concerns are not without reason andcontestants being sent to hospital are notunheard of.

直到2009年，“追逐奶酪”一直是一项正式的活动。但由于担心观众的安全问题，它被取消了。然而，这并没有阻止当地人延续这一传统。这种担忧并非没有道理，参赛者被送进医院的情况也并非耸人听闻。

In fact， Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling has been called the world’s mostdangerous competition and described as “twenty young men chasing a cheese off acliff7 and tumbling8 200 yards to the bottom， where they are scraped9 up byparamedics 10 and packed off to hospital”.

事实上，库珀山追逐奶酪节被称为世界上最危险的赛跑比赛，被描述为“20个年轻人追着一块奶酪，从悬崖上滚落到200 码之外的谷底，在那里他们被医护人员凑在一起，打包送往医院”。

Regardless of the risks and the pressure from local council to deal with them，Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling keeps coming back every year. As a safety precaution11，the cheese was replaced by a plastic replica12 in 2013.

不管其中的风险和当地议会要求解决这些问题的压力，库珀山追逐奶酪节每年都会卷土重来。为了安全起见，奶酪在2013年被一个塑料复制品所取代。

What started as a competition for the villagers of Brockworth has grown， andtoday people from all over the world would participate in the cheese-rolling race.

追逐奶酪起初只是布鲁克沃斯村民的比赛，但现在已经发展壮大，如今会有来自世界各地的人参加追逐奶酪比赛。

（英语原文选自：tourismontheedge.com）