“Village BA”basketball tournament booms

2023-11-23河南刘同功

疯狂英语·新策略 2023年10期

河南刘同功

尽管没有超级明星，也没有现金奖励，但“村BA”仍然以其独特的魅力成为乡村最火爆的运动之一。

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1 No superstars, a lack of cash prize money and just an outdoor basketball court.So what? Nothing is going to prevent the tens of thousands of people from enjoying the game of basketball held in Taipan Village in Taijiang County,Guizhou Province.

2 The annual amateur basketball event has attracted widespread attention across the nation because of its electric atmosphere that rivals the CBA, the country's top professional basketball league.“What we see is just what basketball looked like originally.It is so pure and joyful,”wrote one user on social media.Though the players are all amateur and most of them are farmers,the“village BA”,or“CunBA”tournament is renowned for its electric atmosphere.

3 During the three-day competition, the average number of spectators per game exceeded 20,000, and the total number exceeded 100,000.Many of the spectators seemed not to be fans of a particular team as they cheered every basket,regardless of team.Some villagers also brought iron pots and pans from their homes to strike in excitement.

4 Another unique feature of the“CunBA”is that ethnic and rural cultures are interwoven in the competition.During competition breaks, local art troupes performed traditional Miao-style dances,and local agricultural products such as live sturgeons (鲟鱼),ducks and fragrant rice were given as prizes.“The key to its popularity is that this tournament truly belongs to the local people and connects neighborhoods like no other event does,”said Cen Jianglong,a Taipan villager and a co-organizer of the tournament.

5 The popularity of the“CunBA”didn't come by chance.Basketball has a long history in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, where Taipan is located—basketball games were originally part of the celebrations of the Miao ethnic harvest festival during the sixth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, a tradition that dates back to 1936.

6 “Basketball stands for the spirit of unity and has a strong cultural symbolic significance.It reflects the strong demand for sports and cultural life in rural areas and resonates(共鸣)with the people's desire for a better life,”said Zhang Shoushuang,head of Taipan Village.

Reading Check

Detail1.Why has the“CunBA”become so popular?

A.It invites many basketball superstars.

B.It offers quite a big sum of prize money.

C.It is supported by the local government.

D.It takes place in an original atmosphere.

Detail2.What do we know about the spectators of the“CunBA”?

A.They watch the competition on TV.

B.They favor no particular teams.

C.They buy tickets to watch the games.

D.They're mostly quiet and polite spectators.

Vocabulary3.What does the underlined word“interwoven”mean in paragraph 4?

A.Combined.

B.Ignored.

C.Interrupted.

D.Advocated.

Detail 4.What was the“CunBA”related to originally?

A.Hunting activities.B.Farming activities.

C.Ethnic conflicts.D.Cultural exchanges.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

“The key to its popularity is that this tournament truly belongs to the local people and connects neighborhoods like no other event does,”said Cen Jianglong, a Taipan villager and a co-organizer of the tournament.“这项活动受欢迎的关键在于，它真正属于当地人，紧密联系各个社区，这一点是其他活动做不到的。”台盘村村民，比赛的组织者岑江龙说。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句。that 引导的是一个表语从句，该表语从句含有两个并列的谓语动词；like 连接一个比较状语从句。