Q: How long is the Tour de France bicycle race?
      环法自行车赛全程是多长？
A: The Tour de France bicycle race is about 2500 miles long. It is not exactly the same distance every year. It takes place over three weeks, and there are twenty separate stages. The longest race ever held was in 1926, when it covered 3562 miles.
环法自行车赛全程2500英里左右，每年确切的距离都不同。通常历时三个星期以上，分20个独立赛段。1926年举办的赛事长达3562英里，是赛程最长的一次比赛。

Q: How many events make up a decathlon1?
     田径十项全能由多少项目组成？
A: The decathlon, which is for men only, has ten events: 100-meter, 400-meter, and 1500-meter runs, 110-meter hurdles2, javelin3  and discus throws, shot put, high jump, long jump, and pole vault4.
田径十项全能是专为男子设立的运动，包括十个项目：100米、400米和1500米跑，110米跨栏，投标枪，掷铁饼，推铅球，跳高，跳远和撑杆跳高。

Q: Which events make up a heptathlon5?
    田径七项全能包括哪些项目？
A: The heptathlon is a seven-event athletic contest for women only. The events are: 100-meter hurdle, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin, 200-meter run, and 800-meter run.
七项全能运动是专门针对女子而设的七项田径项目比赛，即：100米跨栏、推铅球、跳高、跳远、掷标枪、200米跑和800米跑。

Q: How long is the pole used in pole vaulting?
撑杆跳高运动中杆的长度是多少？
A: The pole used in pole vaulting may be any length, according to the rules of the International Amateur Athletic Federation. In a pole vaulting competition, the judge decides on the minimum height to be jumped. The vaulted may attempt to jump any height above the minimum. Modern poles are made of fiberglass and the tremendous flexibility of this material has enabled vaulters to jump as high as 20.2 feet.
根据国际业余运动联合会的规定，撑杆跳中杆的长度没有限制。在撑杆跳比赛中，裁判决定要跳过的最低高度，参赛者可尝试跳过高于最低限度的任何高度。现代的撑杆由玻璃纤维制成，其优良的弹性使参赛者能跳过20.2英尺。

Q: How heavy is the shot used in shot putting?
推铅球运动中的铅球有多重？
A: In shot putting, the shot that is used by men weighs 16 pounds and the one used by women is 9 pounds. The competitors have to throw the shot from a circle into a special landing area. The object of the sport is to see how far you can put (throw) the shot.
在推铅球运动中，男子使用的铅球重16磅而女子使用的铅球重9磅。竞赛者必须从一个圆圈内把铅球推向一个特定的落地。这项运动的目的是看你能把铅球推多远。

Q: How many kinds of football are there?
     足球有多少种？
A: There are at least six different kinds of football. Association football or soccer is probably the most popular kind of football, since it is played in most countries around the world. There are eleven players on each team, and the game is played with a round ball that must not be handled. Rugby football6 or rugger7  has thirteen or fifteen players, and the ball is oval and can be carried. American football has eleven players per side and an oval ball that may be carried. Canadian football is like American football, but there are twelve players per team. Australian Rules football is played on an oval field, and each side has eighteen players. Gaelic football8 is like a mixture of soccer and rugger and has fifteen players per team.
足球至少有6种，其中英式足球在世界大多数国家盛行，或许是最受欢迎的一种。英式足球每队有11名队员，比赛中用的是圆球，不能用手触摸 ；橄榄球或英式橄榄球队每边有13或15名队员，球是椭圆形的，能够用手传送；美式橄榄球队每边有11名队员和一个可传送的椭圆球；加拿大橄榄球类似美式橄榄球，但每队有12名队员；澳大利亚式橄榄球在椭圆的运动场上进行，且每队有球员18名；盖尔足球就像英式足球和英式橄榄球的混合体，每队有15名球员。

Q: What do swimmers have to do in a medley9 race?
      在混合泳接力赛中参赛者必须做些什么？
A: In a medley race, a swimmer has to swim four stretches of 100 meters, each using one of the four main swimming strokes. The four strokes are free-style, backstroke10, breaststroke11, and butterfly.
在混合泳接力赛中，每个参赛者必须游四段100米，在每段100米中使用四种主要泳姿中的一种。四种泳姿指自由泳、仰泳、蛙泳和蝶泳。

 

5. heptathlon   n. 七项全能
6. rugby football 橄榄球
7. rugger   n. （英俚）橄榄球
8. Gaelic football 盖尔足球
9. medley  adj. 混杂的，混合的
10. backstroke  n. 仰泳
11. breaststroke  n. 蛙泳