一万名运动员,同一个开幕夜

一万名运动员刚刚走进了同一座体育场。把这条发给那个自以为知道所有大型赛事的朋友。这个月在日本,爱知县和名古屋正在举办地球上规模最大的综合性运动会之一,而亚洲以外的大多数人,压根没听说过它。

Ten thousand athletes just walked into one stadium. Send this to the friend who thinks they know every major sports event. This month in Japan, the cities of Aichi and Nagoya are hosting one of the largest multi-sport competitions on Earth, and most people outside Asia have never heard of it.

大约一万名运动员来自四十五个国家和地区,在几十个项目上比赛,有些项目你很熟悉,有些出了这一带几乎见不到,看台上则全是本地的观众。这项赛事每四年办一次,主办城市每次都换。

Around ten thousand athletes from forty-five countries and regions are competing across dozens of sports, some familiar and some rarely seen outside the region, in front of massive local crowds. It happens every four years, and the host city changes each time.

整整两周,一座又一座场馆里响起不同的国歌,出现不同的队服,还有大多数观众从没看过的项目。然后圣火继续往前走,又一个国家开始筹备下一届。

For two weeks, one stadium after another fills with a different national anthem, a different uniform, a different sport most viewers have never watched before. Then the flame moves on, and another country starts planning for the next one.