Sport at School 体育运动在校园

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Do you do sports at school？ In the UK everyone has to do some kind of sports at school until the age of 16. But its not just football or netball1 these days.

你在学校做运动吗？在英国，每个人在16岁之前都必须在学校学会某种运动，但如今不仅是足球或无挡板篮球。

Sports in secondary schools

中学体育

All students in the UK have to do P.E. at school until they are 16. The sports you can do at school depend2 on your school. Each school offers3 different activities. The most popular sport at school is football， played by girls and boys. Students play other traditional4 team games such as rugby， field hockey， netball and rounders or do individual5 physical activities like running， swimming or gymnastics. Today， some schools offer more modern sports and physical activities such as dance， fitness， dodgeball or Ultimate Frisbee.

英国的所有学生必须在学校接受体育教育，直到年满16岁。你在学校可以从事的运动取决于你的学校，因为每个学校会提供不同的活动。在学校里，最受欢迎的运动是足球，男女皆宜。学生参加其他传统的团体比赛，例如橄榄球、曲棍球、无挡板篮球和圆场棒球比赛，或者进行跑步、游泳，或体操之类的个人体育活动。今天，有些学校提供更多现代运动和体育活动，例如舞蹈、健身、躲避球或极限飞盘。

Traditional and new school sports

传统和新学校运动

Here are some traditional and new team sports played at school that you might not know.

以下是一些你可能不知道的在學校中的传统或新式的团队运动。

Netball

无挡板篮球

This competitive6 sport is played between two teams. There are seven players on each team. You score goals7 by throwing8 the ball into a net. It is like basketball， but you cant run with the ball. At UK schools girls play this sport.

这项竞技运动在两支球队之间进行。每队有7名球员，将球扔进网中就可以得分，类似于篮球，但你不能带球奔跑。在英国学校里，主要是女孩子参加这项运动。

Rounders

圆场棒球

This team sport is like baseball or softball. One team hits the ball with a bat and runs around four posts9 or bases in the field. The other team throws the ball and tries to catch it or touch the post with the ball.

这种团队运动类似于棒球或垒球。一支球队用球拍击球，并在场地上绕着四个门柱或垒跑。另一支球队则将球扔出去，试图接住球或带球触碰门柱。

Dodgeball

躲避球

In this team sport， players throw the ball at the players on the other team and try to hit them with the ball. If the ball hits you， you are out！The balls are soft and many balls are used at the same time.

在这项团队运动中，球员将球扔向另一支球队的球员，并试图用球击中他们。如果球击中了你，你就出局了！球很软，许多球同时使用。

Ultimate Frisbee

极限飞盘

A game played by two teams of seven players on a field. You score goals by throwing the Frisbee  （a plastic10 disc） into the “end zone”. Be careful！You cant run with the Frisbee！

一场比赛由七名球员组成的两支球队在操场上进行。你可以通过将飞盘（塑料光盘）扔到“得分区”来得分，但请注意，你不能带着飞盘一起跑！

How much sport do secondary students do？

中学生做多少运动？

On average， 14 to 16-year-olds do about 100 minutes of sport a week at school， but this reduces11 to 30 minutes a week for 17 and 18-year-olds.

平均而言，14岁至16岁的学生每周在学校做约100分钟的运动，但17岁和18岁的学生则每周减少到30分钟。

Teachers and educationalists12 tell us that young people should do sport. They need to know that it is important to be healthy and do sports well at school.

教师和教育家告诉我们，年轻人应该多运动，并且需要知道保持健康和在学校里好好做运动的重要性。

（英语原文选自：learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org）