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日本举办“挖洞比赛”

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2011-02-19 00:54 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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一项新的全民运动“挖洞比赛”正在日本兴起，上周日，200多支参赛队伍和1000多名观众齐聚东京郊外的一个露营地，参加一年一度的全国挖洞比赛，获胜的队伍将获得“金锹奖”。

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More than 1,000 avid fans descended on a camping site on the outskirts of Tokyo on Sunday, with more than 200 teams competing in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition.
With sumo in crisis over allegations of rigged bouts⁴（发作，来回一次） , a new national sport might just be emerging in Japan: competitive hole-digging.

More than 1,000 avid（渴望的，贪婪的） fans descended on a camping site on the outskirts of Tokyo on Sunday, with more than 200 teams competing in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition. At stake was the much-coveted Golden Shovel⁵ award.

The majority of the teams taking part in the 11th annual event were made up of professional hole-diggers, such as road maintenance crews and gas company employees, organisers told Reuters, although there were a number of all-female teams and squads⁶ of school children.

Competitors were given 30 minutes to dig as deep a hole as possible, although extra points were also awarded for "the most creative hole" and the most original costume（服装） worn by the diggers.

All shovels⁷（铁铲） were measured to make sure they met width regulations, while the other rules of the sport included the penalty of disqualification for any team that tried to put earth back into a competitor's hole.

The winning team managed to reach a depth of 3.26 metres (10 feet 8 inches) in the allotted（专款的，拨出的） time, taking home the first prize of Y100,000 (£753) and the Golden Shovel.

The competition began as a way of bringing day-trippers to the Narita Dream Dairy Farm, which operates the camp site, during the winter season.

Once the winners had been awarded their prizes, staff of the farm filled the holes back in to return it to a camping ground and levelled the area for next year's contest（竞赛，争夺） .

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1 avid
adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的
参考例句：
He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。 She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

2 descended
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
参考例句：
A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。 The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

3 outskirts
n.郊外，郊区
参考例句：
Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。 They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

4 bouts
n.拳击（或摔跤）比赛( bout的名词复数 )；一段（工作）；（尤指坏事的）一通；（疾病的）发作
参考例句：
For much of his life he suffered from recurrent bouts of depression. 他的大半辈子反复发作抑郁症。来自《简明英汉词典》 It was one of fistiana's most famous championship bouts. 这是拳击界最有名的冠军赛之一。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 shovel
n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出
参考例句：
He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。 He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。

6 squads
n.（军队中的）班( squad的名词复数 )；（暗杀）小组；体育运动的运动（代表）队；（对付某类犯罪活动的）警察队伍
参考例句：
Anti-riot squads were called out to deal with the situation. 防暴队奉命出动以对付这一局势。来自辞典例句 Three squads constitute a platoon. 三个班组成一个排。来自辞典例句

7 shovels
n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份
参考例句：
workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人 In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。来自辞典例句

8 allotted
分配，拨给，摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。 Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。

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