Feel like taking a swing at tennis yourself? The first step is understanding the game’s unique language, much of which is explained by tennis’French origins.“Love,”for example, representing¹ a score of zero, may have come from l’oeuf, which is French for“egg.”“Deuce,”similar to the French word for“two,”refers to a situation in which two points in a row are required to win the game. The word“tennis”itself comes from the French tenez, which means,“Here, catch!” 　　
　　想亲自上场挥拍吗？首先你必须了解这项运动独特的语言，其中许多术语都要以网球的法语渊源来解释。例如，love代表“零分”，可能是源于法文的l’oeuf，也就是“蛋”。deuce则和法文“二”原意相近，指的是选手必须连赢两球才能拿下该局的情况。而tennis这个词本身则是从法语tenez而来，意思是“瞧，接住”！

　　Getting started with tennis is easy, as long as you have a total of two or four players and a court to play on. Many cities have public tennis courts, so you don’t have to be an aristocrat² to afford the game. You will, however, have to shell³ out for rackets and balls. Of the aristocratic points of etiquette⁴ that live on in tennis, an important one is that each player should bring a new can of balls to a game.
　　网球活动其实很容易开展，只要你凑够两个或四个人，然后找到一座球场就行了。许多城市都有公共网球场，所以你不必拥有贵族身份就打得起，不过，你得自掏腰包买球拍和球。网球运动至今尚存的贵族礼节中，很重要的一点就是每个球员都应该带一筒新的球来参加比赛。

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