“精英”们鼓吹“体育无国界”，是“醉翁之意不在酒”，下面将《新概念英语》中一篇文章转帖于此，希望“精英”们看看这篇文章的作者的陈述：
I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creats goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.
[讲解]
这是本文的第一段第一句话，句子虽长，其实只是一个句子。
主干是I am always amazed when I hear people saying……，是一个时间状语从句，而saying之后则接以that引导的两个宾语从句：
……that sport creats goodwill between the nations；
……that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.
前一个从句比较简单，而后一个从句里面又存在一个以if引导的假设状语从句：
……if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.
[翻译]
当我听到人们说运动创造国与国之间的友好，并说要是世界上平民百姓在足球或板球场上彼此相遇，他们就无意在战场上兵刃相见的时候，我总是惊讶不已。
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Even if one didn't know from concrete examples(the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general priciples.
[新词]
1、orgy: excessive amount(过量，过多)
*an orgy of parties/concerts/spending
2、deduce: arrive at (knowledge, a theory, etc) by reasoning; reach a conclusion（根据事实推理，推想，演绎出知识，学说等，获取结论）
*If you saw a doctor leaving a house, you might deduce the fact that someone in the house was ill.
[讲解]
这是本文第一段第二句话，也是一个由even if所引导的让步状语从句，
Even if one didn't know from concrete examples(the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred……
而在从句中，还存在一个以that所引导的宾语从句：
……that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred
[翻译]
即使人们不能从具体的例子（如1936年奥林匹克运动会）中知道国际运动比赛常导致无比的仇恨，人们也能从一般的原理中推断出来。
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Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your unmost to win.
[讲解]
这是本文第二段前两句，比较简单，但要注意第二句中unless的运用，它可以分为if…not来理解，即……unless you do your unmost to win可改为……if you don't do your unmost to win
[翻译]
现今几乎所有的运动都是竞争性的。你参加比赛就是要赢，如果你不力争取胜，比赛就毫无意义可言。
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On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local partiotism is involved it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise: but as soon as the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.
[讲解]
这是本文第二段的第三、四句话，第三句主干是一个由but连接的转折状语从句，
主干中有一个地点状语：
On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local partiotism is involved
而这个地点状语中，存在一个由where引导的非限定性状语从句：
where you pick up sides and no feeling of local partiotism is involved
而主干的从句中则存在以两个as soon as引导的条件状语从句：
as soon as the question of prestige arises；
as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose,
在第二个条件从句中还存在一个由if引导的假设状语从句：
……if you lose
第四句比较简单，只是存在一个由who引导的定语从句：
……who has played even in a school football match
[翻译]
在绿茵场上，你为双方加油，没有什么地方观念牵涉进去时，比赛有可能只是为了好玩和锻炼，但是一等到产生声誉问题时，一等到你感到你和某个较大的单位由于你输了球而蒙受耻辱时，最野蛮的竞争本能由此激起。任何只要在学校足球比赛中踢过球的人都懂得这个道理。
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At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators; and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe--at any rate for short periods--that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.
[讲解]
这是本文第二段的最后两句，其中第六句比较复杂，重点分析一下。
其中只要将主干提出来，也比较容易理解，主干是：
the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators……（the attitude）of the nations
而ntaions则有一个以who引导的定语从句，而这个从句中有两个关键动词work和believe：
who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests,
and seriously believe--at any rate for short periods--that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue
而第二个关键动词由引导一下宾语从句：
that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue
[翻译]
在国际水平比赛时，运动简直是一场模拟战争。但是值得注意的事情并不是球员的行为而是观众的态度，在观众的背后是一些国家的态度，他们对这些荒唐的比赛而发狂，并十分严肃地认为——至少短时期是如此——赛跑、跳远和踢球都是国民品性的考验。
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