(单词翻译:单击)
Passage 68 Japanese Poem Card Game
日本诗歌纸牌比赛
The Karuta game is a traditional Japanese game. What is Karuta?
歌留多游戏是一种传统的日本游戏。什么是歌留多呢？
Karuta is a Japanese word for a game which is played everywhere. It's really quite simple:
歌留多是一个日语单词，指的是一种游戏，到处都有玩这个游戏的。它非常简单：
1. Lay all the cards face down on the table or floor.
1．把所有卡片面朝下放置在桌子上或地面上。
2. The students put their hands on their heads.
2．学生们把双手放到头上。
3. The teacher calls out one of the cards.
3．老师念出其中一张卡片。
4. The first student to "snap"the card keeps it.
4．第一个夺到那张卡片的人则保留该卡片。
5. When there are no more cards, the winner is the person with the most.
5．当没有卡片时，得到卡片最多的那个人获胜。
This game usually works well with pronunciation.
这个游戏通常对发音很有帮助。
A Japanese poem card game was held in Beijing on Saturday. This was also a Karuta game.
日本诗歌纸牌比赛于星期六在北京举行。这也是一个歌留多游戏。
More than a score of Chinese college and middle school students and a dozen Japanese primary school student , joined in the Karuta game.
二十多位中国大学生和中学生以及十二位日本小学生参加了这次歌留多比赛。
The Chinese students were from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing University of Science and Technology and some other universities.
这些中国学生来自北京外国语大学、北京科技大学和其他一些学校。
They tried to recite some of the poems written on the cards.
他们尽力背诵写在卡片上的一些诗歌。
A third-year college student felt she was lucky she got the victory. Her team won the first place.
一位大三的学生觉得自己能获得胜利很幸运。她的队赢得第一名。
The students from two countries played together and were friendly to each other.
来自两个国家的学生们一起玩，彼此很友好。
