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今天为大家介绍残奥冰球、国家体育馆：

Para ice hockey, 残奥冰球

Since its debut at Lillehammer 1994 Winter Games, the Paralympic version of ice hockey has quickly become one of the largest attractions for spectators. It is fast-paced, highly physical and played by male and female athletes with a physical impairment in the lower part of the body. 

1994年的利勒哈默尔冬奥会上，残奥冰球被正式列为比赛项目，并很快成为了最受观众欢迎的项目之一。残奥冰球比赛节奏快、对抗性强，参加这项运动的都是下肢残疾的运动员。

A direct descendant of ice hockey, Para ice hockey was invented at a rehabilitation centre in Stockholm, Sweden. During the early 1960's by a group of Swedes who, despite their physical impairment, wanted to continue playing hockey. The men modified a metal frame sled with two regular-sized ice hockey skate blades that allowed the puck to pass underneath. Using round poles with bike handles for sticks, the men played without any goaltenders on a lake south of Stockholm.

在20世纪60年代初，在瑞典斯德哥尔摩的一个康复中心，热爱冰球运动却肢体残疾的人们从冰球运动中得到灵感，他们在金属框架的冰橇下安装了两个常规尺寸的冰刀，这样冰球可以从冰橇下穿过，使用特制的球杆在斯德哥尔摩南部的湖水冰面上打起了不用守门员的冰球。

重点词汇：

spectator

例:

Thirty thousand spectators watched the final game.

3万观众观看了那场决赛。

The role of a work is to communicate its message to the spectator. 

一部艺术作品的作用在于把它要表达的信息传递给观众。

National Indoor Stadium, 国家体育馆

In 2022, the National Indoor Stadium will be the venue for the para ice hockey during the Paralympics. In its upgrade and reconstruction project, a new ice hockey training hall has been built on the north side of the main hall. The facade of the training hall is decorated with 863 pieces of ice flower pattern embossed glass, so the National Indoor Stadium is nicknamed as Ice Castle.

国家体育馆是2022年北京冬残奥会的冰球比赛场地。通过升级改造，在主比赛厅的北侧新建了一个训练馆。新建训练馆的外面由863块冰花图案的压花玻璃装饰，因此国家体育馆被称为“冰堡”。

In order to make the ice surface quality match the Olympic standards, the National Indoor Stadium selected the highest-level ice making team in China. With the cooperation and efforts of all parties, two new ice rinks for ice hockey games were added, one for the official competition of the Winter Olympic Games and the other for pre-game training and warm-up. Both ice rinks have multiple size mode conversion functions, which can not only match the size requirements of the 60m × 26m ice rink for the Winter Olympics, but also be converted to the 60m × 30m ice rink after the games, providing services for popular ice sports, figure skating, daily training and various events. 

为使冰面质量符合冬残奥会赛事标准，国家体育馆选取了国内最高水平的制冰团队。在各方的共同努力下，改造后的国家体育馆新增两块冰球冰面，一块用于冬残奥会正式比赛，另一块用于赛前热身训练。两块冰场具备多种尺寸模式转换的功能，不仅能够满足冬奥会60米×26米冰场尺寸要求，赛后也可转换为60米×30米尺寸冰场，为大众冰上活动、花样滑冰、日常训练及各类赛事提供服务。

Para ice hockey players play with ice sledge, their line of sight is lower than the ice hockey players. The players' seats and Sin Bin need to be replaced by transparent boundary walls, they are made of high-density polyethylene(HDPE) board, which can not only protect the athletes, but also facilitate them to observe the situation on the field, prepare for the game at any time. 

冬残奥会冰球运动员使用冰橇比赛，所以他们的视线较低。在残奥冰球比赛中，运动员席与受罚席前方的板墙将被替换成透明的高密度聚乙烯板，这种透明板墙不仅能够保护运动员，同时方便场下运动员随时观察场上局势、做好上场准备。

When coming to the National Indoor Stadium, the Paralympic athletes can easily reach the dressing rooms from the drop-off area. The dressing rooms of the Paralympic team are very close to the main stadium ice rink, training rink, and the simulation ice boards are laid in the area where Paralympic athletes enter and exit the ice rink. 

由于运动队的更衣室离国家体育馆主馆冰场和训练场都很近，当运动员到达时，可轻松从落客区直达更衣室。同时，残奥运动员进出冰场的区域还铺设了仿真冰板，方便他们换好装备后出入冰场。

重点词汇：

facilitate

The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism.

新机场将促进旅游业的发展。

Modern inventions facilitate housework. 

许多现代的发明让家务活做起来更加轻松、便捷。