1 Preparation
1 准备
On the morning of November 5th, the opening ceremony of sports meeting was held. When I entered the playground, I suddenly found that the place was obviously different from what it had been yesterday. The grassland was surrounded by dozens of signs noting inspiring sentences such as“EAST AND WEST, CCNU IS THE BEST”, creating a positive and encouraging environment. Besides, the playground was decorated with a lot of red elements, which represented great festivity.
11月5号早晨，运动会开幕式举行了。当我进入操场，我突然发现这地方明显不同于它昨日的模样。草地被各种各样的写着激励人心的话语的标牌环绕，比如”EAST AND WEST, CCNU IS THE BEST”,营造出一种积极昂扬的氛围。而且，操场被许多代表着喜庆的红色元素装饰着。
And the wonderful performances especially appealed to me. Every square array all had its own characteristic. Take School of Chinese Language and Literature for example. Students in the square array shook little red flags in their hands while dancing group dressed in red costume was performing gracefully to the song named “China in the light”, like flowers blooming. Moreover, as part of the performance, reading poems, calligraphy, ceremonies, playing Guqin and archery also embody that China enjoys a long history and splendid culture. All in all, these performances offered us a visual feast.
其中尤其吸引我的是那些精彩的表演。每个方阵都有它自己的特色。就拿文学院举例吧。舞蹈队里的同学穿着红色的舞裙，随着歌曲灯火里的中国翩翩起舞，就像花朵绽放一样，而其他同学则挥舞着小红旗。此外，作为表演的一部分，读诗、书法、礼仪、弹奏古琴和射箭也体现出中国拥有悠久的历史和灿烂的文化。总之，这些表演带给了我们一场视觉盛宴。
2 Sports meeting in progress
2 运动会进行时
The programs of the sports meeting were also quite aplenty, involving high jump, long jump, sprint, distance race, sit-up and so on.
运动会的内容也是相当丰富，有跳高、跳远、短跑、长跑、仰卧起坐等等。
Athletes made concentrated effort to compete on the field, releasing energies accumulated in their body in those laborious training days. As soon as the order of “Run” was issued, they rushed out like arrows. At the same time, scream for supporting, sound of drums rose here and subsided there.
运动员们全力以赴在赛场上比拼，释放着那些辛苦训练的日子里积蓄在身体里的能量。发令枪一声响，他们便如离弦之箭一般冲出。与此同时，加油声，击鼓声也此起彼伏。
Some students accompanied the athletes to run, encouraging them to persist. When athletes crossed the finish line, they were too exhausted to move. Fortunately, their heart-warming classmates went forward to hold them immediately and took them to have a rest.
一些同学陪着运动员们跑步，鼓励他们坚持下去。当运动员们冲过终点线，他们精疲力尽。幸好，他们暖心的同学们立马上前扶住他们，带他们去休息一会儿。
Maybe the true meaning of sports meeting lies in these details: striving, willpower, collective sense of honor and warm concerns.
也许运动会的真正意义正在于此：努力，毅力，集体荣誉感和温暖的关心。
3 Little fragment
3 小碎片
The sports meeting also absorbed teachers, who always speak with fervour and assurance on the platform. But in the days, they can just relax themselves in the amusing games. And, it meant we had an opportunity to see their lovely aspect.
这场运动会中也有老师们的身影。他们平时总是在讲台上侃侃而谈，而这些天里，他们可以在趣味运动会中放松自己。这也意味着，我们有机会看到他们可爱的一面。
What’s more, you could see beautiful girls dancing in front of the awning of their faculty, cheering on competitors and lighting up scene. In addition, it seemed that chubby dolls walked outside TV and internet and came to the sports meeting to play with others.
除此之外，你还会看到漂亮的小姐姐在她们学院的后援篷前跳舞，为运动员们加油也点亮了现场。还有，似乎胖乎乎的玩偶也从电视和网络中走出来了，它们来到了运动会和大家一起玩。
In a nutshell, the sports meeting was a combination of amusement and competition. Plenty of free time to arrange, interesting matches to watch, different programs to participate in, attractive performances, all of these brought up the meaningful and memorable sports meeting.
总而言之，这次运动会是娱乐和竞技的组合交织。大量可自由支配的时间，可看的有趣比赛，可参与的不同项目，吸引人的表演，所有这些创造出这个既有意义又值得记忆的运动会。
Author: Peng Qiurong
Reviewer: Yang Fan
Date：November 7, 2021
