运动休闲—快乐网球的独特语言 Happy tennis

 　　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。

1 representing   

v.表现( represent的现在分词 )；代表；体现；作为…的代表

参考例句：

• a diagram representing a cross section of the human eye 表现人眼的剖面图
• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。

2 aristocrat   

n.贵族，有贵族气派的人，上层人物

参考例句：

• He was the quintessential english aristocrat.他是典型的英国贵族。
• He is an aristocrat to the very marrow of his bones.他是一个道道地地的贵族。

3 shell   

n.贝壳，壳，外形；v.去壳，脱落；n.[计算机] DOS命令:安装备用的COMMAND.COM文件，并改变环境尺寸

参考例句：

• Please shell some peanuts for the cake.请为做点心剥点胡花生。
• This kind of beetles have hard shell.这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。

4 etiquette   

n.礼仪，礼节；规矩

参考例句：

• The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
• According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。