什么是超级碗？
📖 逐句对照翻译
This Sunday, February 9, is not a holiday in the United States, but it might seem like one to Americans.
这个星期天，2月9日，在美国并非假日，但对美国人来说可能感觉像是个节日。
Many will be attending parties to watch Super Bowl LIX.
许多人会参加派对观看第五十九届超级碗。
The Super Bowl is the championship game of professional American football.
超级碗是美国职业橄榄球的冠军赛。
The National Football League, or NFL, has 32 teams mainly based in large cities across the U.S.
美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）拥有32支球队，主要分布在美国各大城市。
The first professional league was formed in 1920, when representatives of four teams met in Canton, Ohio.
第一个职业联盟成立于1920年，当时四支球队的代表在俄亥俄州坎顿市会面。
The group first called itself the American Professional Football Association but changed the name two years later to the National Football League.
该团体最初自称为美国职业足球协会，但两年后更名为国家足球联盟。
In 1960, Texas businessman Lamar Hunt pushed the effort to create the American Football League, or AFL.
1960年，得克萨斯州商人拉马尔·亨特推动了美国橄榄球联盟（AFL）的创立。
The two leagues competed with each other to sign top football players from universities around the country.
这两个联盟相互竞争，从全国各地的大学中签约顶尖的足球运动员。
In 1965, established NFL players began negotiating to play for the competing league.
1965年，已成名的美国职业橄榄球大联盟球员开始协商转投竞争联盟。
So, officials of the two leagues decided to work together.
因此，两个联盟的官员决定携手合作。
This agreement established a championship game between the two leagues.
该协议确立了两联盟之间的冠军赛。
It was officially called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game but became known as the Super Bowl.
它正式被称为AFL-NFL世界冠军赛，但后来以超级碗闻名。
The first Super Bowl was played in 1967 in Los Angeles, California.
第一届超级碗于1967年在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶举行。
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs.
绿湾包装工队击败了堪萨斯城酋长队。
It was not a very exciting game.
这不是一场很精彩的比赛。
Many of the seats in the sports center were empty.
体育中心的许多座位都空着。
That changed with the Super Bowl played two years later.
这种情况在两年后的超级碗比赛中发生了改变。
Experts say the public finally accepted the new league when the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts.
专家表示，当纽约喷气机队击败巴尔的摩小马队时，公众终于接受了这个新联盟。
After that game in 1969, officials of the two leagues decided to create a new National Football League.
1969年的那场比赛之后，两个联盟的官员决定创建一个新的国家橄榄球联盟。
They divided the teams into two competing conferences, the American Conference, or AFC, and the National Conference, NFC.
他们将球队分成两个相互竞争的联盟：美国联盟（AFC）和国家联盟（NFC）。
Each year, the conference champions play in the Super Bowl.
每年，各联合会的冠军球队都会参加超级碗比赛。
Today, the Super Bowl is a major sporting event.
如今，超级碗是一项重大的体育赛事。
Tens of thousands of people will be watching the game Sunday at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
数万人将于周日在新奥尔良路易斯安那州的超级穹顶体育场观看这场比赛。
Tens of millions of other people around the world will be watching Super Bowl LIX.
全世界数千万人将会观看第五十九届超级碗。
They will be watching to see if the AFC Kansas City Chiefs or the NFC Philadelphia Eagles become the champions of American football.
他们将拭目以待，看美国足球联盟的堪萨斯城酋长队还是国家足球联盟的费城老鹰队成为美式足球的冠军。
Both teams have had success in the Big Game.
两支球队都在大赛中取得过成功。
The Eagles are one-time NFL champions.
老鹰队曾一次获得NFL冠军。
They defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
他们在超级碗LII中击败了新英格兰爱国者队。
This Sunday will be the team’s fifth NFL championship game appearance.
本周日将是该队第五次亮相NFL冠军赛。
The Kansas City Chiefs have played for the championship six times.
堪萨斯城酋长队已六次打进冠军赛。
They have won four times, including the last two Super Bowls.
他们已四次夺冠，包括最近两届超级碗。
The Chiefs are the first team in NFL history to have a chance to win a third Super Bowl in a row.
酋长队是NFL历史上第一支有机会连续第三次赢得超级碗的球队。
I’m Caty Weaver.
我是凯蒂·韦弗。
Caty Weaver wrote this report for VOA Learning English with contributing information from the Associated Press.
凯蒂·韦弗为VOA英语学习频道撰写了这篇报道，其中信息由美联社提供。
