Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling is a crazygame. In the past nearly 20 years， the eventhas been held regularly almost every year，typically on the last Saturday in May and ispresided1 over by a Master of Ceremonies.On that day in any given year， severalthousand people get together and watchabout between 20-40 contestants2 （in manyraces with different contestants each time） chase a 9-pound wheel of cheese down avery steep3 hill in the English countryside. The cheese can reach speeds of up to 70miles per hour， hurtling4 down the hill. If you’re the first one down the hill， youwin it.

庫珀山追逐奶酪節(jié)是一個瘋狂的比賽。在過去的近20年中，這項活動幾乎每年都會定期舉行，通常是在5月的最后一個星期六，由主持人主持。每年中的那一天，幾千人聚集在一起，看著大約20到40名參賽者（在多輪比賽中，每輪都有不同的參賽者）從英國鄉(xiāng)村一個非常陡峭的山上追趕一個9磅重的奶酪輪。奶酪（滾動）的速度可以達到每小時70英里，它會從山上飛馳而下。如果你是第一個下山的人，你就贏得了比賽。

The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Competition takes its name from the hilloutside of Gloucester， England， where it is held each spring. The rules are simple. A9-pound， round Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down the hill a one-second headof the players who chase it down the hill.

庫珀山追逐奶酪節(jié)的名字來自英國格洛斯特郊外的一座山，每年春天該節(jié)在那里舉行。規(guī)則很簡單。一塊9 磅重的圓形雙格洛斯特奶酪先于追逐它的選手一秒鐘被滾下去。

The first one to make it to the bottom and across the finishing line wins thecheese. In theory， it’s the one who catches the cheese that wins it， but giventhat it can reach speeds of up to 70 miles every hour， the chances of actuallycatching it are slim5.

第一個到達山腳并越過終點線的人會贏得奶酪。從理論上講，抓住奶酪的人才是贏家，但鑒于奶酪的速度可以達到每小時70英里，真正能“抓住”它的機會很渺茫。

Up until 2009， the Cheese -Rollingwas an official event. But it was called offover concerns for the safety of thespectators6. This， however， hasn’t stoppedthe locals from continuing the tradition.The concerns are not without reason andcontestants being sent to hospital are notunheard of.

直到2009年，“追逐奶酪”一直是一項正式的活動。但由于擔(dān)心觀眾的安全問題，它被取消了。然而，這并沒有阻止當(dāng)?shù)厝搜永m(xù)這一傳統(tǒng)。這種擔(dān)憂并非沒有道理，參賽者被送進醫(yī)院的情況也并非聳人聽聞。

In fact， Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling has been called the world’s mostdangerous competition and described as “twenty young men chasing a cheese off acliff7 and tumbling8 200 yards to the bottom， where they are scraped9 up byparamedics 10 and packed off to hospital”.

事實上，庫珀山追逐奶酪節(jié)被稱為世界上最危險的賽跑比賽，被描述為“20個年輕人追著一塊奶酪，從懸崖上滾落到200 碼之外的谷底，在那里他們被醫(yī)護人員湊在一起，打包送往醫(yī)院”。

Regardless of the risks and the pressure from local council to deal with them，Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling keeps coming back every year. As a safety precaution11，the cheese was replaced by a plastic replica12 in 2013.

不管其中的風(fēng)險和當(dāng)?shù)刈h會要求解決這些問題的壓力，庫珀山追逐奶酪節(jié)每年都會卷土重來。為了安全起見，奶酪在2013年被一個塑料復(fù)制品所取代。

What started as a competition for the villagers of Brockworth has grown， andtoday people from all over the world would participate in the cheese-rolling race.

追逐奶酪起初只是布魯克沃斯村民的比賽，但現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)發(fā)展壯大，如今會有來自世界各地的人參加追逐奶酪比賽。

（英語原文選自：tourismontheedge.com）