Golf

Golf, written by Luanne Silver. Focus question. Why do people love to play golf?

《高尔夫》，作者：卢安·西尔弗 思考问题 人们为什么喜欢打高尔夫？

Why golf? If you compare golf to other sports, you may think that hitting a ball into a hole in the ground sounds fairly simple. Nothing could be further from the truth. To play well, golfers need patience, balance, focus, and lots of practice. Yet if golf is hard, Why do millions of people love the sport? It's played in beautiful places with rolling green land. It gives people the chance to learn, practice, and improve. Most of all, golf offers hours of fun and relaxation.

为什么选择高尔夫？ 如果你把高尔夫和其他运动对比，或许会觉得把球打进地里的洞听上去相当简单 事实远非如此 想要打好高尔夫，球手需要耐心、平衡力、专注力，还要大量练习 可既然高尔夫这么难，为什么还有数百万人热爱这项运动呢？ 我们可以在风景优美、绿草连绵的地方打高尔夫 它给了人们学习、练习和提升自我的机会 最重要的是，高尔夫能带来数小时的欢乐和放松

playing golf. Golfers use clubs to hit a small, hard ball into a hole using as few strokes or swings as possible. Sometimes the ball must travel a very long way to reach the hole. Sometimes it only needs to move a short distance. At other times, it must fly high in the air to get over long grass or other things. Golfers need to know how to make all these types of shots.

如何打高尔夫 高尔夫球手用球杆击打坚硬的小球，目标是用尽可能少的挥杆次数把球打进洞 有时候，球得行进很长距离才能抵达球洞 有时候它只需要移动很短的距离 还有些时候，球得飞得很高，才能越过长草或其他障碍物 球手需要掌握所有这些不同的击球技巧

The sport is played on a golf course, which is a large area of land that is carefully mowed and trimmed to define the areas of the course. A golf course usually has 9 or 18 sections, or holes. Each section begins at the teeing ground, where golfers usually place their ball on a small peg called a tee. They hit the ball down the fairway, the area that leads to the small hole at the far end of the section. The area around the small hole is called the putting green, or simply the green. It almost always takes several strokes to get the ball there. However, lucky golfers sometimes get a hole in one.

这项运动在高尔夫球场上进行，球场是一片经过精心修剪、划分好区域的开阔场地 一个高尔夫球场通常有9个或18个区域，也叫球洞 每个区域从发球台开始，在这里球手通常会把球放在一个叫球座的小短桩上 他们把球打上球道，球道就是通往区域尽头小洞的通道区域 小洞周围的区域叫做推杆果岭，简称果岭 想要把球打到果岭，几乎总需要好几次挥杆 不过，运气好的球手有时候能打出一杆进洞

Golfers need to deal with hazards, which are parts of the course that they try to avoid. Getting a ball out of a hazard may take extra strokes, which is bad for a golfer's score. One type of hazard is a sand -filled area called a bunker. Streams and ponds are other types of hazards. The rough, the area around each section, which usually has trees, bushes, and longer grass can also present problems.

球手还需要应对障碍区，这些区域是球场上需要避开的地方 把球从障碍区打出来往往需要多挥杆，会影响球手的成绩 一种常见的障碍区是填满沙子的沙坑 溪流和池塘是另外几种障碍区 长草区在每个球洞区周边，通常长着树木、灌木和长草，也会带来麻烦

A golf game usually involves playing 18 different sections, called holes. If a golf course has only 9 holes, golfers often play the course twice. Each hole on a golf course has a number, called the par. If a hole has a par of 4, golfers try to get the ball into the hole in 4 strokes or less. The number depends on the distance from the teeing ground to the hole. Most holes are 3, 4, or 5 par. Par for the course is the total of all the pars for the entire 9 or 18 holes. Golfers who play together in a small group compare their totals for the whole course.

一场高尔夫比赛通常要打18个不同的区域，也就是18个球洞 如果球场只有9个洞，球手通常会把整场打两轮 每个球洞都有一个固定杆数，叫做标准杆 如果一个洞的标准杆是4杆，球手就要争取用4杆或更少的杆数把球打进洞 标准杆数由发球台到球洞的距离决定 大多数洞的标准杆是3杆、4杆或5杆 整个球场的总标准杆，是全部9洞或18洞所有标准杆的总和 同组打球的球手会比较整场的总杆数