曼聯(lián)與曼城俱樂部原定于國(guó)家體育場(chǎng)“鳥巢”舉行的比賽在開場(chǎng)當(dāng)天宣布取消，從全國(guó)各地奔赴北京的球迷內(nèi)心是崩潰的：“寶寶不能接受。寶寶心里苦！”兩家俱樂部的CEO表示，暴雨導(dǎo)致球場(chǎng)狀況糟糕，此舉是為保證球員的安全。鑒于中國(guó)龐大的商業(yè)市場(chǎng)和粉絲數(shù)量，兩隊(duì)未來都不會(huì)放棄再次前來踢球。

The chaos surrounding the cancellation of Monday’s Manchester derby in Beijing will not deter either club from touring the Far East in future, according to United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and his City counterpart Ferran Soriano.
原定于周一在北京進(jìn)行的曼徹斯特德比被取消。曼聯(lián)的執(zhí)行副主席艾德?伍德沃德和曼城的首席執(zhí)行官費(fèi)蘭?索里亞諾都表示，由此造成的混亂并不會(huì)阻礙兩家俱樂部未來繼續(xù)來遠(yuǎn)東巡回比賽。

The game was called off less than five hours before kick-off due to the awful state of the pitch at the Bird’s Nest Stadium following overnight downpours.
因前夜暴雨導(dǎo)致鳥巢體育館的球場(chǎng)狀況不佳，比賽在距離開場(chǎng)不到五小時(shí)宣布取消。

It highlighted the problem of playing pre-season games during the rainy season here after United and City both experienced severe problems with the pitch on their visit to Hong Kong three years ago.
曼聯(lián)和曼城隊(duì)都在三年前造訪香港時(shí)因球場(chǎng)而遭遇嚴(yán)重問題，本次更突出了在雨季進(jìn)行季前熱身賽的問題。

However, the huge commercial spin-offs in China make it more than worthwhile. United have an estimated 110million fans here, while City’s decision to sell a 13 percent stake in their parent company to a group of Chinese investors for ￡265m in December underlined their bold plans in the Far East.
然而，在中國(guó)產(chǎn)生的巨大商業(yè)效應(yīng)證明這一切是絕對(duì)值得的。曼聯(lián)在這里有大約有1.1億球迷，而曼城去年12月以2.65億英鎊向中國(guó)投資者出售母公司13%的股份，也顯示了其在遠(yuǎn)東的大膽計(jì)劃。

Therefore, it was no surprise to hear both clubs insisting that they will be happy to return to the region in future despite the problems they have encountered over the past few days.
因此，盡管過去幾天里碰到一些問題，聽聞兩家俱樂部強(qiáng)調(diào)他們很愿意在未來重回此地也并不奇怪。

Woodward said: ‘The recent torrential rain would have caused problems anywhere in the world and has left the pitch unplayable.
伍德沃德說：“最近的暴雨在世界任何地方都會(huì)帶來麻煩，導(dǎo)致球場(chǎng)無法進(jìn)行比賽?！?/p>

‘We know our fans in China will, like the players and staff, be saddened by the cancellation of the match, but I am sure they appreciate that the players’ safety has to be the top priority.
“我們明白，我們的中國(guó)粉絲會(huì)因比賽取消而難過，球員和工作人員也是一樣。但我相信，他們理解球員的安全必須放在首位?！?/p>

‘I am sure we will return to the Bird’s Nest in the future to give them the chance to see the team in action.’
“我可以肯定，將來我們會(huì)重返鳥巢，讓他們有機(jī)會(huì)看到球隊(duì)的比賽?！?/p>

While United flew home from China on Monday, City will carry on to Shenzhen, where they meet Borussia Dortmund on Thursday.
周一，曼聯(lián)從中國(guó)返英，而曼城將繼續(xù)開赴深圳，于周四對(duì)陣多特蒙德。

Soriano, City’s chief executive, said: ‘We know how much everyone was looking forward to the game, but we understand that this bad weather is beyond anyone’s control, and that the rain has made it totally unsafe to play on this pitch.
曼城首席執(zhí)行官索里亞諾表示：“我們知道大家對(duì)比賽有多么期待，但我們明白，糟糕的天氣無人可以掌控。大雨之后，在這個(gè)球場(chǎng)上踢球毫無安全性可言?！?/p>

‘It has been a pleasure and an honour to experience such a warm welcome from the people and supporters here in Beijing, and we remain committed to playing here in the future.’
“在北京受到群眾和支持者們?nèi)绱藷崆榈臍g迎，我們很高興也很榮幸。將來也會(huì)繼續(xù)來這里踢球。”

The playing surface at the Bird’s Nest resembled a patchwork quilt after desperate attempts were made to ensure the first Manchester derby to be staged on foreign soil went ahead.
為確保首場(chǎng)在國(guó)外打響的曼切斯特德比順利開展，主辦方不顧一切進(jìn)行了努力，但鳥巢的球場(chǎng)草皮還是有如拼布床單。

But the match was called off just after 7am UK time following a pitch inspection and 90 minutes of talks between delegations from clubs and organisers of the International Champions Cup.
比賽在英國(guó)時(shí)間上午7點(diǎn)后宣布取消。此前，國(guó)際冠軍杯的主辦方和俱樂部代表進(jìn)行了90分鐘的談話并檢查了場(chǎng)地。

The ICC insisted that the 50,000 fans who paid between ￡60 and ￡300 for tickets will be reimbursed, but many were upset when they learned of the decision to cancel the game after reaching the stadium.
國(guó)際冠軍杯方面表示，花費(fèi)了60到300英鎊買票的5萬名球迷將獲得退款。但許多到達(dá)場(chǎng)館后得知比賽取消的粉絲感到非常失望。

United fan Hu Mu Lin said: ‘I am angry because I had a ticket and now they can’t play the match. We drove here by car and it took six or seven hours with my father and my friend.’
曼聯(lián)的粉絲胡木林（音）說：“我很氣憤，因?yàn)槲屹I了票可現(xiàn)在他們不能比賽了。我和我的父親和朋友開了六七個(gè)小時(shí)的車到這里來?！?/p>

City supporter Sun Zhenbo, who had travelled 700 miles from Suihua, added: ‘We have come to Beijing especially for this. I don’t know how this has happened. We cannot accept it. It took us eight hours by train to get here and then we walked for two hours from Tiananmen Square to get to the stadium.’
支持曼城的孫振博（音）從700英里外的黑龍江省綏化市趕來，他補(bǔ)充道：“我們特地為了比賽來到北京。我不知道怎么就取消了。這讓人無法接受。我們花了八個(gè)小時(shí)坐火車來京，又從天安門廣場(chǎng)走了兩個(gè)小時(shí)才到場(chǎng)館?！?/p>

The bad weather also forced United’s team flight to divert to Tianjin on Saturday night, while Jose Mourinho’s pre-match press conference was initially scrapped and then moved outside because of the intense humidity.
糟糕的天氣還迫使周六晚曼聯(lián)隊(duì)乘坐的航班轉(zhuǎn)飛天津。而何塞?穆里尼奧的賽前發(fā)布會(huì)一開始被取消，而后因新聞中心太過潮濕而轉(zhuǎn)移到了室外。

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許多中國(guó)球迷是特地跑來北京看比賽的，但是卻等來了這一讓人崩潰的結(jié)果。來看看微博上網(wǎng)友的反應(yīng)：

就愛巴蒂：北京歡迎你，用菜地感動(dòng)你

MuzicDog：鳥巢嘛 本來就是放鴿子的地方

二分之一的雙子星：球票還能退，外地球迷的機(jī)酒怎么辦。。?？隙ㄟ€有不少學(xué)生黨，存了大半年零花錢，就這么沒了。。。

蔣天林Trevor：有些人可能抽調(diào)了一個(gè)月的休息時(shí)間趕來北京看比賽，卻因草皮問題把比賽取消。

二沙小少爺：我覺得至少搞個(gè)見面會(huì)，全隊(duì)出來和大家見見面。說幾句話也好。然后主辦方全額退票。

UlyssesCat：所以，整個(gè)北京城找不到第二塊符合要求的場(chǎng)地了？？？

Minsky-千江萬湖都是水：場(chǎng)地不行，踢不了球，那改成演唱會(huì)也行啊。

你咬我吖77：這個(gè)主辦方太業(yè)余了，場(chǎng)地如果不行應(yīng)該好幾天前就通知，下午才通知。人家一句話不踢了，誰倒霉還是球迷唄。從全中國(guó)各地跑過去就為了看場(chǎng)比賽，你們拿球迷當(dāng)禮拜天過了？

你大爺我叫小宇：我覺得兩隊(duì)最好直接踢點(diǎn)球。。。

Leon耶：真的心疼球迷

CR7的小老太：這屆天氣不行，場(chǎng)地不行，俱樂部也不行。不是我們的錯(cuò)

安東毛-：球迷是最可愛的人，他們本不應(yīng)該被這樣辜負(fù)。

_瓦系烏暗熊：真的當(dāng)初是有想著去看的，還好成本太高放棄了，要不現(xiàn)在肯定哭著回來

公子姜_為了_楚宇瀟_奮斗：說取消就取消 你咋不上天呢 誠(chéng)意那 信譽(yù)那

隔壁盧叔叔下面給你吃：一面懵逼的看著鳥巢

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各類比賽中的“德比大戰(zhàn)”到底指什么？

In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two teams from the same town, city or region, particularly in association football.
在很多國(guó)家，本地德比（local derby）或者德比（derby）都指來自同一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)、城市或地區(qū)的兩支隊(duì)伍之間的體育比賽，尤多見于足球聯(lián)賽。

A soccer game between two rival teams is also sometimes referred to as a "derby." A derby is the soccer equivalent of the sort of game that is called a "crosstown rivalry" in North American sports.
兩支相互競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的球隊(duì)之間的足球比賽有時(shí)也叫做德比。足球比賽中的德比相當(dāng)于北美體育比賽中的“同城競(jìng)技”。

The phrase most likely originated from The Derby, a horse race in England, founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780, since at least as early as 1840 'derby' has been used as a noun in English to denote any kind of sporting contest.
德比這個(gè)說法很有可能來源于1780年第12世德比伯爵在英格蘭開創(chuàng)的賽馬活動(dòng)The Derby。早在1840年時(shí)，德比一詞就在英語里用作名詞來指代任何一種體育比賽。

英文來源：每日郵報(bào)
翻譯：實(shí)習(xí)生徐曉彤
審校&編輯：丹妮