散文閱讀：現代網球

　　In 1874, Major Walter C. Wingfield patented in London the equipment and rules for a game fairly similar to modern tennis. In the same year, the first courts appeared in the United States. By the following year, equipment sets had been sold for use in Russia, India, Canada, and China.

　　在1874年，Walter C. Wingfield市長發明了一種新的網球裝置和游戲規則，類似現在的網球，并獲得了專利權，現代網球比賽的誕生 When。同年，在美國出現了第一個真正意義上的網球場地。隨后的第二年，這種裝置被銷售到俄羅斯，印度，加拿大和中國。

　　Croquet was highly popular at this time, and the smooth croquet courts proved readily adaptable for tennis. Wingfield's original court had the shape of an hourglass, narrowest at the net, and it was shorter than the modern court. His rules were subjected to considerable criticism, and he revised them in 1875, but he soon left the further development of the game to others.

　　在那時，槌球很受歡迎，并且槌球的場地直接可以用來玩網球，體育口語《現代網球比賽的誕生 When》。Wingfield所設計的場地形狀象沙漏，在球網處最狹窄。他設計的規則雖然遭到了很多非議，并與1875年別修改，但是他卻帶來了現代網球的`開端。

　　In 1877, the All England Club held the first Wimbledon tournament, and its tournament committee came up with a rectangular court and a set of rules that are essentially the game we know today. The net was still five feet high at the sides, a carryover from the game's indoor ancestor, and the service boxes were 26 feet deep, but by 1882, the specifications had evolved to their current form.

　　在1877年，一個英國的俱樂部展開了第一次Wimbledon錦標賽，比賽所設計的長方形場地和比賽規則和今天的一樣。網子仍然是五英尺高，發球箱仍然是26英尺深，但是在1882年，進行了一些細微的修改，才產生了現在網球。

【散文閱讀：現代網球】相關文章：

現代散文閱讀12-11

談談現代散文閱讀答案04-16

現代散文閱讀技巧培養的論文02-22

現代散文閱讀技巧培養論文07-03

閱讀技法講解--現代散文閱讀之形與神12-05

《光陰》現代文散文閱讀題07-03

現代散文閱讀理解題目及答案03-07

《朱自清先生與現代散文》閱讀及答案參考09-26

遠離村人現代文散文閱讀08-24