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The Consequences Without Disaster: Why Sports Attract Human Attention
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yī cháng一场zú qiú足球bǐ sài比赛wèi shén me为什么néngràngjǐ shí yì几十亿rénjǐn zhāng紧张

Why can a football match make billions of people nervous?

bǐ sài比赛jié guǒ结果jī hū几乎bú huì不会gǎi biàn改变dà duō shù大多数réndeshēng huó生活dàndà jiā大家hái shì还是huìwèiměi yī cì每一次chuán qiú传球shè mén射门jìn qiú进球dān xīn担心

The result of the match hardly changes most people's lives, but everyone still worries about every pass, shot, and goal.

yīn wèi因为tǐ yù体育zhēn zhèng真正dejìng zhēng竞争fàng jìn放进leān quán安全deguī zé规则

Because sports put real competition inside safe rules.

shuāng fāng双方yǒumù biāo目标yǒuhé zuò合作yǒushū yíng输赢kě shì可是bǐ sài比赛yǒushí jiān时间biān jiè边界cái pàn裁判bú huì不会xiàngzhàn zhēng战争nà yàng那样dài lái带来kě pà可怕depò huài破坏

Both sides have goals, cooperation, and winning or losing, but the game has time limits, boundaries, and referees, and it does not bring terrible destruction like war.

bǐ sài比赛jié guǒ结果bù néng不能tí qián提前zhī dào知道suǒ yǐ所以rén men人们huìyì zhí一直zhù yì注意chǎng shàng场上debiàn huà变化

The result cannot be known in advance, so people keep paying attention to what changes on the field.

shì jiè bēi世界杯gèngtè bié特别lái zì来自bù tóng不同guó jiā国家shuōbù tóng不同yǔ yán语言derénhuìyì qǐ一起kàntóng yī gè同一个bǐ sài比赛guān xīn关心tóng yī gè同一个háizhī dào知道dewèi lái未来

The World Cup is even more special: people from different countries who speak different languages watch the same match together and care about the same future that is still unknown.

zhōng chǎng终场shàoxiǎnghòudà jiā大家huí dào回到píng cháng平常deshēng huó生活dànzàibǐ sài比赛zhōngtā men他们yì qǐ一起gǎn shòu感受lexī wàng希望shī wàng失望jǐn zhāng紧张kuài lè快乐

After the final whistle, everyone returns to ordinary life, but during the match, they share hope, disappointment, tension, and joy.

tǐ yù体育ràngréntǐ yàn体验zhòng yào重要dejìng zhēng竞争bù què dìng不确定dejié guǒ结果quèxū yào需要miàn duì面对zāi nàn灾难

Sports let people experience important competition and uncertain results without having to face disaster.

zhèshìtǐ yù体育néngcháng jiǔ长久xī yǐn吸引rén lèi人类zhù yì lì注意力deyuán yīn原因

This is also why sports can attract human attention for a long time.

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