永远是奶酪赢的比赛
Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost always gets there first.
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从来没有人追上过那块奶酪。把这个故事分享给你身边最好胜的朋友。在英国,每年都有一次,在一座非常陡峭的草坡上,有人把一大轮奶酪滚下山坡,一群人跟在后面追。
山坡实在太陡,大多数参赛者根本站不住脚,大部分路程都是滚着、跌着、滑着下去的,而那块奶酪的速度却越来越快,把所有人都甩在了身后。谁先冲到山脚谁就赢,因为真正追上奶酪从来都不是一件可能的事。
没有人确切知道这个传统是怎么开始的,只知道当地人已经记录了大约两百年,而实际流传的时间可能更久。每年都有来自其他国家的新参赛者赶来尝试,而每年,山坡赢的次数几乎和人赢的次数一样多。
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