年度盛事——Melbourne Cup

今天可以说是澳大利亚举国狂欢的一天，因为一年一度墨尔本赛马嘉年华将在今天达到高潮！上千万澳元的赌注，上千万观众聚焦聚焦墨尔本现场，社会名流盛装出席争奇斗艳，下午3点，狂欢声尖叫声哀叹声将响彻澳大利亚！！

墨尔本杯赛马节Melbourne Cup历史

　墨尔本杯系列赛是澳大利亚最著名的赛马盛典，节日前后会举办持续8天的嘉年华会，这是一个与赛马相结合的包括美食和时装秀在内的娱乐性极强的社交活动。其中最主要的活动是四次赛马大赛，其中墨尔本杯赛当日被定为维多利亚州公共假日。第一天的比赛包括男士传统赛马时装比赛;第二天就是墨尔本杯赛，还有女士的时装帽子比赛，这一天也俨然成为了传统上一年中最重要的社交活动之一;第三天也叫“女人们的节日”，包括女士时装的决赛;第四天是全家轻松，共同欢庆的日子，包括儿童时装表演。

　当墨尔本杯举办的时候，全国上下都会关注。该比赛接受三岁或以上纯种马参加，比赛距离为3200米，是全世界两英里赛马中最具有影响力的。在最初的一百多年，墨尔本杯赛马的距离都是两英里(3218米)，1970年由于澳大利亚实行度量衡公制化，赛事距离在1972年改为3200米，比原来减少了61英尺6英寸，因此之前的最佳纪录创造者“下雨情人”(Rain Lover)的1968年比赛成绩3分19.1秒就被相应调整为3分17.9秒。

　　墨尔本人对于这个节日的感情是相当深厚的。由于墨尔本杯的巨大影响力，凡在杯赛上夺冠的赛马，就成为全澳州人的宠物。曾经一匹名叫法拉博的赛马曾经屡赛屡胜，并赢得1930年墨尔本杯。1932年4月，在去美国参加比赛期间，不幸突然中毒而死。这一消息让整个澳洲都陷入了悲伤之中，而关于法拉博的话题也一直延续下来。

关键字：赛马，博彩，时装秀，帽子

3200米的赛场

女士们各种争奇斗艳，妖娆多姿

还有，赛马

这匹赛马名叫'trip to paris'

这匹赛马'prince of penzance'最终夺冠咯！

当当当，结果也出来了！

以上是前8名的赛马。你压对了么？意外夺冠的是一名女骑师，也是墨尔本赛马会上第一次有女骑师获胜！

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Melbourne Cup: Michelle Payne rides Prince of Penzance to victory to become first female jockey to win the great race

Michelle Payne has become the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup after riding outsider Prince of Penzance to victory at Flemington.

The $101 outsider, trained by Darren Weir, stormed to the finish line to beat English stayer Max Dynamite, with Australian weight-for-age star Criterion finishing in third place.

stormed to the finish line :急速冲线

The Ballarat-trained stayer is one of the longest priced winners in the 155-year history of the Melbourne Cup.

Payne, who has had a long association with the six-year-old horse, said she laid in bed the night before the race dreaming of winning the Cup.

"It's like a dream come true, this horse is awesome," Payne said after the race.

"What he has been through, unbelievable training to get him here like this today.

"This is everybody's dream as a jockey in Australia and now probably the world."

A capacity 24-horse field contested the $6 million Cup in front of a huge crowd at Flemington racecourse.

Veteran galloper Red Cadeaux, who had ran second three times in the race, pulled up distressed.

pull up：在赛马中的意思是旗手决定退赛，慢慢地让赛马退出比赛，同时不阻碍其他赛马的比赛。

Fame Game started a warm favourite for the race ahead of Trip to Paris and Preferment.

ahead of ：ahead or on target with one's work schedule or

responsibilities.领先于（赛马“Trip to Paris ”和“Preferment”）

Weir praised the ride of Payne and said it was hard to believe that he had one Australia's greatest race.

"I say to the owners, it's hard enough to get into the race, let alone win it and just enjoy the day and hope like hell we can run top ten," Weir said.

let alone：not to mention or think of someone or something;

not even to take someone or something into account.更别说（夺冠）了

like hell：Recklessly, extremely , very much, verybadly

hope like hell：往最好的方面想

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