When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.

当我们主办奥运会时，全国各地的小朋友将获得激励。在苏格兰或爱尔兰的小朋友将受到鼓舞，参加体育活动。

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You have to ask yourself why people line up, like lemmings, to take part in this peculiar sport.

你不得不问自己为什么人们像旅鼠一般盲目排长队来参加这项奇怪的运动。

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He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.

他并没有特别想要开始从事竞技性运动项目。

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More useful would be to use the next seven years to coax the violent young men of the favelas to take up sport, or to get construction jobs.

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The DCMS emphasises the inspiration to youngsters to take up sport as one of the public benefits of hosting the Games, on top of the regeneration of deprived parts of London and a legacy of world-class facilities.

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Both Al Busaidi and Al Hasni are part of the "Oman Sail" project, which aims to encourage people across Omani society to take up the sport.

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