Last week, two American football teams played a very exciting game. The Arizona Cardinals were beating the Chicago Bears 23-3 with only 22 minutes left in the game, but then a really unusual thing happened. The Bears managed to score three touchdowns (21 points) in those final minutes to win the game. It was truly an amazing comeback.
Comeback is a word that is used to describe something that starts off badly but then somehow ends well. Outside of the world of sports, it usually describes a person who was once very good at something, and then lost it for some reason, but became good again. For example, imagine an actress who is very popular and makes many good movies, but then she makes a bad movie and cannot get a job for a few years. If she starts making movies again and wins an award for acting, people would say that she, or her career, had made a comeback. (Emily Shih, Staff Writer)
上週兩支美式足球隊打了一場驚險刺激的比賽。亞利桑那紅雀隊在比賽只剩下二十二分鐘時，以二十三比三將芝加哥熊隊打得落花流水，但讓人跌破眼鏡的事發生了。芝加哥熊隊在比賽最後幾分鐘內三次達陣成功（拿下二十一分），贏得了比賽。真是個了不起的反敗為勝。
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「comeback」這個字是用來描述某件一開始不順、但最後卻化險為夷的事。除了體育界外，這個字也通常用來描述一度相當成功、但卻因某些原因失敗後又東山再起的人。例如，想想某位相當受歡迎、拍了許多好電影的女演員，因拍了部爛片而失業好幾年。假如她又開始拍片並獲獎，人們就會說她或其事業又東山再起了。
（翻譯：賴美君）
A: The 2025 World Masters Games will begin on May 17 and run until May 30. B: World Masters Games? A: It’s a quadrennial multi-sport event for people over 30, which will be jointly held by Taipei and New Taipei City. B: Cool, maybe we can go cheer for all the athletes from home and abroad. A: There will be an athletes’ parade in downtown Taipei prior to the opening ceremony on Saturday. Let’s go then. A: 2025雙北世界壯年運動會5月17日開幕，持續至5月30日閉幕。 B: 世壯運？ A: 這是四年一度、以30歲以上青壯年為主的運動會，本屆是由台北市和新北市共同舉辦。 B: 好酷喔，我們去幫來自國內外的選手們加油吧！ A: 週六在台北市區會有選手遊行，之後是開幕典禮，我們去看吧。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪)
A: Where will the 35 sports of the 2025 World Masters Games be held? B: Apart from Taipei and New Taipei City, some games will take place in Yilan County, Taoyuan County, and Hsinchu County and City. A: The news says about 25,000 people, including many celebrities and sports stars, have already registered for the games. B: Even Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, who is 47, registered for softball and squash. New Taipei Mayor Hou You-yi, who is 68, also registered for table tennis. A: And it will be the largest sports event ever in Taiwan’s history. How exciting. A:
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