British people are being encouraged to embrace the spirit of Team GB. ITV will suspend all broadcasting for the first time in its history for an hour Saturday, Aug. 27, as 2,000 sports clubs throw open their doors to anyone who wants to try out a new sport.

Anyone turning on their TV will see messages such as “We’ve gone running — why don’t you join us?”

Dozens of Olympic medalists and competitors will be at clubs up and down the country to help show people the basics of everything from sailing to javelin.

Britain’s biggest sports day has been arranged by the National Lottery, which funds Team GB’s athletes, instead of the open-top bus tour that followed London 2012. Team GB want as many athletes to be accessible to as many people as possible all over the country, rather than concentrating the celebration on London.

In 2012 there was a victory parade in London — this year there will be a national sports day.

They also hope to inspire a new generation of Olympians as part of the legacy of Rio 2016, already the most successful Games for Britain on foreign soil.

Among the athletes who have already signed up to take part is long jumper Greg Rutherford, the London 2012 gold medalist, who took bronze in the competition at Rio 2016. He said the giant sports day would be an “amazing chance” for people of all ages to feel part of GB’s Olympic success, adding “You don’t have to be an Olympian to be part of Team GB.”

The event will be called “I Am Team GB,” because everyone who buys a lottery ticket is helping to fund Britain’s Olympians and Paralympians through U.K. Sport’s 80 million-pound (US$104.5m) annual program.

Lottery funding enables 1,300 athletes to train full-time who would otherwise have to train in their spare time while supporting themselves with a regular job.

As well as the 2,000 grass-roots sports clubs, 14 regional centers including London 2012 venues, football and athletics stadiums will be opening their doors.

英国鼓励民众拥抱运动员的体育精神。周六也就是8月27日，英国独立电视台将史无前例地停播所有节目一小时。与此同时，2000家体育俱乐部也会向想尝试新运动的人们敞开大门。

打开电视，人们将会看到这样的字幕：“我们正在跑步呢 —— 你为什么不一起来？”

几十位奥运奖牌得主、运动员将会现身全国上下各体育俱乐部，向人们展示帆船、标枪等各类运动的基本要领。

资助英国队运动员的国家彩票集团组织了这次英国盛大的体育节，取代了2012年伦敦奥运会之后举行的敞篷巴士游行。英国奥运代表团希望尽可能多的运动员能和全国各地的国民互动，而不是将庆祝局限在伦敦。12年奥运后在伦敦举行了胜利游行，今年是国民体育日。

英国队已经在里约创造了在国外竞技的最佳战绩，作为此次出征留下的宝贵财富，他们希望激励新一代的奥运选手。

获得2012年伦敦奥运会金牌、2016年里约奥运会铜牌的跳远运动员格雷格•卢瑟福已经签约参与。他说，这场盛大的体育

节，将是所有年龄段的人感受英国在奥运场上成功喜悦的“绝佳机会”，并表示“就算你不是奥运会选手，你也可以成为英国奥运代表团的一员。”

人们以购买彩票的方式资助英国的奥运和残奥健儿，资金将会投入英国体育机构每年8000万英镑（1045万美元）的项目中，因而这场活动也被命名为“我是英国奥运代表团”。彩票资助帮助1300名运动员全身心地投入到项目训练中去，不然的话，他们要靠一份正式工作养活自己，下班之余才有时间训练。除了2000家基层运动俱乐部，包括2012年伦敦奥运会场馆、足球以及田径场在内的14个区域中心也会开放。(Chinadaily.com.cn)

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

   【标枪】biāoqiāng javelin a spearlike shaft about 2.7 meters long and usually made of wood, used in throwing for distance

    【传统】chuántǒng legacy anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor