当地时间2010年2月12日—28日，第21届冬奥会在加拿大温哥华举行，开幕式恰好在中国的除夕。本届冬奥会比赛设15个大项86个小项。中国运动员在短道速滑（short track speed skating）、花样滑冰（figure skating）、速度滑冰（speed skating）、单板滑雪（snowboarding）、冰壶（curling）等诸多项目上具有夺金实力，他们用自己出色的表现为全国的体育迷奉献了一道春节的饕餮盛宴。下面让我们结合热门比赛的报道来学习各个竞赛项目的英文名称。

2月16日，中国选手申雪、赵宏博获温哥华冬奥会花样滑冰双人滑金牌，实现了我国花滑项目奥运金牌零突破。赛后，新华社的一篇报道这样评论道：

Now, the golden dream has come true. It has been China's first ever Olympic title in figure skating. And Shen and Zhao become the first ever non-European couple to top the Olympic pairs podium in history, snapping a 12-Games winning streak of Russia who had dominated the Olympic figure skating pairs events for 46 years.

—— Excerpt from Shen's family hails ending of 20-year wait for Olympic gold

中国队短道速滑项目可谓双喜临门。2月17日，都灵冬奥会冠军王濛在温哥华冬奥会短道速滑女子500米决赛中卫冕成功，为中国代表团夺得本届冬奥会的第二块金牌。冲过终点后，王濛第一时间来到了恩师李琰的面前，双膝跪在冰面上，磕了两个头，再奋力冲向护栏，与红了眼眶的李琰紧紧拥抱在一起。

Defending Olympic champion Wang Meng of China got on her knees after retaining the women's 500 meters short track speed skating title on Wednesday at the Vancouver Winter Games.

Crossing the line first in 43.048 seconds, the reigning world record holder for the event twice slightly knocked the ice with her head in the direction of the Chinese team staffs before jumping into the arms of head coach Li Yan.

—— Excerpt from Wang on knees to legend coach after retaining 500m short track Olympic title

就在大家都在猜测王濛是否能够趁胜追击，为中国队再下一金时，令人震惊的消息传来。在短道速滑女子1500米的半决赛中，王濛被判犯规而意外出局，另一队员孙琳琳也未能晋级，只剩下18岁的小将周洋闯入了决赛。在决赛中孤军奋战的周洋不仅面临着三名韩国选手的夹击，还要应对美国选手卡莉娜·罗伯格的干扰，形势相当复杂和混乱；然而，周洋最终力挽狂澜，夺得了中国在冬奥会这个项目历史上的首枚金牌，。

World number one Zhou Yang overcame three South Korean rivals to win the women's short track speed skating 1,500 meters final at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games here Saturday evening.

The 18-year-old made perfect debut as she set an Olympic record of a winning time of two minutes and 16.993 seconds among other seven skaters.

—— Excerpt from Zhou Yang wins women's short track 1500m final

       我国速滑短距离名将王北星也是本次冬奥会的热门人物，赛前人们对她能否在速度滑冰女子500米比赛中夺冠有诸多猜测。然而，她最终以总成绩76秒63获得铜牌，未能实现中国速度滑冰冬奥金牌零突破。赛后，王北星接受采访坦言，结果还算满意，但第一次滑的有些紧张留下遗憾，四年后肯定会继续追逐冬奥金牌梦想。

Wang Beixing will be returning to China with a bronze medal after sliding onto the podium in the 500 meter speed skating event.

Wang Beixing was a major hope for the country's second gold medal at the Winter Games. But it wasn't to be as South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa claimed gold with a time of 76 point 09 seconds. She blitzed reigning world record holder Jenny Wolf into second by five hundredths of a second. After a tough competition, Wang finished with 76 point 63 seconds to settle for bronze.

—— Excerpt from China's Wang Beixing wins bronze in 500m