英雄联盟2025年度全球总决赛，
yīng xióng lián méng | 2025 nián dù | quán qiú | zǒng jué sài
The 2025 League of Legends World Championship,
11月9日在中国举办，
11 yuè | 9 rì | zài | zhōng guó | jǔ bàn
held in China on November 9th,
而且就在我所在的城市成都，
ér qiě | jiù zài | wǒ | suǒ zài | de | chéng shì | chéng dū
is actually in my city, Chengdu,
而且距离我家就20公里。
ér qiě | jù lí | wǒ jiā | jiù | 20 gōng lǐ
and only 20 kilometers away from my home.
这是一个非常酷的赛事，
zhè | shì | yī gè | fēi cháng | kù | de | sài shì
It’s an extremely cool event,
可惜太火爆了，
kě xī | tài | huǒ bào | le
but unfortunately, it’s so popular
根本买不到票，
gēn běn | mǎi bù dào | piào
that tickets are impossible to get—
据说十几秒就抢光了。
jù shuō | shí jǐ miǎo | jiù | qiǎng guāng | le
they’re said to sell out in just over ten seconds.
我老公想去搞张票，
wǒ | lǎo gōng | xiǎng qù | gǎo | zhāng | piào
My husband tried to get a ticket:
首先，官方渠道是买不到了，
shǒu xiān | guān fāng | qú dào | shì | mǎi bù dào | le
first, there’s no way to buy them through official channels;
其次，想靠朋友拿个工作证进去是不行的，
qí cì | xiǎng | kào | péng you | ná | gè | gōng zuò zhèng | jìn qù | shì | bù xíng | de
second, asking friends for a press pass to get in didn’t work;
最后，只有黄牛了，
zuì hòu | zhǐ yǒu | huáng niú | le
and finally, only scalpers have tickets.
他说一张黄牛票上万元。
tā | shuō | yī zhāng | huáng niú piào | shàng wàn yuán
He said a scalper ticket costs over ten thousand yuan.
所以绝大多数人也只能在家看直播。
suǒ yǐ | jué dà duō shù | rén | yě | zhǐ néng | zài jiā | kàn | zhí bō
So most people can only watch the live broadcast at home.
这次争夺冠军的又是两个韩国队，
zhè cì | zhēng duó | guàn jūn | de | yòu shì | liǎng gè | hán guó duì
Once again, the two teams competing for the championship are both from South Korea,
去年好像是韩国队赢了中国队。
qù nián | hǎo xiàng | shì | hán guó duì | yíng | le | zhōng guó duì
and it seems like the South Korean team beat the Chinese team last year.
我看直播里的采访主持人，
wǒ | kàn | zhí bō | lǐ | de | cǎi fǎng | zhǔ chí rén
Watching the interview hosts in the live broadcast,
又漂亮又能说流利的中文和韩语，
yòu | piào liang | yòu | néng | shuō | liú lì | de | zhōng wén | hé | hán yǔ
they’re not only beautiful but also speak fluent Chinese and Korean—
好厉害，
hǎo | lì hài
so impressive!
完全不需要翻译或同声传译。
wán quán | bù xū yào | fān yì | huò | tóng shēng chuán yì
They don’t need translators or simultaneous interpretation at all.
英雄联盟能在成都举办总决赛，
yīng xióng lián méng | néng | zài | chéng dū | jǔ bàn | zǒng jué sài
The fact that the League of Legends World Championship is held in Chengdu
也说明成都的国际地位有了提升，
yě | shuō míng | chéng dū | de | guó jì | dì wèi | yǒu le | tí shēng
also shows that Chengdu’s international status has improved.
近些年，成都确实在大力发展各种赛事。
jìn xiē nián | chéng dū | què shí | zài | dà lì | fā zhǎn | gè zhǒng | sài shì
In recent years, Chengdu has indeed been vigorously developing various events.
2010年，我们搬到成都的时候，
2010 nián | wǒ men | bān dào | chéng dū | de | shí hou
When we moved to Chengdu in 2010,
看到一个福布斯的，
kàn dào | yī gè | fú bù sī | de
we saw a Forbes list—
全球未来十年发展最快的城市排行榜，
quán qiú | wèi lái | shí nián | fā zhǎn | zuì kuài | de | chéng shì | pái háng bǎng
a ranking of the world’s fastest-growing cities in the next decade—
成都位居榜首。
chéng dū | wèi jū | bǎng shǒu
and Chengdu was at the top.
当时有点难以置信，
dāng shí | yǒu diǎn | nán yǐ zhì xìn
We found it a bit hard to believe at the time:
成都作为中国的一个二线城市，
chéng dū | zuò wéi | zhōng guó | de | yī gè | èr xiàn chéng shì
as a second-tier city in China,
又不是沿海发达城市，
yòu | bù shì | yán hǎi | fā dá | chéng shì
not a developed coastal city,
为什么会成为全球发展最快的第一名？
wèi shén me | huì | chéng wéi | quán qiú | fā zhǎn | zuì kuài | de | dì yī míng
why would it become the world’s fastest-growing city?
十几年过去了，
shí jǐ nián | guò qù | le
More than ten years have passed,
到底结果是不是发展最快的，
whether it actually turned out to be the fastest-growing,
我们不知道。
we don’t know
但是确实发展很迅速，
but it has definitely developed rapidly.
我本想举一些例子，
I originally wanted to give some examples,
后来发现太多了，
but then I realized there are too many.
我太累了，算了吧……
I’m too tired—forget it...
