里約約不約：配對神器爆紅奧運村

運動員們平日裏訓練任務繁重，比賽前夕恐怕連搭訕心儀對象互換電話號碼的時間都沒有。Tinder如此簡單粗暴的app無疑是奧運健兒們的福利。而歷屆奧運村成爲奧運選手釋放激情的場所早已不是祕密。主辦方向奧運選手發放安全套的習俗可以追溯到1988年的漢城奧運會。

With the Olympic Games well underway, some Australian athletes are looking for a match off the field.
里約奧運正在火熱進行中，而同時，一些澳大利亞運動員也在賽場外尋找配對。

Single athletes are using the wildly popular hook-up app Tinder to spice things up at the Olympic Village in the Brazilian city.
單身的運動員們紛紛使用熱門約會軟件Tinder，來爲里約奧運村的生活增添趣味。

Instagram accounts Tinderrio and Sportsswipe have uncovered the profiles of a string of Australian sporting names who are swiping left and right at the Games.
Instagram上的兩個賬號Tinderrio和 Sportsswipe公佈了一連串在奧運會期間使用該軟件的澳大利亞選手資料。

Tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis is among the legion of the world's sporting elite who are apparently turning to the location-based matchmaking app.
網球明星塔納西•科基納基斯也名列用戶大軍中。這些體壇精英顯然都在使用這款基於地理位置的配對軟件。

Figures from the app reveal the number of people who 'matched' had jumped 129 percent since the athletes arrived at their accommodation over the weekend.
軟件數據顯示，自從運動員們週末入住奧運村以來，“配對”人數暴漲129%。

Cyclists Kaarle McCulloch and Sam Welsford and swimmers Madeleine Grove and Leah Neale have also been supposedly spotted on the dating app.
自行車手卡爾麗•麥克庫羅斯和山姆•韋爾斯福德，游泳選手瑪德琳•格魯夫和莉亞•尼爾似乎也出現在了該約會軟件上。

Water polo player Ashleigh Southern has been active on her account, with one of her profile pictures featuring a selfie in a white and green pinstripe blazer in front of Australia's tower in the village.
水球選手阿什莉•薩瑟恩的賬號非常活躍，其個人資料裏還有一張她穿着白綠相間的細條紋運動服，站在村內澳洲公寓樓前的自拍。

The number of active users within the athletes' village shot up by 64 percent, while the number of 'swipes' soared by 69 percent.
運動員村的活躍用戶數量狂增64%，而使用該軟件時的“滑動”操作次數上漲了69%。

Profiles from international athletes of nearly every sport can be found with updates like 'Got plenty of time to kill,' or 'Looking for fun in Rio!'
幾乎所有項目的各國運動員更新着自己的動態，可以看到他們的個人狀態上寫着“大把時間需要消磨”或者“里約尋樂”。

Despite the Olympics now getting into full swing, technicians for the app claim the figures are still rising by the day.
儘管奧運賽事正在如火如荼地進行，Tinder的技術人員稱，相關使用數據每天仍在上漲。

The International Olympic Committee perhaps anticipated Rio 2016 becoming the steamiest on record by handing out 450,000 free condoms - the most ever for an Olympics Games.
國際奧委會或許預感到里約奧運會成爲史上最狂野的一屆，於是分發了45萬個免費避孕套——這是迄今發放最多的一次。

And in addition, Australians have also been given 1,500 double-strength rubber following concerns of the Zika virus.
此外，考慮到寨卡病毒的威脅，澳大利亞選手還拿到了1500個雙重防護避孕套。

The condoms contain an antiviral lubricant for 'added protection' designed to combat against the mosquito-borne disease, which can also be transmitted through sexual contact.
這些避孕套含有抗病毒的潤滑劑，形成針對寨卡病毒的“額外防護”。該病毒也可以通過性接觸傳播。

The IOC says the condoms, which are known as 'Little shirts of venus' in Brazil, would encourage 10,500 athletes and staff to practice safe sex.
國際奧委會稱，提供避孕套將鼓勵10500名運動員和工作人員進行安全的性行爲。在巴西，避孕套還被稱爲“維納斯的小襯衫”。

Free condoms have been supplied since the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
自1988年漢城奧運會起，就開始提供免費避孕套。

Australian swimmer Melanie Schlanger, 29, said recently that athletes will not be abstaining from sex during the games in the village.
29歲的澳大利亞游泳選手梅拉妮•施倫格最近表示，賽會期間，村內的運動員並不會禁慾。

Vocabulary

full swing：如火如荼，達到活動的高潮