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...