英语翻译The yo-yo was first played in China,around three thousan

英语翻译
The yo-yo was first played in China,around three thousand years ago.The same principles of the hobby are found in the performances of acrobats(杂技演员) in modern China.,where they spin pieces of wood on a string.The hobby was popular in ancient Greece.A vase dating back to 500 BC has been found with a picture of a boy playing with a yo-yo on it.Also,a museum in Athens has a yo-yo from that time.In the Philippines,around five hundred years ago,hunters threw rocks at wild animals to try to kill them.Each rock was attached to a string,which the hunter would pull to get the rock back.The name "yo-yo" come from the Philippines.It means "come-come".Yo-yos were also known in India,as shown by a picture on a small box that was produced in 1765; in France,where a painting of 1789 shows a small prince playing with a yo-yo; in England,where a drawing dating back to 1791 shows members of the royal family with yo-yos; and in the USA in the 1860s,where records of new inventions include a yo-yo with weights around the discs.In the twentieth century,people even played with a yo-yo in space.In 1985,astronauts on the Space Shuttle found that the yo-yo did not spin in the same way as on earth,because of the lack of gravity.

早在3000年前的中国, 就有人们开始玩悠悠球了. 在现代中国杂技艺术表演中也能找到悠悠球的影子,例如杂技演员们旋转被绳子系住的木块.悠悠球在古希腊也很流行.在一件出土于公元前500年的花瓶上有一幅图画,画中正是一个男孩在玩着悠悠球.在雅典的一个博物馆中也有一件那时的悠悠球藏品. 在约500年前的菲律宾,猎人们用石头狩猎的时候,他们把每个石头在栓上绳子,方便他们把石头扔出去后还能收回来.“悠悠”这个名字就来自菲律宾.意思是“来”. 在印度,也有悠悠球的传说,人们在一个1765年制造的小盒子上找到了它的足迹.在法国,一张1789年的画作也展现了一位玩悠悠球的王子.在英国,一幅1791年的画作描述了一个皇室家庭玩悠悠球的情景.19世纪60年代的美国,在新发明的记录里面也有一个类似悠悠球的发明---加上砝码的碟子.在20世纪,人们甚至在太空玩悠悠球.1985年,宇航员们发现在太空飞船里面的悠悠球和在地球上的旋转方式大相径庭,原因就是它处于失重状态.
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