摘要：手指摔跤的起源笼罩着神秘的面纱。据说，它曾被用来解决德国南部的阿尔卑斯山地区以及邻国奥地利之间的纠纷。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

The origins of finger wrestling are shrouded in mystery. It has been said that it was once used to settle disputes in the Alpine region of southern Germany and neighboring Austria.

It may seem like a deeply unusual fringe sport, but competitors in the Alps Finger Wrestling championships take the sport incredibly seriously.

The athletes battled for the title in this traditional rural sport where the participants put their finger–most choose the middle–through a leather band and try to pull their opponent over a marked line on the table.

手指摔跤的起源笼罩着神秘的面纱。据说，它曾被用来解决德国南部的阿尔卑斯山地区以及邻国奥地利之间的纠纷。

这项运动也许看上去是一场极不寻常的冷门运动项目，但是，阿尔卑斯手指摔跤锦标赛的参赛选手们对此项运动的重视程度令人难以置信。

在这项传统的乡村比赛中，参赛选手们为头衔而战，他们把自己的手指(大多数是用中指)穿过皮革带，使足力气将对手拉过桌子上的标记线。

【讲解】

文中的finger wrestling就是“手指摔跤”的意思，其中wrestling用作名词，解释为“摔跤;格斗”，这一运动的项目分类有两种：一种为Greco-Roman wrestling(古典式摔跤);另一种为freestyle wrestling(自由式摔跤)。摔跤的动词为“wrestle”，常见的词汇搭配有wrestle with，解释为“全力以赴;努力克服”。

此外，文中第一段里的shroud用作动词，解释为“覆盖”，例：The whole jail was shrouded in darkness.(整座监狱笼罩在黑暗之中。)