英国头号男单选手在世界排名不过第136位，而女运动员基本上都在140位开外

Britain's men's singles player in the world rankings but 136th，And women players basically all in 140 away

　　但是你知道吗

But you know what

　　乒乓球起源于英国，它于120多年前诞生

Table tennis originated in the United Kingdom，It was born 120 years ago

　　乒乓球源自于网球，近年的发展又得到英超的支持

Table tennis originated in tennis，In recent years development and get the support of the premiership

　　为了推广乒乓球，英乒协甚至把球台摆在伦敦夜店里！

In order to promote table tennis，The pingXie even put the table in the London club！

　　全世界都知道，乒乓球是中国的国球。可也许大家不知道的是，乒乓球起源于英国，它于120多年前诞生。乒乓球的诞生和发展，事实上就是英国现代运动诞生和发展的一个侧影，而英国的运动从来都不是单一发展的。英国的乒乓球起初源自于网球，近年英国乒乓球的发展又得到足球运动的支持，真正体现了一项运动的核心价值———合作、团结、友爱。

The whole world to know，Table tennis is China's sport。But maybe you don't know is，Table tennis originated in the United Kingdom，It was born 120 years ago。Table tennis birth and development，In fact is the British modern movement was born and the development of a silhouette，Britain's motion is never a single development。Britain's table tennis at first originated in tennis，In recent years, the development of British table tennis and get the support of the football，Really reflect the core value of a sport - cooperation、unity、love。

　　过去，它起源于网球 In the past，It originated in the tennis

　　乒乓球的发明源自一个美丽的意外。19世纪末的一天，伦敦遭遇少有的高温天气。两个伦敦贵族青年看过温布尔登网球赛后，跑到一家饭店乘凉。两个人热烈地谈论着网球技术还不过瘾，就用雪茄的木盒子当拍子，捡起香槟酒的软木酒瓶塞，以大餐桌当“场地”，中间拉了道网子开始示范。侍者都为他们的创意喝彩。闻讯而来的女老板一进门，不由得呼出“Table tennis(桌上网球)”，“桌上网球”的说法由此而来。

The invention of the table tennis originated from a beautiful accident。One day at the end of the 19th century，London encounter one of the high temperature weather。The two London noble young seen wimbledon tennis game，Run to a hotel to enjoy the cool。Two personal ardently talk about tennis technology is not satisfy，With the cigar wooden box when time，Pick up the champagne cork bottle stopper，With big table when“site”，Intermediate pull the word net began to demonstration。The waiter for their creative applause。In the female boss an enter a door，Couldn't help exhale“Table tennis(The table tennis)”，“The table tennis”Said from this and come。

　　事实上在20世纪的上半叶英国人还是非常擅长打乒乓球的，1929年在布达佩斯举行的世锦赛上，来自曼彻斯特的J·佩里获得了男子单打冠军。后来佩里发现打乒乓球并不能为他带来足够的收入，于是他又转投网球，拥有非凡运动天赋的佩里后来还获得了温网的男单冠军。英国人在乒乓球上的窘境一直持续到了今天。英国乒乓球协会是一个典型的民间组织，在2009年前政府拨款是乒协最大的收入来源。由于英国政府近年遭遇财政危机，而乒乓球在英国并非奥运优势项目，直接导致了英国乒协的“财路”被政府砍断。

In fact in the upper half of the 20th century English or are very good at table tennis，In 1929 at the fiba world championship in Budapest，From Manchester J perry won the men's singles champion。Later perry found to play table tennis is not could bring him enough income，So he turned again and for tennis，Have special athletic perry later also won the wimbledon men's singles champion of。The British in the table tennis on the corner continues today。British table tennis association is a typical folk organization，In the 2009 years ago the government funding pingXie is the largest source of income。The British government in recent years due to encounter a financial crisis，And table tennis in Britain is not the Olympic advantage project，Led directly to the British pingXie“.”Cut off by the government。

　　现在，它靠足球支撑 now，It support by football

　　英国政府对于乒乓球这样的冷门项目倒也并非残酷到底，2009年9月，英国时任首相戈登·布朗在热刺室内训练基地发起“英超为运动”———每年英国政府都会从英超的收益中拿一大笔钱创建“英超为运动”基金，分配给弱势项目求生存求发展，乒乓球能拿到380万英镑。尽管英超球队每个赛季都要经历漫长的征程，对于参加欧冠的球队更是舟车劳顿，但包括曼联和阿森纳这些豪门俱乐部在对待“英超为运动”时却鼎力支持。曼联球员也投入到不同的项目来倡议这个活动，前红魔后卫布朗就选择了乒乓球，如果孩子们击败这位球星，就能登上英格兰乒乓球协会网站。

The British government for table tennis so unpopular project pour also is not cruel exactly，In September of 2009，The British prime minister Gordon brown at tottenham indoor training base itself“The premiership for sports”British government would have a year -- from the returns of the premiership with a large sum of money to create“The premiership for sports”fund，Distribution to vulnerable project of survival and development，Table tennis can get 3.8 million pounds。Although the premier league team each season have to undergo a long journey，To participate in the champions league team is vessel and vehicle lawton，But including Manchester united and Arsenal in dealing with these big club“The premiership for sports”But the full support。Manchester united players also into different projects to initiative this activity，Former reds defender wes brown chose table tennis，If the children beat the star，Can the England table tennis association website。

　　创新，它走进夜店 innovation，It into the club

　　2010年，英国乒协在伦敦各大场所，包括圣·潘克勒斯国际火车站及希斯罗机场第三航站楼等地，安放了100张乒乓球台，使公众可以随时打球。这项街头推广运动名为“乒！(Ping)”，旨在激发公众对乒乓球的兴趣，连伦敦市长鲍里斯·约翰逊都参加了启动仪式。这项计划在欧洲其他城市都有成果，在英国又添了两个参与的城市，伯明翰摆下了55张球台，赫尔城则拥有了45张。

In 2010,，British pingXie each big places in London，Including saint pan sophocles international railway station and heathrow airport the third terminal, etc，Planted 100 zhang table tennis table，The public can play at any time。The street called promotion movement“ping！(ping)”，Aims to arouse public interest in for table tennis，Even the London mayor Boris Johnson were at the launching ceremony。The plan in other European city has achievements，In the UK and added two participation in the city，Birmingham put down the 55 a ping-pong table，Hull city have 45 zhang。

　　现在英国乒协为了推广乒乓球采取了一个非常有意思的办法，他们把乒乓球的球台摆在一些伦敦夜店里头，大家晚上去了可能搞一个“乒乓球之夜”，一边喝着啤酒，一边打着乒乓球，一边听着DJ播放的动感音乐。在过去的几年中，乒乓球一直比桌球享有更好的评价，它在英国是一项社会性很强、而且拥有很多不同版本的体育运动，在夜店和酒吧里很流行。（记者 胡敏娟）

Now it's the English pingXie in order to promote table tennis to take a very interesting way，They put the table tennis table in some London nightclub inside，Everyone went to the evening may make a“Table tennis night”，Drink beer，Part dozen table tennis，While listening to the DJ played music movement。In the past few years，Table tennis has been than table tennis enjoy better evaluation，In Britain it is a social is very strong、And it has a lot of different versions of sports，In the club and the bar is very popular。（Reporter HuMinJuan）