德国胡须造型大赛开幕（双语）

 　　Around 100 competitors, sporting facial hair of all sorts of shapes and sizes, have gathered in the German town of Pforzheim.

　　近100名蓄着各式各样胡须的参赛者齐聚德国普福尔茨海姆小镇。

　　They are taking part in an international beard competition, organised by a local group called "Pforzemer Schnauz." The club is celebrating its 20th anniversary¹ this year. Prizes are awarded in 18 different categories, recognising the best looking and most obscure² facial hair styles.

　　他们将进行一场别开生面的比赛，这场比赛由一个名叫Pforzemer Schnauz的当地组织举办。这个俱乐部正在庆祝其诞辰20周年.比赛将产生18个不同奖项，分别为最佳造型奖，最具风格奖等等。They include chin beards, moustaches and full beards. Competitors say it is a place to meet like-minded friends and have a beer together.

　　参赛胡种有山羊胡，唇上胡和大胡子。参赛者们表示这是一个可以找到志趣相投朋友的地方，也是和朋友开怀畅饮的地方。

1 anniversary   

n.周年(纪念日)

参考例句：

• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
• Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。

2 obscure   

adj.微暗的，难解的，不著名的，（语音学）轻音的；vt.使...阴暗，隐藏，使...含糊，成为含糊的元音；n.暗淡，模糊

参考例句：

• The point of his speech is obscure.他发言的要点模糊不清。
• The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.玩笑并没有掩盖他的观点隐含的严肃性。