都市生活的煩悶催生出了不少城市運(yùn)動(dòng)休閑項(xiàng)目，比如，跑酷和輪滑。這兩種運(yùn)動(dòng)都是利用城市內(nèi)現(xiàn)有的空間和環(huán)境進(jìn)行的。輪滑需要有專門的鞋子，而跑酷則什么設(shè)備都不需要。

Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK), or l'art du déplacement (the art of movement) is where participants jump, vault, and climb over obstacles in a fluid manner. It is a non-competitive way to move fluidly despite ones environment. It was developed by the French.

“跑酷”（有時(shí)縮寫為PK），也稱為“移動(dòng)的藝術(shù)”，指參與者用跳躍、跨越或者攀爬等一系列流暢的動(dòng)作通過障礙物的一種運(yùn)動(dòng)。這是用一種非競技性的方式在現(xiàn)有環(huán)境中自由移動(dòng)的運(yùn)動(dòng)，是由法國人發(fā)明的。

The object of parkour is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one's environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails.

“跑酷”的目標(biāo)是不借助任何儀器，僅憑借人體和現(xiàn)有環(huán)境中的物體從一個(gè)地點(diǎn)到達(dá)另一個(gè)地點(diǎn)。所在環(huán)境中的任何物體都可以成為障礙物，不過“跑酷”運(yùn)動(dòng)經(jīng)常會(huì)在城區(qū)內(nèi)進(jìn)行，因?yàn)榻ㄖ锖蛙壍赖裙苍O(shè)施都是很適合的障礙物。

The term freerunning is sometimes used interchangeably with parkour. While freerunning is more to do with expressing yourself within your environment, parkour is aiming to get from A to B the fastest.

有時(shí)，“跑酷”也用freerunning來表示。但其實(shí)二者有所不同，freerunning（自由奔跑）強(qiáng)調(diào)的是在環(huán)境中表達(dá)和展現(xiàn)自我，而“跑酷”強(qiáng)調(diào)的是用最快的速度從A處到達(dá)B處。

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