本期內容：

The Tokyo Marathon took place on Sunday against a backdrop of empty streets and with just a couple of hundred runners due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Organisers had reduced the entries to just elite runners and wheelchair athletes with the mass race, which usually attracts around 38,000 runners, cancelled.
The numbers of volunteers were also reduced and spectators were advised to "avoid gathering along the course" and were instead encouraged to "support through TV and radio."

take place: 發生
against the backdrop of…: 以……為背景
• backdrop n. 幕布，背景
• sth. took place against the backdrop of…: 某事在……背景下發生
• This story took place against the backdrop of the World War II.
這個故事是在二戰的背景下發生。
entry n. 報名人數，參賽選手，參賽資格
• We have many entries for this competition.
此次比賽我們有很多參賽選手。
elite adj. 精英的
• business/political/social elite: 商界/政界/社會精英
mass race: 群眾賽
spectator n. 旁觀者，觀眾



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