石头、剪刀、布

不仅中国人，许多国家的人都玩“石头、剪刀、布的游戏。只是中国人说“布，而英美人说 paper。

Rock-Scissors-Paper is a simple children’s game that has a wide appeal.（“石头、剪刀、布是个具有广泛魅力的简单的儿童游戏。）But most Americans call it Rock-Paper-Scissors. （但大多数美国人称它为“石头、布、剪刀。）Rock- Scissors-Paper is a hand game played by two or more people.（“石头、剪刀、布是两个或两个以上的人玩的手技游戏。）

In this finger play,people make rock, scissors, and paper gestures with their hands. （在这个猜拳游戏中，人们用手做出石头、剪刀或布的手势。）The players simultaneously reveal a fist, two fingers, or open hand.（几名玩者同时亮出拳头、两根手指、或张开的手。）The fist represents rock, the two fingers represents scissors, and the open hand represents paper respectively. （拳头代表石头，两根手指代表剪刀、而张开的手代表布。）

In the children's game of Rock-Scissors-Paper, players each choose one of the three strategies. (在“石头、剪刀、布的儿童游戏中，每位玩者选择三种手势之一。)A rock beats a pair of scissors, scissors beat a sheet of paper, and paper beats a rock, so the three strategies form a competitive cycle.（石头赢剪刀，剪刀赢布，而布又赢石头，于是这三种手势构成了一个竞争性的循环圈。）