The Oaks is a famous horse race in Britain, run every year at Epsom. It is for fillies: young female horses, usually three years old. It is a flat race, which means the horses run on level ground and do not jump fences.

The Oaks The Oaks is a famous horse race in Britain是英國一場有名的賽馬比賽，run every year at Epsom每年在Epsom(葉森)舉行。It它 is for fillies是給fillies(小母馬)跑的：young female horses, usually three years old年輕的母馬，通常三歲。It它 is a flat race是一場flat race(平地賽)，which means the horses run on level ground and do not jump fences意思是馬匹在平地上跑，不用跳越欄杆。

People in racing treat it as one of the biggest days of the year, in the same family of classic races as the Derby — though actually the Oaks is the one for the young females, and the Derby is the one people name more often. You will nearly always hear it with the: the Oaks.

People in racing賽馬圈的人 treat it as one of the biggest days of the year把它當成一年裡最重要的日子之一，in the same family of classic races as the Derby跟Derby(打比大賽)同屬經典賽事家族——though actually不過事實上 the Oaks is the one for the young femalesOaks是給年輕母馬跑的那一場，and而 the Derby is the one people name more oftenDerby是人們比較常提到的那一場。You will nearly always hear it with the你幾乎總是會聽到它前面加the：the Oaks就是the Oaks。

Other countries later copied the name (there is a Kentucky Oaks in the United States, and similar races elsewhere), but in a British learner’s book this word points at the Epsom race. The name comes from that race, and the race took its name from an old house and land near Epsom called the Oaks.

Other countries其他國家 later copied the name後來也copied了這個名字（there is a Kentucky Oaks in the United States美國有一個Kentucky Oaks，and而 similar races elsewhere其他地方也有類似的比賽），but而 in a British learner's book在一本英式英語學習書裡 this word這個詞 points at the Epsom race指的就是Epsom那場比賽。The name這個名字 comes from that race源自那場比賽，and而 the race那場比賽 took its name from an old house and land near Epsom called the Oaks則是取自Epsom附近一棟名叫the Oaks的老房子和土地。