英语翻译Once a year,a race is held for old cars.A lot of cars en

英语翻译
Once a year,a race is held for old cars.A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.
这是全段落,文中问题的句子是“比赛开始之前,人们异常的兴奋”
人们是哪里翻出来的···there was 指的又是什么呢?