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Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas—Comprehending
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①go back追溯到
※go back+一段时间
go back to+具体时间
②be known as被称为……;作为……而出名
③goal n.球门
④basis n.基础;根据
⑤popularity n.流行,普及,受欢迎
※popular adj.受大众喜爱的,受欢迎的
⑥equipment n.装备,设备,用具
⑦see sb. doing sth.看到某人正在做某事
※see sb. do sth.看到某人做了某事
⑧to one's heart's content尽情地,心满意足地
※content n满意,满足
⑨plastic adj.塑料制的
⑩factor n.因素,要素
⑪creativity n.创造性,创造力
⑫defend v.(在比赛中)防守,防卫
⑬amazing adj.惊人的,了不起的
⑭end with以……结束
⑮twist n.(形势或事态的)意外转折
⑯what's more另外,更重要的是
※what's worse更糟糕的是
⑰break down消除;分解;出故障
⑱take...for example以……为例
⑲break out爆发,突然发生
⑳soldier n.士兵;军人
put down放下;写下;镇压
conflict n.武装冲突,战斗,战争
death n.死,死亡
※a matter of life and death关乎生死的问题,生死攸关的事情
assure v.向……保证,使确信
be shaped like...形状像……
A Game for the World
These days,football is one of the most popular sports in the world.Given that Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the Moon,we could even say that it is also the most popular sport out of this world! The history of the game goes back① over two thousand years to Ancient China.It was then known as② cuju(kick ball),a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside.Goals ③ were hung in the air.Football as we know it today started in Great Britain,where the game was given new rules.
Given that Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the Moon是given that(考虑到,鉴于)引导的条件状语从句。
“a game using a ball of animal skins...”作cuju的同位语,其中现在分词短语“using a ball of animal skins...”作后置定语,修饰a game。
where the game was given new rules是where引导的非限制性定语从句。
That football__is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis④ of its popularity⑤.It is also a game that is very cheap to play.You don't need expensive equipment⑥;even the ball doesn't have to cost much money. All over the world you can see kids playing⑦ to their hearts' content⑧ with a ball made of plastic⑨ bags;just like Pele did when he was a boy.
That football is such a simple game to play是that引导的主语从句,其中不定式to play作定语,修饰game。
that is very cheap to play 是that 引导的