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英语 必修·第二册[WY]
Period Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
A Game for the World
全世界的运动
These days, football is one of the most popular sports in the world.
如今,足球是世界上最受欢迎的运动之一。
•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!
鉴于尼尔·阿姆斯特朗想把足球带到月球,我们甚至也可以说它是地球以外最受欢迎的运动!
The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China.
这项运动的历史可以追溯到两千多年前的古代中国。
①given that引导条件状语从句,表示“鉴于,考虑到”。
•It was then known as cuju (kick ball), a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside.
它在当时被称为蹴鞠(踢球),一种用动物皮制成球的游戏,里面有毛。
Goals were hung in the air.
球门悬在空中。
•Football as we know it today started in Great Britain, where the game was given new rules.
我们今天所知道的足球起源于英国,在那里这项运动被赋予了新的规则。
②goal n. 球门
③a game ... inside作cuju (kick ball)的同位语,using ... inside为现在分词短语作定语,修饰a game。
④as引导方式状语从句,as为从属连词,在从句中不作成分;where引导非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词Great Britain。
That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis of its popularity.
足球是一项如此简单的运动,这也许是它受欢迎的基础。
•It is also a game that is very cheap to play.
它也是一个非常便宜的运动。
You don't need expensive equipment; even the ball doesn't have to cost much money.
你不需要昂贵的设备;就连球也不需要花很多钱。
•All over the world you can see kids playing to their hearts' content with a ball made of plastic bags; just like Pelé did when he was a boy.
在世界各地,你都可以看到孩子们用塑料袋做的球尽情地玩耍;就像贝利小时候那样。
⑤basis n. 基础;根据
⑥equipment n. 装备,设备,用具
⑦content n. 满意,满足
⑧to__one's__heart's__content 尽情地,心满意足地
⑨plastic adj. 塑料制的
⑩that引导定语从句,在从句中作主语, game为先行词。
⑪see kids playing ... 为“see sb doing sth”结构,现在分词作宾补,意为“看见某人正在做某事”;made of plastic bags为过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰名词ball; when引导时间状语从句,意为“当……的时候”。
Another factor behind football's global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field.
足球在全球受欢迎的另一个因素是球场上的创造力和激情。
It is fun enough to attract millions of people.
它足够有趣,能够吸引数百万人。
•You do not have to be a fan to recognise the skill of professional players—how they use their bodies to pass, sco