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台北南陽街英文補習班|聽BBC學英文:全民瘋世足 Sports idioms-Football

 

現代足球(Football)運動相傳源於19世紀中期的英國,亦為當今世界上開展最廣、影響最大的體育項目之一,被認為是「世界第一運動」。

 

在和平年代亦被稱作是「國與國間沒有硝煙的戰爭」,甚至因其豐富的內涵和感染力被視作一門藝術。

 

 Football? Soccer? Rugby? 怎麼分?

 

 

Soccer中文意思為「足球」,比賽時用的是黑白相間的圓形足球,而且只能用腳踢、用頭頂,手不能碰到球。球員比賽時也不須特別穿戴保護身體的裝備。

足球運動在歐美地區非常風行,每年的世界盃足球比賽更是一大盛事,(2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 世界盃足球賽在巴西),球迷各自支持自己國家的代表隊,非常瘋狂,有時比賽結果的輸贏更會造成球迷之間的衝突暴動。

 

 

 

Football的意義較為複雜。【英式英語】中的Football=Soccer;但是【美式英語】中的Football卻是指美式足球。為了與英式英語的 Football區別,美式足球又稱為American Football,用的球是橄欖形的美式足球,且比賽時因衝撞非常激烈,所以球員一定要穿戴特別保護的裝備,看起來非常魁武。

 

 

Rugby即所謂的「英式橄欖球」。顧名思義,Rugby所使用的球也是橄欖形狀的,但與美式足球最大的不同在於橄欖球的球員打球時不像美式足球員穿得那麼誇張。

 

 

 足球相關單字:

 

場地名稱》

 

 

球隊稱謂》

 

足球技術》

 

比賽方式》

 

 

 

聽BBC學英文:  

 

 

聽完2-3遍之後,對照文字稿,看跟你聽到的有沒有一樣:

 

Hello, I’m a very interesting and intelligent footballer (足球員).

And today, the sport of football and I are getting together to teach you some English idioms.

I bet you’ve never been taught by the sport of football before!

That’s right. It’s time for kick off in today’s match lesson.

In English, if we’re speaking informally, we can call the start of any event, not just a sports match, the kick off.

The kick off. The start of an event.

Ah, my boss. He’s not very happy with me.

He says I was late for a meeting yesterday. He told me kick off was at 12 o’clock.

But when I arrived, he said I was an hour late.

That’s right. He’s always moving the goalposts.

In English, if someone changes the rules while we are trying to do something, to make it harder, we say they’re moving the goalposts… Argh!

Moving the goalposts.

Like that time I told my students to prepare for a vocabulary test and then gave them a grammar exam! Ha ha ha! I really moved the goalposts. They hated me so much.

Parliament (議會;國會). This is where politicians… argue.

Ah, they’re arguing about… my lessons.

One of the political parties wants to keep them going, while the other party wants to BAN them!

That’s right. It’s a political football.

In English, when politicians from different parties argue about something and try to get an advantage for themselves, we can say it’s a political football.

A political football.

Right, I’m off to win the cup!

 

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﹡kick off 〔足球〕開球 / 〔會議〕開始

The match kicks off at 3 o'clock. 比賽三點開始。
The meeting kicked off at 11:00. 會議於11點開始。

﹡Move the goalposts 改變目標 / 改變規則 ﹡goalpost (n.) 球門柱

﹡political football 有爭議性的問題

 

 

資料來源:BBC英倫網

 

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