Take Away English-Sports English - 体育运动英语

Football in the UK - 英国足球

Football is the most popular sport in the world. It is estimated that around 250 million people regularly play whilst many millions more watch the game on television.

In the UK teams such as Manchester United and Chelsea compete in the Premier¹ League. The Premier League, also called the Premiership, is the division where the twenty best English teams play.

Premiership players can earn millions of pounds every year, not only from their wages but also from sponsorship by companies like Nike and Adidas.

Football has a vocabulary of its own. A game of football is known as a football match . The match kicks off when the referee² blows his whistle and the ball is kicked for the first time. The aim of the game is to score more goals than the other team.

The referee makes sure that both teams play by the rules. If the ball goes out of the sides of the pitch , he gives a throw in . If the ball, leaves the ends of the pitch, a corner is given. When a player commits a foul³ , the referee may give the other team a free kick or even a penalty . In extreme cases the referee may send off a player by giving him a red card .

GLOSSARY 　词汇表
wages –工资，薪资	pitch – 足球场
sponsorship – 赞助	throw in – 掷界外球
match – 比赛	corner – 角球
kicks off – 比赛开始；开赛	commits a foul – 犯规
referee - （足球）裁判	free kick – 任意球
whistle – 鸣哨开球	penalty – 罚球
score – 比分	send off – 罚（下场）
goals – 进球	red card – 红牌

 

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

3 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！