英语听力精选进阶版 7224

Background: 土耳其足协尝试着举办了一次不同寻常的球赛，参赛球队都曾经因为行为不佳而受到过惩罚，而观众则一律为妇女和儿童。这场在土耳其首都伊斯坦布尔举行的 球赛气氛非凡。参赛队包括土耳其顶级球队费内巴切足球俱乐部。

Turkish football fans are famed for their raucous¹ passion, and the Turkish Football Federation² punishes violent behaviour by making the team play without an audience. But from this week they have moderated that rule, to allow women and children to watch sanctioned matches.

Last night the first such game, at the stadium of the top team Fenerbahce, was attended by an unexpectedly large crowd of 41,000 women and children.

The players said they approved of the changed atmosphere, where, instead of the usual war-like chanting, there were flowers and applause for both teams.

The Federation changed its rules because it's expecting more crowd trouble this season, following the exposure of a big match-fixing scandal.

Turkish television companies, which rely heavily on football for revenue, were worried they would lose subscribers if too many games were played in empty stadiums.

Glossary⁴ 词汇表

to be famed for 以什么而著名的 

raucous 吵闹的；喧嚣的 

violent behaviour 暴力行为 

to moderate 修改，调整 

sanctioned 受到惩罚的 

war-like chanting 如同开战一般的齐声叫喊 

a match-fixing scandal 内定比赛结果的丑闻 

to rely heavily on 严重依赖于 

revenue 收入 

a subscriber³ 订阅者，定购者

Questions:

1. What rule was made less rigid⁵? 

The rule which punishes fans' violent behaviour by making their team play without an audience.

2. True or false? The crowd at the Fenerbache game was smaller than organisers had hoped for. 

False. The crowd was "unexpectedly large".

3. Why was the Turkish Federation expecting more bad behaviour inside stadiums? 

The audience could be angry after news of scandals where the result of games was agreed in advance.

4. True or false? Turkish TV channels were worried they'd lose money.

True. According to the report, they were worried they might lose subscribers if too many matches were played in empty stadiums.

1 raucous   

adj.(声音)沙哑的，粗糙的

参考例句：

• I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs.我听见楼上传来沙哑的笑声。
• They heard a bottle being smashed,then more raucous laughter.他们听见酒瓶摔碎的声音，然后是一阵更喧闹的笑声。

2 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

3 subscriber   

n.用户，订户；（慈善机关等的）定期捐款者；预约者；签署者

参考例句：

• The subscriber to a government loan has got higher interest than savings. 公债认购者获得高于储蓄的利息。 来自辞典例句
• Who is the subscriber of that motto? 谁是那条座右铭的签字者？ 来自辞典例句

4 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。

5 rigid   

adj.严格的，死板的；刚硬的，僵硬的

参考例句：

• She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。
• The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。