VOA慢速英语2014 巴西足球博物馆吸引了热情的球迷

 

AS IT IS 2014-07-09 Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate¹ Fans 巴西足球博物馆吸引了热情的球迷

The excitement of the 2014 World Cup has spread all over the world. Tens of thousands of people have travelled to Brazil to support their favorite teams. Some of them are also visiting a football-related museum, in the city of S?o Paulo, near the Pacaembu sports center.

The museum is designed to interest lovers² of the World Cup, world history and Brazilian culture. It tells about more than 100 years of football history. After seeing the museum, it is easy to understand why Brazilians love the game of football -- which people in the United States call “soccer.”

People entering the museum see and hear a video of Brazilian football legend and three-time World Cup Champion Pelé welcoming them in three different languages.

About 1,000 people a day visit the museum. But during the World Cup, it has two times as many visitors.

Visitors hear the sounds of goals and whistles, and experience what it is like to win and lose. There is a “Hall of Heroes” that shows some of Brazil’s most famous football players. The museum also has computer games that let visitors play football without going onto the pitch, or field.

Daniela Alfonsi is the content director of the museum.

“We have 15 rooms in long-term exhibition that work with the motion³, that work with experiences, so in each room you can feel the voice of the supporters in   the bleachers, you can hear the radio narrations⁴, you can see football as art more than as a sport.”

Pelé once called football “o jogo bonito” or “the beautiful game.” In this museum, it is easy to see why.

Carlos Acosta is a Colombian who lives in S?o Paulo, and loves football.

He says Brazilians think and talk about football all day. They eat it, they drink it, they breathe it, he says.

One room at the museum is very special to Brazilians. It tells about the defeat of the Brazilian team by Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final at the Maracana sports center in Rio de Janeiro. The score was 2 to 1. Brazilians call the defeat “The Maracanazo.” The loss happened as more than 90,000 people watched.

But the sadness felt from the loss did not last long. Brazil has won five World Cup championships -- the most of any country.

1 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

2 lovers   

爱好者( lover的名词复数 )； 情人； 情夫； 情侣

参考例句：

• They were off-screen lovers. 他们是真实生活中的情侣。
• Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧和朱丽叶这一对莎士比亚笔下命运多舛的恋人

3 motion   

n.打手势，示意，移动，动作，提议，大便；v.运动，向...打手势，示意

参考例句：

• She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
• Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时，请勿打开车门。

4 narrations   

叙述事情的经过，故事( narration的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There is very little disk space available for storing narrations. Do you want to continue? 只有很少的磁盘空间供保存旁白。您仍想继续吗？
• There is very little space available for storing narrations. Do you want to continue? 只有很少的空隙供保存旁白。您仍想继续吗？