情景英语口语100主题 042ball sports球类运动

042 ball sports

Words
Football pitch football volleyball rugby basketball baseball
basketball court referee¹ batsman team player goal point shoot penalty score

phrases
kick the ball
head the ball
smash the ball
hit the ball
bat the ball
score a goal
commit a foul²
run with the ball
catch the ball
spin the ball
pass the ball
throw the ball

beginner
a: what’s your favourite ball sport?
A; I like basketball. I really enjoy watching the NBA games on TV.
B: who’s your favourite player?
A; I don’t really have one but I support Huston.
B; do they have a good team?
A; I think they do, but I’m biased³. They have a good manager and a great coach.
B; I can’t keep up with the game. The players play so quickly that I can hardly see what they are doing.
A; I have the same problem. The players are really very skilful⁴. I wish I could play that well.
B; you play for an amateur team, don’t you?
A; yes, I do. We’re doing pretty well this season. We’ve won most of our games, but we’re not top of the league table.
B; how many more games are there this season?
A; we’ve got four more games. I hope we can win all of them.

Intermediate
A; what’s the difference between football and rugby?
B; those tow games are quite different. First, there’s the size of the teams. In football, a team has 11 players. In rugby there are 15 players on each team. The biggest difference is that in football, only the goalkeeper can use his hands. In rugby, the ball is usually carried forward by players, though kicking is permitted.
A; in rugby, players pass the ball by throwing it to team mates, don’t they?
B; that’s right. However, players can only pass the ball backwards⁵. They cannot pass the ball forwards to their team mates. That’s a foul.
A; I know how goals are scored in football, but how about in rugby?
B; if a team carries the ball over the goal line, they score points. A team can also score points by kicking the ball between two tall posts at each end of the pitch.
A; there’s a lot more physical contact in rugby, isn’t there?
B; yes. Players usually need to bring a player down to stop him form moving forward with the ball. This is called”tackling”, as in football.
A: the ball is a different shape in rugby, isn’t it?
B; yes. It’s not perfectly⁶ round like a football. A rugby ball is oval in shape. There’s a match on TV this afternoon. Why don’t you watch it with me? I’ll try to explain the rules and tactics while we’re watching.
A; ok.

1 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。

2 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！

3 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

4 skilful   

(=skillful)adj.灵巧的，熟练的

参考例句：

• The more you practise,the more skilful you'll become.练习的次数越多，熟练的程度越高。
• He's not very skilful with his chopsticks.他用筷子不大熟练。

5 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

6 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。