美式足球America Football

 When talk about football, the will think about England, because football there is so popular¹, and the most popular football player² David Beckham is from there. Football is the NO.1 sport in the world, the basketball and tennis fall behind. American football is also popular, while⁴ it is not the football that we think about. People play their football with hands and they need to arm themselves⁵ to avoid⁶ getting hurt. It is known⁷ to all that soccer is not popular in the America, just as³ the basketball in England. American football plays very important⁸ part⁹ in American people’s lives. Many teenagers¹⁰ in the school have join the team, if they play well, they can get the scholarship¹¹ and it is very helpful¹² to get into a good college¹³. The soccer has become more and more popular in America, some day American football and soccer will be both popular. 

谈论足球时,我们会想到英格兰,因为足球是如此受欢迎,最受欢迎的足球运动员大卫·贝克汉姆就在英国。足球是世界上排第一的运动,篮球和网球紧随其后。美式足球也很受欢迎,但不是我们想到的足球。人们玩橄榄球时候用手，他们需要武装自己,以避免受伤。众所周知,足球在美国是不受欢迎的,就像篮球在英格兰。美式足球在美国人们的生活中扮演非常重要的一部分。许多青少年在学校加入了球队,如果他们打得很好,他们可以得到奖学金,这对于进入一个好大学是非常有用的。足球在美国已经变得越来越流行,橄榄球和足球有一天将是同样受欢迎

1 popular   

adj.受欢迎的；流行的；通俗的

参考例句：

• " Mary " is a very popular name for a girl.“ 玛丽 ”是个很常见的女孩名字。
• He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲。

2 player   

n.运动员，做游戏的人，选手，队员，比赛者；演员，演奏者，自动演奏装置，戏子

参考例句：

• She is our best player.她是我们最好的运动员。
• He is quite a good player.他是一个满不错的选手。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 while   

conj.当…的时候；而；虽然；尽管 n.一会儿

参考例句：

• In a short while,the cat ate up the fish.不久，那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。
• He teaches English in the school all the while.他一直在这所学校里教英语。

5 themselves   

pron.他们自己，她们自己，它们本身；他们亲自；他自己

参考例句：

• They finished the work by themselves.他们自己完成了这项工作。
• The boys didn't know what to do with themselves after school ended.男孩们不知道放学后该做些什么。

6 avoid   

v.避免；vt.避免，逃避

参考例句：

• You can avoid all kinds of trouble by letting well alone.随遇而安就能避免种种麻烦。
• I wanted to avoid a meeting with her.我想避免与她会面。

7 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

8 important   

adj.重要的；重大的；严重的

参考例句：

• It's important to find out what he is doing.弄清他在干什么是重要的。
• This is a very important problem.这个问题很重要。

9 part   

n.部份，零件；角色，部位；vt.分开，分离，分配；vi.分离，离开；adv.部份地；adj.分离的

参考例句：

• This is the broken part.这就是损坏的部件。
• Which part do you play?你演哪一个角色？

10 teenagers   

n.少年男女，青少年；青少年( teenager的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There is considerable pressure on teenagers to conform. 年轻人被大力要求守规矩。
• A couple of teenagers were kissing and cuddling on the doorstep. 一对年轻人在门阶上亲吻拥抱。

11 scholarship   

n.学问，学术成就，奖学金

参考例句：

• The girl who won the scholarship was quite outstanding.得奖学金的女孩是相当杰出的。
• I made up my mind to apply for a scholarship.我决定申请奖学金。

12 helpful   

adj.有帮助的，有用的，

参考例句：

• Computers are very useful and helpful.电脑非常有用，也有益。
• I try to be very helpful.我尽量使自己有助于人。

13 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。