Soccer Is a Kick!
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The World’s Game.
内容列表 世界游戏.
4 The Basics.
4 基本情况。
6 Goalies.
6个入球。
7 Moving the Ball.
7 移动球。
8 Offense and Defense.
8 国防与防卫。
10 Fouls.
十恶道.
11 Equipment.
11 设备。
12 Out-of-Bounds.
12出关.
13 Scoring and Winning.
13 斯克与取胜.
14 Soccer Is Good for You.
14足球对你有好处。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 The World’s Game Soccer is one of the oldest and most popular sports in the world.
16"世界游戏足球"是世界上最古老和最受欢迎的运动之一.
In the United States, the sport is called soccer.
在美国,这种运动被称为"足球".
In most other places, it’s known as football.
在大多数其他地方,它被称为"足球".
A group of girls play soccer in Arizona.
一群女孩在亚利桑那州踢足球.
The Basics In soccer, two teams play with a round ball on a large field.
基本情况 在足球方面,有两支球队在大球场上用圆球出场.
Each team tries to put the ball into the other team’s goal.
每支球队都试图将入球投入对方球队的入球.
Word Wise The rules for soccer as we play it today were created in 1863.
语出智慧 我们今天踢足球的规则是1863年制定的。
The game was called Association Football.
游戏名为"足球协会"(Association Football).
British schoolboys called the new game assoccer (AY-sawk-ur).
英国花花公子称新作"AY-sawk-ur".
The nickname was soon shortened to just soccer.
绰号很快被缩短为仅仅是足球.
A soccer field, or “pitch,” has a goal at each end.
足球场,或"pitch",每端都有入球.
Goalkeepers (in caps) defend their goals in matches in 1905 (top) and 1930 (bottom).
守门员(以盖帽)在1905年(上)和1930年(下)的比赛中捍卫自己的入球.
Goalies A player called a goalkeeper, or goalie, guards each team’s goal.
目标 一名球员称守门员,或守门员,守住每支球队的入球.
Goalies are the only players who can touch the ball with their arms and hands on the field.
入球者是唯一能用手臂和手触地取球的球员.
Moving the Ball The other players move the ball around the field by kicking it.
移动球 其他球员通过踢球来将球围绕球场移动.
They can also “trap” the ball by stopping it with their feet, knees, or chests.
他们也可以用脚、膝盖或胸部来“捆住”球。
They can even “head” a ball in the air using their heads!
他们甚至可以用头在空中"头"出一球!
A goalie focuses on the ball as he defends his team’s goal.
守门员在防守球队入球时注重球.
Instead of using hands, players use their chests, feet, heads, and legs.
玩家不使用手,而是使用胸,脚,头,腿.
Players run with the ball by dribbling it.
玩家通过抛出球来与球一起跑.
They kick the ball to themselves with short, quick taps.
他们用短而快的自打来踢球.
Offense and Defense Whenever a team has the ball and is trying to score, they are on offense.
防守和防御 每当球队有球 并试图得分, 他们都是在进攻。
The team playing defense tries to keep the offense from scoring.
防守团队试图防止犯规得分.
They also try to take the ball away from the other team.
他们还试图将球从另一支球队手中夺去.
Each team plays offense and defense many times during a match.
每支球队在一场比赛中多次出场进攻和防守.
A player in the Under 11 league shows his dribbling skills in a match in Cape Town, South Africa.
11岁以下联赛的球员在南非开普敦的一场比赛中表现出了他打分的技巧.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
People were already playing soccer-like games more than 2,000 years ago.
人们在2000多年前就已经打足球了
Ancient China, Greece, and Rome were all big fans of sports in which players kicked a ball around a field.
古代中国,希腊和罗马都是体育界的大粉丝,球员们在球场上踢出一球.
Fouls The referees make sure the players follow the rules.
过失 裁判员确保球员遵守规则.
Players are not allowed to push, hold, or trip members of the other team.
玩家不得推倒,持有,或出行对方团队成员.
A referee can call a foul if a player breaks a rule.
如果玩家违反规则,裁判员可以称犯规.
The referee can give the other team a free kick or a penalty kick.
裁判可以给予对方球队自由踢球或罚球.
Equipment Players often wear cleats on their feet so they can run on the grass without slipping.
装备玩家往往会脚上穿花纹来跑去草地上而不会滑倒.
Players also wear shin guards to protect their legs.
玩家还穿了信心护卫来保护自己的腿.
Cleats and shin guards are the only special equipment most players use.
Cleats和Shin guards是玩家最常用的唯一特种装备.
Out-of-Bounds If a ball goes out-of-bounds, a player throws it back into play.
边界外 如果一球出局,球员会将球抛回出局.
The player uses a special throw that starts with both hands behind the head.
玩家使用特殊的投出,从头后两只手开始.
Scoring and Winning A team gets one point for each goal it scores.
分数和取胜 球队每进一分
At the end of the game, the team with the most goals wins.
比赛结束后,进球最多的球队取胜.
If the game ends in a tie, the teams may keep playing until someone scores.
如果比赛以平分结束,球队可能会继续打到有人得分为止.
They may also take turns doing penalty kicks to decide the winner.
他们也可以轮流踢罚球决定胜者.
A player prepares to make a shot at the goal.
玩家准备射入一球.
A player throws the ball back into play from the side of the field.
玩家从球场侧面将球回放.
Soccer Is Good for You Soccer is great exercise and lots of fun to play!
足球对你的足球是很好的锻炼 和很多有趣的游戏!
Players learn how to work together and be good sports.
玩家学习如何合作并成为好运动.
Glossary cleats (n.)
词汇带 (n.)
athletic shoes with studs sticking out of the bottoms that help prevent the wearer from slipping (p.
运动鞋用马子扎出底部,能防止穿戴者滑倒(p.
12) dribbling (v.)
12) 抛出(五.
quickly moving the ball forward in soccer using repeated bounces or taps with the feet (p.
在足球中迅速将球向前移动,使用反复回弹或用脚踢出(p.
9) foul (n.)
9) 犯规(n.
an action in a sport that is against the rules and for which a player receives a penalty (p.
运动中违反规则且球员受到处罚的行为(p.
11) goal (n.)
11)目标(n.)
the place where a ball or puck must end up to score points in a game (p.
球或扑克最终必须在比赛中得分的地方(p.
6) match (n.)
6)相克 (n.
a contest or game (p.
比赛或游戏(p.
10) tie (n.)
10) 领带 (n.
the outcome of a game in which competitors finish with the same number of points (p.
竞争对手以相同分数(p.
14) Do You Know?
14)你知道吗?
Soccer players need to be very healthy to chase the ball around the field.
足球运动员需要非常健康地在球场周围追球.
A professional soccer player often runs more than 7 miles (11.
职业足球运动员经常跑出超过7英里(11.
2 km) in a game.
2km))在一场比赛中.
Players from different teams shake hands after playing a match.
来自不同队伍的玩家在出场后会握手.