【英语趣味课堂】足球与文化-Football and Culture

Daniel: Hey, Vale, how are you?

Valeria: Fine, and you, Daniel, how are you?

 

Daniel: Very well thanks. I have a question for you.

 

Valeria: OK, tell me.

 

Daniel: Since you're from Argentina, I'd have to ask you about soccer.

 

Valeria: Yes, sure. What do you want to know about soccer?

 

Daniel: Argentina is really famous for soccer.

 

Valeria: Right.

 

Daniel: Because I've seen it from the news but I don't have the feeling or I don't really know how Argentinian people live football.

 

Valeria: OK, let me tell you that for us, football is something like natural.

 

Daniel: What do you mean by that?

 

Valeria: It's like when especially if you are a boy, when you come back from school after having lunch what we do is like going with your friends to play soccer on the street.

 

Daniel: On the street?

 

Valeria: Yes. Like this, meaning that everybody has the experience of playing soccer.

 

Daniel: Yeah, I have it myself too. I used to do that when I was a kid.

 

Valeria: So meaning that in Chile it's kind of the same?

 

Daniel: Yeah, I think you, since you can run and kick the ball, I mean everyone practice football or soccer.

 

Valeria: How about the teams?

 

Daniel: What about them?

 

Valeria: How you choose a team in your country?

 

Daniel: That's, I think that's an issue¹. You have to choose just one team basically².

 

Valeria: What do you mean just one team?

 

Daniel: You can't support several teams, it's just one.

 

Valeria: I see and it should be the same through all your life or can we, or you can change?

 

Daniel: OK, you can change but it's not really, it's not allowed actually by your friends or your family.

 

Valeria: Sorry, does anybody change team?

 

Daniel: I've seen some people who have changed but they're not really like into soccer. If you're really into soccer you would never change it and not because of your group or not because of society, because if you're really into football that's if you choose a team, that's the team you support forever.

 

Valeria: Because in Argentina it is said there are two things that you cannot change, your mum and your team.

 

Daniel: OK, that's good.

 

Valeria: No matter how bad things are for your team, you have to support, you will support the same team all your life.

 

Daniel: Yeah, we don't have that saying in Chile but I think it's pretty much the same. You shouldn't change your team.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

issue

 

I think that's an issue.

 

Something that is an 'issue' is a problem. Notice the following:

 

When you own an old house, there are many issues³ that you have to deal with.

Public transportation⁴ is a really big issue around here.

support

 

If you choose a team, that's the team you support forever.

 

The team that you support is your favorite and you are a fan of that team. Notice the following:

 

A lot of people supported the South African football team during the World Cup.

Even though they live in the USA, they still support England for soccer teams.

it is said

 

In Argentina it is said there are two things that you cannot change, your mum and your team.

 

'It is said' is a passive⁵ way to say 'people say.' Notice the following:

 

It is said that eating oranges will help you avoid getting a cold.

It is said that if you eat a lot of carrots, your vision⁶ will be good.

no matter how ...

 

No matter how bad things are for your team, you have to support the same team all your life.

 

You can use this phrase⁷ to show that regardless⁸ of the circumstances⁹ something will still happen. Notice the following:

 

No matter how long we go without seeing each other, she is still one of my best friends.

No matter how tired I am, I can always watch a movie.

saying

 

We don't have that saying in Chile. 

 

A 'saying' is a common phrase that is used among a group of people. Notice the following:

 

That is a saying that my grandmother uses.

Sayings are some of the most difficult parts to learn in a second language.

 

1 issue   

n.出版，发行，（报刊等）期、号，论点，问题，结果， （水，血等的）流出；vt.使流出，放出，发行（钞票等），发布（命令），出版（书等）发给；vi.发行，流出，造成...结果，进行辩护，传下

参考例句：

• I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天，我就去买了它。
• I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。

2 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

3 issues   

（水等的）流出( issue的名词复数 )； 出口； 放出； （特别重要或大众关注的）问题

参考例句：

• Let's start with the more easily addressable issues. 我们先从较容易处理的问题着手。
• Employment and taxation are the bread-and-butter issues of politics. 就业和征税是很重要的政治问题。

4 transportation   

n.运输，运输系统，运输工具

参考例句：

• The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
• He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。

5 passive   

adj.被动的；消极的

参考例句：

• He has a passive expression on his face.他脸上有一种漠然的表情。
• It lands the manager in a passive position.它使经理处于被动地位。

6 vision   

n.视觉，先见之明，光景，视力，眼力，幻想，影像；vt.幻想

参考例句：

• The wall cuts across our line of vision.那面墙挡住了我们的视线。
• Much reading has impaired his vision.大量读书损害了他的视力。

7 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

8 regardless   

adj.不留心的，不注意的；不管，不顾；adv.无论如何，不管怎样

参考例句：

• I protested,but she carried on regardless.我极力反对，但她仍一意孤行。
• I shall go regardless of the weather.无论天气好坏我都要去。

9 circumstances   

n.境况；境遇；（尤指）经济状况；命运；环境( circumstance的名词复数 )；事件；境遇；机遇

参考例句：

• The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances. 本公司保留在一定条件下取消这项协议的权利。
• There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence. 因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。