[00:07.37]Comparing cultures
[00:09.71]Listen to a person talking about sports
[00:11.96]in the USA and Britain and answer the questions
[00:16.27]American football is one of the most popular
[00:18.95]sports in the United States.
[00:21.50]It's very physical game
[00:23.45]and the players wear helmets
[00:25.49]and special protective clothes.
[00:28.54]Baseball is a popular summer sport
[00:30.64]and there are two major leagues.
[00:33.96]Basketball is the third most popular sport;
[00:37.21]and top basketball players can earn millions
[00:39.76]of dollars.
[00:41.51]Football, or soccer,
[00:43.53]is only a minority sport in the USA,
[00:46.59]though the national team has qualified
[00:48.71]for World Cups recently.
[00:51.93]In Britain the most popular sport in winter
[00:54.73]is definitely football
[00:56.55]and some clubs like Manchester United
[00:58.90]are famous all over the world.
[01:02.03]Rugby is another popular winter sport,.
[01:05.00]Like American football,
[01:06.65]it is very physical and can be quite dangerous
[01:09.61]but the players don't wear
[01:10.81]any protective clothing.
[01:13.12]In the summer, cricket is the main sport.
[01:16.91]Very few countries outside Britain play it
[01:20.25]only old colonies like India,
[01:22.32]Pakistan, the Caribbean, Australia
[01:25.00]and New Zealand.
[01:26.56]Cricket is a very complicated game
[01:28.91]it's very slow, and games can take up
[01:31.64]to five days.
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