Unit 32 Football (3) - A Visiting Team
第三十二單元 足球(三)──客隊
對話
A:Is the home team winning the game or is the visiting team?
甲:這場比賽是主隊贏還是客隊贏?
B:The home team is ahead now. However, it is not a very good game.
乙:主隊目前領先。可是這場比賽不太精彩。
A:Why not? Are the referees being unfair? Or are the players not performing well?
甲:為什麼?裁判不公平嗎?還是球員的表現不佳?
B:The problem is this player. He keeps hogging the ball and refusing to pass.
乙:問題出在那個球員。他一直霸佔著球不傳給別人。
運動英語通
.the home team 主隊
.the visiting team 客隊
.ahead adv. 領先;在前方
例:The blue team is five points ahead for the moment.(藍隊暫時領先5分。)
*for the moment 目前
*moment n. 片刻
例:The road ahead is closed, so I had no choice but to make a detour.(前方道路封閉,我別無選擇,只好繞道而行。)
.unfair a. 不公平的
例:Life is often unfair, so you should learn to take the rough with the smooth.(人生經常是不公平的,因此你應學習逆來順受。)
*rough a. 粗糙的
.perform vi. 表演;表現
例:Christine is performing here tomorrow night.(克莉絲汀明天晚上要在這裡表演。)
例:Most students performed well on the mid-term exams.(大部分的學生在本次期中考表現良好。)
.hog vt. 霸佔
例:My roommate is always hogging the bathroom.(我的室友老是佔用浴室。)
.refuse vi. & vt. 拒絕
例:I asked Simon to do me a favor, but he refused.(我請賽門幫忙,可是他拒絕了。)
例:Helen refused my offers of help even though she was in trouble.(即使海倫已經身陷困境,她還是拒絕我的幫忙。)
.pass vi. 傳遞
例:Would you pass me the salt, please?(可以請你把鹽遞給我嗎?)
有氧補給站
.forward n. 前鋒
.back n. 後衛
.defender n. 防守員
運動小百科
「倒鉤球」(an overhead kick, a bicycle kick, or a scissors kick)又稱為「倒掛金鉤」,是一種高難度的足球射門方法。假如運動員正背對他的目標球門或傳球對象,而來球又高於頭頂,他就有可能使出倒鉤球攻勢。踢倒鉤球時,球員會先起跳,將身體後傾,踢球的腳後縮,等身體快在空中躺平時,踢球腳再順勢踢出,把球鉤向目標(球門或其他隊員)所在的方向。