Essential
Unit 11: “Sports: Past and Present”
By: Teresa Yuh-yi 談玉儀
From: Essential Reading 2 and Colins Cobuild Dic.
l Soccer (足球)
n Soccer is a game played by two teams of eleven players using a round ball. Players kick the ball to each other and try to score goals by kicking the ball into a large net. In Europe and
l quarter-finals (大陸:四分之一决赛;台灣及香港:半準決賽;香港:半準決賽)
n A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
l draw (把...打成和局平手)
l to go from strength to strength: to get stronger (越來越強)
l equalize=balance (使相等); equalizer (使相等者;使平等者)
l knockout (淘汰賽)
n A knockout competition is one in which the players or teams that win continue playing until there is only one winner left. (mainly BRIT; in AM use elimination)
l decider【英】(系列比賽中的)決勝局
n In sport, a decider is one of the games in a series, which establishes which player or team wins the series.
l controversial=open to question (有爭議的)
l The referee (裁判員) is the official who controls a sports event such as a soccer game or a boxing match.
l A semi-final (半決賽)is one of the two matches or races in a competition that are held to decide who will compete in the final.
l A funeral (喪葬,葬儀;出殯行列) is the ceremony that is held when the body of someone who has died is buried or cremated.
l goal ((足球等運動的)球門;守門員;得分數)
n In games such as soccer or hockey, a goal is when a player gets the ball into the goal, or the point that is scored by doing this.
l turnaround=a sudden improvement (大逆轉)
l shootout (射門)
l A trophy (勝利紀念品;獎品) is a prize, for example a silver cup, that is given to the winner of a competition or race.
l break out=start (爆發)
l go for=attack (抨擊)
l turn into=become (使變成)
l find out=get information about (查明)
l go through=advance to another stage (被通過)
l go on to (持續)=do something after completing something else
l zorb
n 極限運動「人肉滾球」,使用一個直徑大約
n A zorb is a huge inflatable ball.
l A harness (安全帶) is a set of straps which fit under a person's arms and fasten round their body in order to keep a piece of equipment in place or to prevent the person moving from a place.
l Kitesurfer (風箏衝浪者)
l Windsurfing (作風帆衝浪運動) is a sport in which you move along the surface of the sea or a lake on a long narrow board with a sail on it.
