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English Sports 制作者 陈珍珍 陆小香 So, lets start with the big one. Despite the fact that it was China, and not Britain, who first devised a game where a ball was kicked into a net to score points, the game of football, as we know it today, is a very British phenomenon. 　我们先从大球说起。也许中国人会争辩说足球起源于中国，但确实是英国人首先将这项运动改革，将足球入网得分作为比赛的规则。而当今，英国和英国人民对足球运动的热爱和贡献也是众所周知。 In 1863 the Football Association was established in England, and the rules of the game have remained essentially the same ever since. Their relative simplicity, and need for little equipment ensured that it became very popular. The power of the British Empire meant that it became played in every corner of the world, as sailors and soldiers would teach and then play local teams in every port they visited.863年，国际足协在英国建立，从此足球的比赛规则沿用至今。足球运动的简单易行使这项运动迅速风靡，而英帝国的强盛又帮助它到达世界上各个角落。只要是英国的海员和士兵所到之处，他们就会向当地人教授足球技艺，还会和当地人组成的球队切磋。 Famous players Rugby The establishment of the FA led to directly to the birth of another great British sport. Some of the players were dismayed by the new rules, which stated that the ball could no longer be carried, and that kicking and grabbing your opponent was not allowed.足协的建立直接推动了另一项伟大运动的诞生。由于足协规定：足球比赛中，运动员不能用手持球，也不能冲撞或者踢踏对手，一些足球运动员对此不满。 These had been part of the game since 1823, when a schoolboy at Rugby School decided that his dribbling skills were not up to much, and picked the ball up and started running towards the opponents goal. After the FA changed the rules some of the teams thought that football was simply too girly, and in 1871 Rugby Football Union was established, and the sport of rugby was born. 从1823年起，足球的规则一直是可以持球，也可以撞人。足协建立并确定新规则后，一些球队认为足球太过温柔，于是1871年橄榄球协会应运而生，从此，橄榄球运动走进了体育世界。 Golf 　　One of the oldest, and lets face it, most bizarre sports from Britain is golf. Originating from Scotland in the 15th century, the game involves whacking a small white ball around a large field and trying to make it land in a series of eighteen tiny holes in the ground. A game only fully understoo