英语听力入门第二册-Unit8.docVIP

Unit 8 For the Glory of Sport Part 1 Warming up Key words: measure v. 测量，量 place a value on; judge the worth of something 同义词：evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value Do you have any idea what is the most popular sport in the United States? Way of measurement Sport by the number of people who baseball by the number of people who watch games on television or listen on the radio American football by the number of people who play the sport soccer Tapescript: What is the most popular sport in the United States? That may be an impossible question to answer. There are different meanings of the words “most popular.” One way to measure the popularity of a sport is by the number of people who pay to watch it played by professional teams. Experts say the most popular American sport by that measure is baseball. Each professional baseball team plays 162 games every season. Or the popularity of a sport can be measured by the number of people who watch games on television or listen on the radio. Then the answer might be American football. And the popularity of a sport could be measured by the number of people who play the sport instead of just watch it. The answer, in this case, is the game people in the United States call soccer. It says more than 18 million people play soccer in the United States. B. Vocabulary elbow [elb?u] n. 手肘，急弯，扶手 v. 用手肘推开，推挤 push ones way with the elbows; shove ones elbow into another persons ribs eg. He elbowed his way through the crowd. 他在人群中挤出一条路。 squeeze v. 压榨，挤压，塞进 to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; press firmly 同义词：squash, crush, squelch, mash press, jam, squeeze, compress, squash 这些动词均含“压、挤”之意。press: 普通用词，指一个物体在另一个物体上加压力。jam: 专指四面八方都压紧或塞满。squeeze: 多指从两面或多面施加压力来压紧、压碎或压出水来。compress: 指把某些东西压在一起或使占有较小空间。squash: 指某物受力被压偏或压碎。也指塞挤。 It was a tight squeeze (n.) but we finally got all the clothes into the case. 箱子已经很满了，但我们还是把衣服全塞进去了。 eg. Shes just lost her job, so theyre really feeling the squeeze. (n. fig.) 她