Unit 7

Are You a Football Fan?

Outline

Passage A

The Most Dramatic Cup Final Wembley Passage B

The professional Footballer Grammar Focus Applied Writing Language Skills Marry Learning

Passage A The Most Dramatic Cup Final Wembly

Warm-up Qs: Do you like playing football or

watching football matches?

（ open ）

Do you know the Cup Final? 英国足球协会一年一度在伦敦西

北郊举行的足总杯决赛。

Language Points

It is a great public event, as much as a game of football.

as much as : as well as 不仅…而且… e.g.

1. I like cats as much as dogs.

2. He is a great diplomat as much as a well-known poet.

The game began on a false note for Blackpool.

（ Meaning ） : at first the game was unfavorable for the Blackpool team.

on a false note: unfavorably 对…不利 ; 不顺 E.g. The new term began on a false note for Xiao

Li.

The ball had travel so fast that we could hardly believe it had hit the back of the net.

so…that… : conj. to such a degree 如此…以致

E.g.1. The statement is so clear that it connot be un

derstood.2. She ran so fast that we couldn’t catch up with

her.

I can still remember Mortensen placing the ball for a free kick over 30 meters from the Bolton goal.

a free kick: the kick in a football match given to one team when a rule of

the game is broken by the other team 任意球

Word Usage

atmosphere n. The feeling among a group or produced by t

he surroundings 气氛；大气，空气 E.g.

1. The restaurant has a bit of real atmosphere.

2. We all love the cheerful atmosphere of the football match.

attack v. To use violence, esp. with weapons 进攻 , 攻

击

E.g.

France was bound to go to war if Russia was attacked.

bounce v.

To spring back or up again from something solid 跳起，弹回

E.g.

1. The ball bounces well.

2. The boy bounced up and down on the sofa.

disappoint v. To fail to fulfill the hopes of (a person) 使失望 E.g.

I promised to buy her a new bicycle but I had to disappoint him.

disappointed adj. 令人失望的 I am disappointed about your failure of the exa

m again.

disappointing adj. 失望的 The fact that Jim lost the game is disappointing. disappointment n.

electric adj. Very exiting 如受电击般的，令人激动的 E.g.

His speech had an electric upon all the listeners, and they rushed into the streets.

electricity n.

elude v. to escape from, esp. by means of trickery 逃

避 E.g.

The fox eluded the hunters by turning back in the opposition direction.

guarantee v. to give a promise of quality, payment,

or fulfillment

保证

E.g.

1. They guaranteed the watch for three years.

2. I guaranteed the success of the show.

limp v. Walk lamely or unevenly

as when one leg or foot is hurt or stiff 蹒跚

E.g.

The wounded soldier limped off the battlefield.

inimitable adj. too good or skillful for anyone else to copy

with the same high standard 无与伦比 E.g.

1. Singing in his own inimitable style moved us.

2. The Palace Museum in Beijing City is inimitable.

inspire v. To encourage someone by making them feel

confident and eager to achieve something great 激励

E.g.

His friend’s words inspired him to try again. inspiring adj. 激励人心的 inspiration n. 激励，鼓励

memorable adj. Very good, enjoyable or unusual, and worth re

membering 难忘的 E.g. The play was memorable for its beautiful costu

mes. memory n. -able 形容词后缀，意为“可……” “能…

…” 如： payable 可付的 readable 可读的

outstretched adj. Stretched out to full length 伸开的，扩张的 E.g.

He is lying outstretched on the bed.

stretch out (phrasal verb) —— outstretched adj.

又如： wear out——outworn 疲乏的，陈旧的，穿破

的 go out —— outgoing （餐厅）可外带的

athletic adj. Of or concerning athletes or athletics 运动的 E.g.

An athletic meeting will be held next mouth.

athlete n. 运动员，体育家 athletics (pl.) n. 体育运动，竞技

chorus v. to sing or speak at the same time 合唱 E.g.

They are chorusing the beautiful songs n. a group of people singing together 合唱队 something said by many people at one tim

e 齐声朗诵 E.g.

His speech was met with a chorus of shouts.

in chorus: altogether 齐声

Understanding of the Passage

Where was the Cup Final played?

What ate the two football teams?

(At the Wembley Stadium)

(They are Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers)

Why did Bolton easily score two goals in the first half of the match?

Which team played better on the whole? And why?

(Because the goalkeeper of Blackpool made two terrible mistakes.)

(Blackpool did because they performed even better in the last few minutes of the match and won the final victory.)

Passage B The Professional Footballer

Know them?

And them?

? Who are they?

而且，在培训期间，他们还可以领到工资。

Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the italicized parts.

1. Moreover, they pay him while they are teaching him.

Language Up-building

• 翻译：而且，他还在艺校读书的时候， 就开始在舞台上表演了。

如果一个在校学生足球踢得好，他可以参加一些重大的比赛，例如国际中学赛。

2. If a schoolboy plays well, he may find himself in an important match, a schoolboy international, for example.

• 翻译：如果他歌唱的好，他就可以参加一 些重要的歌曲大赛，譬如中国青年歌手大 赛。

到 18 岁的时候，学员必须决定是否做职业球员，或者和以前一样做业余球员。

3. At eighteen the apprentice is compelled to make up his mind whether to become a professional or to return to being an amateur.

• 翻译：到年底的时候，每个人必须决定是

留在本部门继续工作，还是到其他部门去 工作。

退休员工的工作机会很少，而这为数不多的机会却有很多很多的求职者在申请。

4. There are very few opportunities for retired footballers, and for those few posts there are always far too many applicants.

• 翻译：对学经济的学生来说，去大银行工作的机会很少，而这很少的工作职位却总是有很多很多人申请。

Additional Exercise

Football is an eleven-a-side field game. The object is to 1 ____ goals. The team may be 2 ____ into several sections: goalkeeper, defensive players, midfield players and offensive players.

Modern football is a sport that was 3 ____ by the English. It is the national sport of England. It is played on every 4 ____ but is particular strong in Europe and South America.

Football is played outdoors on a grassy pitch about one hundred and five meters long and seventy meters 5 ____. At each end there is a 6 ____ 2.44 meters high and 7.32 meters wide. The pitch is divided in the middle by the half way line. There is a centre 7 ____ from which the game 8____, and a penalty area around each goal. The fame is played with a round ball made of leather or 9 ____. Football is the fastest 10 ____ sport among children in the USA. It is played by both boys and girls.

Answers :

1. score 6. goal

2. divided 7. circle

3. devised 8. begins

4. continent 9. plastic

5. wide 10. growing

Grammar Focus

Adverbial Clauses of Cause, Result and Purpose

（原因、结果和目的状语从句）

Pre-test :

As I had a cold, I was absent from school.

It was such a cold day that there was nobody on the street.

They left early in order that they could catch the first train.

目的状语从句

原因状语从句

结果状语从句

Explanation

原因状语从句通常用从属连词 because( 因为 ) ，as （由于）， since （由于，既然）引导。

E.g.

I went to bed early because I was tired.

Since she is not feeling well, we won’t ask her to go with us.

结果状语从句常用 such…that, so…that（如此…以致于） , so that ( 结果 ) 引导。

E.g.

My mother lives so far away that we can hardly ever see her.

It gave him such a shock that his face turned white.

My pencil fell under my desk so that I couldn’t see it.

目的状语从句常用 that, so that, in order that ( 为了 ), lest( 以免 ) 等从属连词引导。

从句中的谓语动词常用 may (might), can (could), should 等情态动词。

E.g.Speak clearly so that they may understand y

ou.I lent him $500 in order that he might go for

a holiday.He hurried on lest she should meet him agai

n.

Applied Writing

Timetable and Programme

日程和活动安排表

结构解析

日程和活动安排表：非常常见，见于大型会议，或各类一般的社会活动。

日程安排表特点：带有广告宣传性质，内容简练。

语言特点：全文中不使用完整的句子，只用带前置修饰成分的名词词组。

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sunday, September 17, 2005

CCTV-1 Channel 212:00 News 30 Minutes

15:20 Modern Workers

19:00 News and Weather Forecast

19:55 Science Programs

20:05 Live Telecast of the 27th Olympic Games

22:00 Nightly News and Weather

……

Sample 3

春节文艺晚会

1 、合唱 长江之歌 Memory 2 、舞蹈 狮子舞3、女声独唱 红红火火过大年4、四重唱 青年之歌5、英语话剧 哈姆雷特

Language Skills

翻译技巧之词类转换（ conversion ）

1 、（英语）动词、形容词、副词 译成（汉语）名词

2 、（英语）名词、介词、形容词、副词 译成（汉语）动词。

Examples

Television works in much the same way as radio.

电视机的工作原理与无限电广播几乎完全相同。（ v. --- n. ）The railway ticket is valid for two days.

火车票有效期为两天。（ adj. --- n. ）

He is physically weak, but mentally sound.

他身体虽弱，但思想健康。（ adv. --- n. ）

I have no private interest in the acceptance of my inventions by the world.

我的发明为世界所采用，我未从中获得任何私利。（ n. --- v. ）

Shanghai, which means “above the sea”, is on the Huangpu River.

上海的意思是“在海上”，它座落在黄浦江畔。（ prep. --- v. ）

Doctors said that they are not sure they can save his life.

医生们说他们不敢肯定能否救得了他的命。（ adj. --- v. ）

The plane flew straight ahead, across the harbor and out over the sea.

飞机笔直向前飞行，越过港口，飞向大海。（ adv. --- v. ）

Marry Learning

A Bad Golfer

Bill ： I’d move Heaven and Earth to

break my 110 score.

Phil: Try moving heaven. You’ve

already moved plenty of earth

today.