Pigskin English.ppt

1、Pigskin English,About the Author,The History of Football,Some Football English vocabularies,Contents,The Super Bowl,Robert MacNeil,Early life MacNeil was born in Montreal, the son of Margaret Virginia and Robert A. S. MacNeil. He was raised in Halifax, went to boarding school at Upper Canada College

2、, then attended Dalhousie University and later graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa in 1955. He began working in the news field at ITV in London, then for Reuters and then for NBC News as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. and New York City.,Career,In 1848, the first football rules in the f

3、orm of text, Cambridge Rules was born. On October 26, 1863, the British Football Association of England held in the modern history of football which is a very important meeting, drafting the game rules, which is the model of modern football. In the same year, the United Kingdom established the first

4、 Football Association.,The history of football in England,American football originated from British rugby. In the middle of 19th century, people in the east of the U.S often played a kind of game that players got a score by kicking the ball through the goal line and the players could be more than 30

5、. Due to being kicked by foot, so people called it football. Now people still call it NFL(National Football League).,The history of football in America,The Super Bowl(超级杯),The Super Bowl is an annual championship game of the National Football League(NFL), the major professional football league in th

6、e United States. The Super Bowl is typically held at the end of January to conclude the NFL season that began the previous year, and is one of the most popular sports events in the United States.,The game is played between the champions of the American Football Conference(AFC 美国美式足球联盟) and the Natio

7、nal Football Conference(NFC 国家美式足球联盟). The day on which the Super Bowl is played, now considered as an American national holiday, is called Super Bowl Sunday(超级杯星期天). It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. Many popular singers and musicians have performed dur

8、ing the events pre-game and halftime ceremonies because of the exposure.,The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the Super Bowl winner,Football English vocabulary,联赛、杯赛名称： UEFA 欧足联 Barclays Premier League （巴克莱）英超联赛 coca-cola championship （可口可乐）英冠联赛 Carling Cup 联赛杯 FA Cup 足总杯 UEFA Cup 联盟杯 Champoins L

9、eague 冠军杯(冠军联赛) Euro Cup 欧洲杯 World Cup 世界杯,比赛方式： half-time interval 中场休息 round robin 循环赛 group round robin 小组循环赛 extra time 加时赛 elimination match 淘汰赛 eighth-final 八分之一决赛 quarterfinal 四分之一决赛 semi-final 半决赛 final match 决赛 preliminary match 预赛,one-sided game 一边倒的比赛 disqualification 取消比赛资格 match ban 禁赛命令 doping test