柯灵思英语-英语听力高手11
Football
One of the most surprising things about football in England to a stranger 1 is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most if the important teams. He has photographs of them and knows the results of a large number off matches. He will tell you, with a great air of authority 2, who he expects will win such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable 3 as that of men three or four times his age.
In England, it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy's mind with facts in a classroom; education also means 4 character training; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working selfishly 5 for himself alone. Football is a good team game, it is good exercise for the body, it needs skill and a quick brain 6, it is popular and it is cheap. As a result, it is the school's favorite game in the winter.
- A stranger walked up to me and asked me the time.一个陌生人走到我跟前，问我时间。
- It's hard for a stranger to make friends in this town.外地人在这个城里很难交朋友。
- He is recognized internationally as an authority in this field.国际上承认他是这方面的一个权威。
- Professor White is looked upon as an authority on mathematics.怀特教授被看成数学权威。
- This is one of the most valuable lessons I learned.这是我所学到的最宝贵的教训。
- He has a valuable collection of stamps.他收藏了很有价值的邮票。
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。