適讀人群 ：學(xué)生,一般讀者 書蟲系列熱銷20余年，已成為了家喻戶曉的英語閱讀品牌，以世界優(yōu)秀文學(xué)名著的英文簡寫本或原創(chuàng)文學(xué)作品而知名。“書蟲百科”子系列是一套通識(shí)百科類讀物，收錄非虛構(gòu)類文本，能夠幫助學(xué)生建構(gòu)更加完整、立體的知識(shí)體系，發(fā)展認(rèn)知和思辨能力。
“書蟲·牛津英漢雙語讀物（百科類）”的作者團(tuán)隊(duì)不僅包括了牛津大學(xué)著名的兒童文學(xué)作家，還吸納了不同領(lǐng)域的專家為之創(chuàng)作和審稿。讀物話題包括：著名國家和城市的歷史文化介紹（如巴西、美國、倫敦、紐約等）；著名人物的傳記（如威廉和凱特、達(dá)芬奇、史蒂芬·霍金等）；自然科學(xué)的入門簡介（如天文和宇宙開發(fā)、人體奧秘、恐龍和考古學(xué)等）；以及世界文化現(xiàn)象（如體育賽事、節(jié)日慶典等），話題覆蓋面廣泛，文字生動(dòng)有趣，配以高質(zhì)量清晰的圖片和譯文，讓非虛構(gòu)類文本的閱讀也能像讀小說一樣引人入勝。
What’s the most exciting word in the English language? If your answer is ‘Goal!’, then you’re already a fan of the beautiful game.
And you are not alone. There are millions of people like you all over the world – playing football, watching it, wearing the football shirts of their favourite team, travelling hundreds of kilometres to watch their club or their country play, or just kicking a football around on a beach or in the street.
So here is the story of the beautiful game – from its beginnings thousands of years ago to the international game of today. The rules, the players, the cups, the clubs, the stars, the fans – this is football, from Argentina to Zidane.
英語中最令人激動(dòng)的詞匯是什么？如果你的回答是“進(jìn)球！”，那么你早已是這項(xiàng)美妙運(yùn)動(dòng)的愛好者了。
而且不止你一個(gè)人，世界上還有千百萬人和你一樣，他們也踢足球，看比賽，穿自己最愛的球隊(duì)的球衣，甚至不遠(yuǎn)千里去觀看自己支持的俱樂部或者國家隊(duì)的比賽，不過他們也可能只是在沙灘上或者街頭巷尾踢踢球。
1 The beautiful game 1
2 What kind of football? 3
3 Playing the game 7
4 The story of football 12
5 We won the cup 16
6 Women’s football 22
7 Stars of football 26
8 The business of football 32
9 The dark side of football 35
10 Football today and tomorrow 38
GLOSSARY 41
ACTIVITIES： Before Reading 44
ACTIVITIES： While Reading 45
ACTIVITIES： After Reading 49
TRANSLATION 參考譯文 52
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