全国公共英语等级考试五级 g1

　　[00:00.00]Part C (1)

[00:03.08]You will hear a recording 1 about the difference between football

[00:09.14]in UK and the game in US.

[00:14.11]As you listen,you must answer questions 25--34

[00:21.76]by writing NOT MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided 2 on the right.

[00:29.60]You will hear the conversation TWICE.

[00:34.25]You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 25--34.

[00:42.40]In England,football and soccer are the same thing,

[00:48.46]where as in America they are different

[00:52.51]The basic difference is that in America

[00:56.97]the game of football allows all players to use their hands to hold the ball

[01:05.12]while the game is on,but in England (except for the goalkeeper)

[01:11.97]the game of football only allows the use of feet,

[01:17.43]head,and other parts of the body,

[01:21.79]although the hands may be used in certain circumstances.

[01:27.33]Such circumstances are when you have a 'throw-in',

[01:32.29]when the ball is 'out of play',

[01:36.03]and when you are placing the ball in a certain position,

[01:41.20]to take a 'free kick',or 'a penalty 3'

[01:45.74]Of course,there is one player in each team,

[01:50.99]in the English game of football,

[01:54.94]who is allowed to use his hands at any time--that is,the 'goalkeeper'

[02:02.49]The English game of football is called 'soccer' by the Americans.

[02:08.52]The American game of football is rather like the English game of rugby,

[02:15.18]where all the players are allowed to use their hands

[02:20.64]both on the ball and on each other's bodies,

[02:25.97]but it is important to recognise that American football

[02:31.61]is not the same game as English rugby.

[02:36.87]Looking more closely 4 at the terminology 5 used in English football,

[02:42.72]we may consider the term I mentioned earlier i.e.,'goalkeeper',

[02:50.27]'throw-in','out of play','free kick',and 'a penalty'

[02:57.11]A goalkeeper's main job is to stop the ball going into the goal,

[03:04.45]which is also sometimes called 'the net'.

[03:09.00]Some goals have no nets,others do,

[03:13.96]and their purpose is to stop the ball,after it has gone into the goal.

[03:20.70]We also talk about 'the goalmouth',

[03:24.96]which of course refers to the entrance to the goal.

[03:29.82]We also say that the goalkeeper is the man 'in goal'.

[03:35.77]Turning to the expression 'a throw in',

[03:40.32]this refers to a throw made by any player (except the goalkeeper,

[03:46.98]when the ball goes 'out of play' at the side of the football pitch.

[03:52.23]The throw in must be taken with the ball held high

[03:58.18]and behind the head of the person who is taking it.

[04:03.44]If your side kicks the ball out of play,

[04:07.88]then the throw in is taken by the other team;

[04:12.84]if,on the other hand,the ball is kicked out of play by the other side,

[04:18.38]then the throw in is taken by your team.

[04:23.42]The ball is said to be 'out of play' also

[04:28.46]when is goes off either end of the pitch.

[04:33.11]Turning now to the two remaining expressions in our list,

[04:39.25]a 'free kick' is given

[04:42.59]when a foul 6 has been committed outside the box near the goal

[04:49.15]and a 'penalty' is given

[04:53.09]when a foul takes place within the box near the goal,

[04:59.23]an area which is called the penalty area.

[05:03.99]When a free kick is taken,players in the other team

[05:09.55]must stand at a set distance from the person who takes the kick,

[05:15.79]thus giving him an advantage.

[05:19.84]When a penalty is taken,

[05:23.29]the player who takes it has an uninterrupted shot at goal,

[05:29.64]with only the goalkeeper allowed to try and stop him scoring a goal.

[05:36.07]A foul is committed when too much bodily contact takes place between players,

[05:44.29]or when the ball,while it is in play,

[05:49.05]touches the hand of a player other than the goalkeeper

[05:54.40]It was mentioned earlier that the Americans call this game soccer,

[06:01.06]and the English usually call it football.

[06:05.82]However,sometimes it is called soccer in England

[06:11.57](and, of course,in Scotland,Wales,and Ireland).

[06:16.92]Also,many other countries in the world

[06:21.36]call the game either football or soccer.

[06:26.40]But we can be fairly sure that if an American refers to 'football',

[06:32.96]he is not referring to soccer.

[06:37.40]On the other hand,if an English person refers to football,

[06:43.25]he or she will certainly be referring to soccer.

[06:48.42]And if an English person

[06:52.26]wants to talk about the American game of football,

[06:57.23]which is not soccer,they will call it 'American football'.

[07:03.68]To those who do not know the difference.

[07:07.62]the situation may sound somewhat 7 complicated 8;

[07:12.88]but it is not complicated really,

[07:17.13]so it is unlikely 9 that the different nationalities

[07:22.67]will change the names they use at the moment.

[07:27.14]Now you are going to hear the record a second time.

[07:34.58]You now have 100 seconds to check your answers to Questions 25--34.