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1、新概念英语第四册第6课:The sporting spiritLesson 6 The sporting spirit体育的精神 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题. How does the writer describe sport at the international level? I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if

2、 only the common peoples of the would could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the hattlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one

3、 could deduce if from general principles. 当我听人们说体育运动可创建国家之间的友情，还说各国民众若在足球场或板球场上交锋，就不愿在战场上残杀的时候，我总是惊愕不已。一个人即使不能从详细的事例（例如1936年的奥林匹克运动会）了解到国际运动竞赛会导致疯狂的仇恨，也可以从常理中推断出结论。 Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to

4、 win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise: but as soon as a the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most sava

5、ge combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and, behind the spectators, of the natio

6、ns who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe - at any rate for short periods - that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue. 现在开展的体育运动几乎都是竞争性的。参与竞赛就是为了取胜。假如不拚命去赢，竞赛就没有什么意义了。 在乡间的草坪上，当你随意组成两个队，并且不涉及任何地方心情时，那才可能是单纯的为了消遣和熬炼而进行竞赛。可是一量涉及到荣誉

7、问题，一旦你想到你和某 一团体会因为你输而丢脸时，那么最野蛮的争斗天性便会激发起来。即使是仅仅参与过学校足球赛的人也有种体会。在国际竞赛中，体育简直是一场模拟斗争。但 是，要紧的还不是运动员的行为，而是观众的看法，以及观众身后各个国家的看法。面对着这些荒.唐的竞赛，参赛的各个国家会如痴如狂，甚至煞有介事地信任 - 至少在短期内如此 - 跑跑、跳跳、踢踢球是对一个民族品德素养的检验。 New words and expression goodwill n. 友好 cricket n. 板球 inclination n. 意愿 contest n. 竞赛 orgy n. 无节制的，放荡 deduc

8、e v. 推断 competitive adj. 竞争性的 patriotism n. 地方观念，爱国主义 disgrace v. 使丢脸 savage adj. 野性的 combative adj. 好斗的 mimic warfare 模拟斗争 behaviour n. 行动，举止 absurd adj. 荒.唐的 Notes on the text课文注释 1 if only the common peoples of the world.,这里if only 引导的一个非真实条件句，if only 作“只要”讲。 2 have no inclination to do.无意做.,不想做.

9、 3 deduce.from.,从.推断出. 4 You paly to win.句中的you是泛指人，可译作“人们”。 5 pick up,随意选择。 6 and, behind the spectators, of the nations, 在 of the nations前面省略了the attitude。Lesson 6 课后练习和答案Exercises and Answer本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第4页 共4页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页