英語聽力頻道為大家整理的初一英語聽力材料：英國國家球隊，供大家參考:)
British Football Team 英國國家球隊
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Hello. My name is Xu He Qiucen. I am from Chongqing University. I love this programme very much. And I have a question. When we watch football games, why do we always see England, Scotland, Wales, but not Britain? And what do British people think about it?
Wang Fei: 徐何秋岑的問題非常有意思。為什么英格蘭England, 蘇格蘭 Scotland, 威爾士Wales, 別忘了還有北愛爾蘭Northern Ireland, 他們?yōu)槭裁床唤M成一支英國國家球隊進(jìn)行比賽呢？英國人又對此怎么看呢？大家好，I'm Wang Fei.
Finn: And I'm Finn. Actually, it's quite a hot topic right now.
Wang Fei: A hot topic. 一個很熱的話題。Why's that?
Finn: Well, in the Olympics, the UK competes as one country: Team GB. People are asking if Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales will combine to form a British Olympic football team as well.
Wang Fei: Ah yes, for London 2012. What do you think, Finn?
Finn: Personally, I think it's not a bad idea! But as a Scot, I will admit that not many Scottish players would be good enough to get into the team.
Wang Fei: 是這樣的！同時這個原因也能部分回答今天的問題了。英格蘭是組成英國的四個國家中的國家，英格蘭也有的足球隊員，如果只組成一支國家隊，其它三個國家的足球隊員就很可能沒有參加的份兒了。
Finn: Anyway, football is a topic that most British people have an opinion about. Let's hear from someone who thinks this idea of a British team might work.
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I’m quite in favour of them becoming one larger team. I say this because I’m from a smaller nation myself: Northern Ireland. Our teams don’t have enough world-class players to compete with the larger nations. I think if they join together with the likes of Scotland and England and Wales, this would enable us to have a chance at competing in a World Cup final in the future.
Wang Fei: 剛才這位被采訪者來自北愛爾蘭，他說他quite in favour 很支持把四個國家組成一個國家隊。
Finn: He says this as he thinks Northern Ireland don't have enough world-class的players on their own but if they all joined together then Britain would be a very very strong team. But, of course, not everybody is in favour of this.
Wang Fei: Let's hear from them.
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I think there's a lot of rivalry, and people always like it when the home nations, you know, play together in a friendly or competitively. I think that would kind of be lost if the teams were combined, certainly.
Just because, maybe FIFA say we should have a combined team in the Olympics, well, why should we change our culture, traditions?
It’s just a massively nationalistic sport, so I don't think you can then condense that into one Great British team. I don't think that'd ever work. That'd be controversial.
Wang Fei: 剛才的被采訪者們表達(dá)了不同的意見，他們說如果組成一支球隊，這些球隊之間獨特的競爭rivalry 也就消失了。
Finn: Yes, people from different nations really enjoy the rivalry. Another person says that it would be going against our culture and traditions to combine the teams.
Wang Fei: 這與我們的文化和傳統(tǒng)相悖。最后一位被采訪者也表達(dá)了同樣的想法。他說這是一個極具國家特色的運動，a massively nationalistic sport. 所以你不能把它濃縮成一支球隊，condense into one team.
Finn: He thinks that would be too controversial. 這太有爭議了。You see, these rivalries go back a long way to the 1870s when Scotland and England first played against each other. It's quite a deep, emotional thing for many people.
Wang Fei: 現(xiàn)代足球在英國的足跡這可以追溯到19世紀(jì)。經(jīng)歷了這么多年的足球競爭比賽，這已經(jīng)是一個非常讓人有感情的主題了an emotional subject.
Finn: And there's also the issue of how the manager of a UK team would choose his players.
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Do they select 25% Welsh players, 25% Scottish players, 25% English players, 25% players from Northern Ireland?
Wang Fei: 確實這樣，如何公平挑選隊員呢？每個國家各選25%聽起來太死板了，但需要建立什么樣的選拔機(jī)制呢？這是另外一個有爭議的地方，another controversial area.
Finn: Indeed, another one. So, Xu He Qiucen, I hope you understand a little bit more about why the UK does not compete as a single country in football.
Wang Fei: But Finn, I think maybe they will for the London 2012 Olympics?
Finn: You think so?
Wang Fei: Probably.
Finn: We'll see. Anyway, enough talking, let's play some football. Wang Fei, on your head!
Wang Fei: 什么？讓我來個頭球？肯定進(jìn)！Goal! 這些蘇格蘭守門員也太不行了！
Finn: What did you say?!
Wang Fei: 蘇格蘭守門員，F(xiàn)inn!
Finn: Bye for now.
Wang Fei: Bye.
(Football crowd noise)
詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：
1. rivalry 競爭
2. controversial 爭議的
3. hot topic 很熱的話題
4. world-class 的
5. condense 濃縮
6. an emotional subject 一個非常讓人有感情的主題
British Football Team 英國國家球隊
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Hello. My name is Xu He Qiucen. I am from Chongqing University. I love this programme very much. And I have a question. When we watch football games, why do we always see England, Scotland, Wales, but not Britain? And what do British people think about it?
Wang Fei: 徐何秋岑的問題非常有意思。為什么英格蘭England, 蘇格蘭 Scotland, 威爾士Wales, 別忘了還有北愛爾蘭Northern Ireland, 他們?yōu)槭裁床唤M成一支英國國家球隊進(jìn)行比賽呢？英國人又對此怎么看呢？大家好，I'm Wang Fei.
Finn: And I'm Finn. Actually, it's quite a hot topic right now.
Wang Fei: A hot topic. 一個很熱的話題。Why's that?
Finn: Well, in the Olympics, the UK competes as one country: Team GB. People are asking if Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales will combine to form a British Olympic football team as well.
Wang Fei: Ah yes, for London 2012. What do you think, Finn?
Finn: Personally, I think it's not a bad idea! But as a Scot, I will admit that not many Scottish players would be good enough to get into the team.
Wang Fei: 是這樣的！同時這個原因也能部分回答今天的問題了。英格蘭是組成英國的四個國家中的國家，英格蘭也有的足球隊員，如果只組成一支國家隊，其它三個國家的足球隊員就很可能沒有參加的份兒了。
Finn: Anyway, football is a topic that most British people have an opinion about. Let's hear from someone who thinks this idea of a British team might work.
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I’m quite in favour of them becoming one larger team. I say this because I’m from a smaller nation myself: Northern Ireland. Our teams don’t have enough world-class players to compete with the larger nations. I think if they join together with the likes of Scotland and England and Wales, this would enable us to have a chance at competing in a World Cup final in the future.
Wang Fei: 剛才這位被采訪者來自北愛爾蘭，他說他quite in favour 很支持把四個國家組成一個國家隊。
Finn: He says this as he thinks Northern Ireland don't have enough world-class的players on their own but if they all joined together then Britain would be a very very strong team. But, of course, not everybody is in favour of this.
Wang Fei: Let's hear from them.
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I think there's a lot of rivalry, and people always like it when the home nations, you know, play together in a friendly or competitively. I think that would kind of be lost if the teams were combined, certainly.
Just because, maybe FIFA say we should have a combined team in the Olympics, well, why should we change our culture, traditions?
It’s just a massively nationalistic sport, so I don't think you can then condense that into one Great British team. I don't think that'd ever work. That'd be controversial.
Wang Fei: 剛才的被采訪者們表達(dá)了不同的意見，他們說如果組成一支球隊，這些球隊之間獨特的競爭rivalry 也就消失了。
Finn: Yes, people from different nations really enjoy the rivalry. Another person says that it would be going against our culture and traditions to combine the teams.
Wang Fei: 這與我們的文化和傳統(tǒng)相悖。最后一位被采訪者也表達(dá)了同樣的想法。他說這是一個極具國家特色的運動，a massively nationalistic sport. 所以你不能把它濃縮成一支球隊，condense into one team.
Finn: He thinks that would be too controversial. 這太有爭議了。You see, these rivalries go back a long way to the 1870s when Scotland and England first played against each other. It's quite a deep, emotional thing for many people.
Wang Fei: 現(xiàn)代足球在英國的足跡這可以追溯到19世紀(jì)。經(jīng)歷了這么多年的足球競爭比賽，這已經(jīng)是一個非常讓人有感情的主題了an emotional subject.
Finn: And there's also the issue of how the manager of a UK team would choose his players.
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Do they select 25% Welsh players, 25% Scottish players, 25% English players, 25% players from Northern Ireland?
Wang Fei: 確實這樣，如何公平挑選隊員呢？每個國家各選25%聽起來太死板了，但需要建立什么樣的選拔機(jī)制呢？這是另外一個有爭議的地方，another controversial area.
Finn: Indeed, another one. So, Xu He Qiucen, I hope you understand a little bit more about why the UK does not compete as a single country in football.
Wang Fei: But Finn, I think maybe they will for the London 2012 Olympics?
Finn: You think so?
Wang Fei: Probably.
Finn: We'll see. Anyway, enough talking, let's play some football. Wang Fei, on your head!
Wang Fei: 什么？讓我來個頭球？肯定進(jìn)！Goal! 這些蘇格蘭守門員也太不行了！
Finn: What did you say?!
Wang Fei: 蘇格蘭守門員，F(xiàn)inn!
Finn: Bye for now.
Wang Fei: Bye.
(Football crowd noise)
詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：
1. rivalry 競爭
2. controversial 爭議的
3. hot topic 很熱的話題
4. world-class 的
5. condense 濃縮
6. an emotional subject 一個非常讓人有感情的主題