2009年11月23日月曜日

SOCCER

A title : SOCCER
The author : Steve Flinders
Publisher : Oxford Bookworms Factfiles
Year of the publication : 2001
YL : 2.6

Some great players yield to the pressure.
Diego Maradona was a greatest player, but he used drugs.
George Best retired player at 26 years old by alcohol dependency.
Soccer have a dark side.
On 2 July, Andres Escobal of Colombia was killed by Colombian supporters because On 22 June, he mistook and scored wrong goal for USA in World cup.


terrible / ひどい、とても下手な、恐ろしい
Sometimes the weather is bad, the game is terrible and there are no goals.


autograph / 自筆、サイン
When people see you in the street, they ask you for your autograph.

2009年11月17日火曜日

SOCCER

A title : SOCCER
The author : Steve Flinders
Publisher : Oxford Bookworms Factfiles
Year of the publication : 2001
YL : 2.6


The history of the soccer is long.
A kind of soccer was played in China and Japan nearly two thousand years ago.
Now, soccer is spreading all over the world.
The world cup final in 1998 was seen bymore than 2 billion people.

wanderer / ワンダラー、放浪者、さすらい人
The wanderers won the first FA cup final.

federation / 連盟、連邦
Many other countries followed, including the US Soccer Federation in 1914, and the Japanese Football Association in 1921.

billion / 10億
Soccer is now a 250 billion dollar business.

2009年11月5日木曜日

SOCCER

A title : SOCCER
The author : Steve Flinders
Publisher : Oxford Bookworms Factfiles
Year of the publication : 2001
YL : 2.6


I borrowed a new book which is written about soccer.
I will enjoying to read this book because I like soccer very much.

First of all this book is written about rule of the soccer.
The official English name for the game of soccer is Association Football.
Association Football is called Soccer because it take SOC of the Association.


substitute / 代用品、交代選手
If a player is hurt and has to leave the field, another player -a substitute- can take his or her place.


tie / 同点になる
competition / 競争、コンペ、コンクール
In some competitions if the the game ends as a tie there is extra time, and then penalty kicks are used to find the winner.