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1、Unit11SportsintheU.S.A.ContentsⅠTheBigThreeTeamSprots1.1Baseball1.2Americanfootball1.3BasketballⅡOtherPopularSportsⅠTheBigThreeTeamSprotsTeamsprotsappealtoAmericans’loveofsocializingandcompeting.ThemostpopularteamsportsintheU.S.A.—baseball,football,andbasketball—a
2、rebothspectatorsportsandparticipatorysports.Boysandgirlsbeginplayingsoftball(agamesimilartobaseballbutwithabigger,softerball)whentheyareabout9or10yearsold.Inhighschoolandcollege,footballandbaseballareplayedprimarilybyboysandmen,andbasketballisplayedbybothsexes.For
3、manypeopleintheU.S.,sportsarenotjustforfun.They'realmostareligion.Thousandsofsportsfansbuyexpensiveticketstowatchtheirfavoriteteamsandathletesplayinperson.Otherfanswatchthegamesathome,gluedtotheirTVsets.Themostdevotedsportsbuffs(爱好者)nevermissagame.Manyawifebecomes
4、a"sportswidow"duringherhusband'sfavoriteseason.America'sdevotiontoathleticshascreatedanewclassofwealthypeople:professionalathletes.Sportsstarsoftenreceivemillion-dollarsalaries.Someevenmakebigmoneyappearinginadvertisementsforsoftdrinks,shoesandeventoiletries[‘tɔil
5、itri](化妆品).NotallAmericansworshipsports,butathleticsareanimportantpartoftheirculture.Throughouttheirschoollife,Americanslearntoplaymanysports.Allstudentstakephysicaleducationclassesinschool.Sometryoutfortheschoolteams,whileothersjoinintramural[,intrə’mjuərəl](校内的)
6、sportsleagues.Athleticeventsatuniversitiesattractscoresoffansandbenefitthewholecommunity.Manypeoplealsoenjoynon-competitiveactivitieslikehiking(徒步旅行),biking,horsebackriding,campingorhunting.TocommunicatewithAmericansportsnuts(运动迷),ithelpsifyoucantalksports.Sportsi
7、nAmericarepresenttheinternationalheritageofthepeoplewhoplay.Manysportswereimportedfromothercountries.Europeanimmigrantsbroughttennis,golf,bowlingandboxingtoAmerica.FootballandbaseballcamefromotherOldWorldgames.OnlybasketballhasatrulyAmericanorigin.Eventodaysomefor
8、merly"foreign"sportslikesocceraregainingAmericanfans.In1994theU.S.hostedtheWorldCupforthefirsttimeever.1.1BaseballBaseballisoftencalledthenationalpastim
