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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 onl

2、y 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 could d

3、educe if from general principles.当我听人们说体育运动可创造国家之间的友谊，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。一个人即使不能从具体的事例（例如1936年的奥林匹克运动会）了解到国际运动比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 win. On t

4、he 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 savage combati

5、ve 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 nations who wor

6、k 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。参加比赛就是为了取胜。如果不拚命去赢，比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情绪时，那才可能是单纯的为了娱乐和锻炼而进行比赛。可是一量涉及到荣誉问题，一旦你想到你和某

7、 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。即使是仅仅参加过学校足球赛的人也有种体会。在国际比赛中，体育简直是一场模拟战争。但 是，要紧的还不是运动员的行为，而是观众的态度，以及观众身后各个国家的态度。面对着这些荒.唐的比赛，参赛的各个国家会如痴如狂，甚至煞有介事地相信 - 至少在短期内如此 - 跑跑、跳跳、踢踢球是对一个民族品德素质的检验。New words and expressiongoodwilln. 友好cricketn. 板球inclinationn. 意愿contestn. 比赛orgyn. 无节制的，放荡deducev. 推断competitiveadj. 竞

8、争性的patriotismn. 地方观念，爱国主义disgracev. 使丢脸savageadj. 野性的combativeadj. 好斗的mimic warfare模拟战争behaviourn. 行动，举止absurdadj. 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.3 deduce.from.,从.推断出.4 You paly to win.句中的y

9、ou是泛指人，可译作“人们”。5 pick up,随意挑选。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新概念英语第四册第20课:Snake poison Lesson 20 Snake poison蛇毒 First listen and then answer the following question. 新概念英语第四册第33课:Education Lesson 33 Education教育 First listen and then answer the following question. 听 新概念英语第四册第34课:Adolescence Lesson 34 Adolescence青春期 First listen and then answer the following question. 新概念英语第四册第44课:Patterns of cultu Lesson 44 Patterns of culture文化的模式 First listen and then answer the followi 第 6 页 共 6 页