Sports体育运动

Talking about a particular sport

谈论某项体育运动

You can play particular sports.

参与特定的体育运动可用play:

► Do you pZay tennis?你打网球吗？

► I usually play football on Saturdays.

我通常在星期六踢足球。

This is used particularly for competitive sports in which one team or person plays or plays against another.

该词尤用于队与队或个人之间竞技性的体育运动 (play 或 play against):

► We played them in last year^}s final.

在去年的决赛中我们与他们对垒。

► Who are you playing against this afternoon?

你今天下午同谁比赛？

Members of a sports team play for their team. 为某队效力用play for:

He used to play for the Dallas Cowboys.

他以前效力于达拉斯牛仔队。

If the name of a sport or an activity ends in -ing we often use it with the verb to go.

某项体育运动或活动的名称以-ing结尾时常与 动词to go连用：

► Í go swimming twice a week.我一周游两次泳。 Have you ever been rock climbing?

你攀过岩吗？

Typical sports and activities with this pattern include go skiing, go sailing, go riding {BrE} or go horseback riding {NAmE) and go dancing.

Check at the entry for each sport to see if it can be used in this way.

用于该句型的典型体育项目和活动有go Skiing (滑雪）、go sailing (乘帆船航行）、go riding或 go horseback riding (骑马）以及 go dancing (跳

舞）。查找每项体育运动的条目看看是否可用此 方法表示。

court球场

Talking about a particular sport

谈论某项体育运动

You can play particular sports.

参与特定的体育运动可用play:

► Do you pZay tennis?你打网球吗？

► I usually play football on Saturdays.

我通常在星期六踢足球。

This is used particularly for competitive sports in which one team or person plays or plays against another.

该词尤用于队与队或个人之间竞技性的体育运动 (play 或 play against):

► We played them in last year^}s final.

在去年的决赛中我们与他们对垒。

► Who are you playing against this afternoon?

你今天下午同谁比赛？

Members of a sports team play for their team. 为某队效力用play for:

He used to play for the Dallas Cowboys.

他以前效力于达拉斯牛仔队。

If the name of a sport or an activity ends in -ing we often use it with the verb to go.

某项体育运动或活动的名称以-ing结尾时常与 动词to go连用：

► Í go swimming twice a week.我一周游两次泳。 Have you ever been rock climbing?

你攀过岩吗？

Typical sports and activities with this pattern include go skiing, go sailing, go riding {BrE} or go horseback riding {NAmE) and go dancing.

Check at the entry for each sport to see if it can be used in this way.

用于该句型的典型体育项目和活动有go Skiing (滑雪）、go sailing (乘帆船航行）、go riding或 go horseback riding (骑马）以及 go dancing (跳

舞）。查找每项体育运动的条目看看是否可用此 方法表示。

court球场

basketball 篮球

GRAMMAR POINT语法说明

Names of American sports teams always start with ‘the’； names of British sports teams almost never do. Names of sports teams may look either singular or plural but always take a plural verb.

美国体育运动队的名称总是以the开头，而 英国队的名称几乎从不用the。体育运动队 的名称看上去可能是单数，也可能是复数， 但总是用复数动词：

► The Jazz are playing the Chicago Bulls.

爵士队在与芝加哥公牛队比赛。

► Aston Villa have started the season well. 阿斯顿维拉队在本赛季旗开得胜。

Teams are often referred to just by the name of the place they come from. In American English this means a singular verb is used, but in British English the verb is still plural.

运动队常常以该队来自的地方的名称指代。 在美国英语中这就意味要用单数动词，但在 英国英语中谓语动词仍然用复数：

► Cincinnati is having a great season.

辛辛那提队正经历一个辉煌的赛季。

► Norwich were disappointed with the score. 诺里奇队对比分感到失望。

Other sports and activities can take the verbs to do or to go to.

其他一些体育项目和活动可用动词do或goto:

► I do aerobics once or twice a week.

我每周做一两次有氧健身操。

► i" go to judo (= to my judo class) on Mondays.

我每星期一去练习柔道。