听力每日练习 listen 663 Popular University Hobbies

 
2--Some of my friends like to get physical, so they play volleyball. I have other friends who enjoy traveling. Some of them really get around.
 
1--Is playing volleyball a very popular hobby?
 
2--Yeah, volleyball is popular with my friends, but they don’t live in the same city as me.
 
1--When I visit the students in universities, I find many students like to play basketball. Maybe more boys like to play basketball and more girls like to play volleyball.
 
2--Maybe girlls do like play volleyball. Basketball is faster than volleyball. So, that's could be the reason.
 
1--Basketball is much rougher than volleyball. Just look at how rough the NBA is.
 
2--Yeah, the NBA is intense. Michael Jordan is my favourite player. I like to watch him play on TV. 　
 
1--I also find many students like to play badminton. Is badminton also very popular? From what you say, I find volleyball, basketball and badminton are all very popular.
 
2--They say volleyball is not as popular as basketball.
 
1--Maybe it is more popular for girls?
 
2--I think you are right. Do you like playing basketball?
 
1--No, I like to play soccer. Some people get confused with the name of this sport in English. In th US, “ ganlanqiu” is called football and “zuqiu” is called soccer. But in England, “zuqiu” is called football and “ganlanqiu” is known as “American football”.
 
2--I see.
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注解：
 
1.intense激烈的
2.popular流行的
3.confused困惑的

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译文：

1--能知道你的朋友有些什么爱好吗？
2--有些人好动，所以他们打排球。还有些朋友喜欢旅游，他们中的一些人确实去了好多地方。
1--他们都很喜欢打篮球吗？
2--是的，我的朋友们都很喜欢，但遗憾的是他们不和我住在同一城市。
1--我问过许多大学生，发现他们都喜欢打篮球。男孩儿可能更喜欢打篮球，而女孩儿则更喜欢打排球。
2--女孩儿确实喜欢打排球。篮球比排球节奏要快，这也许就是原因吧。
1--篮球比排球激烈得多，看看NBA就知道了。
2--哦，NBA确实很激烈。乔丹是我最喜欢的运动员，我喜欢看有他的比赛。
1--我也发现许多学生喜欢打羽毛球。羽毛球也很流行吗？听你所说，我觉得排球，篮球和羽毛球在学生中都很流行。
2--他们说排球没有篮球受欢迎。
1--多数女孩子们更喜欢排球吧？
2--是的，你喜欢打篮球吗？
1--不，我喜欢足球。一些人可能对英式和美式足球有些不解。在美国，美式橄榄球称做football，而足球叫做soccer；但是在英国，人们称足球为football，而称美式橄榄球叫American football。
2--哦，原来是这样。