首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
It was a cold, rainy and wholly miserable afternoon in Washington, and a hot muggy night in Miami. It was Sunday, and three game
It was a cold, rainy and wholly miserable afternoon in Washington, and a hot muggy night in Miami. It was Sunday, and three game
admin
2011-01-10
27
问题
It was a cold, rainy and wholly miserable afternoon in Washington, and a hot muggy night in Miami. It was Sunday, and three games were played in the two cities. The people playing them and the people watching them tell us much about the ever-changing ethnic structure of the United States.
Professional football in the United States is almost wholly played by native-born American citizens, mostly very large and very strong, many of them black. It is a game of physical strength. Linemen routinely weigh more than 300 pounds. Players are valued for their weigh and muscles, for how fast they can run, and how hard they can hit each other. Football draws the biggest crowds, but the teams play only once a week, because they get so battered.
The 67,204 fans were in Miami for the final game of the baseball World Series. Baseball was once America’s favorite game, but has lost that claim to basketball.
Baseball is a game that requires strength, but not hugeness. Agility, quickness, perfect vision and quick reaction are more important than pure strength. Baseball was once a purely American game, but has spread around much of the New World. In that Sunday’s final, the final hit of the extra inning game was delivered by a native of Columbia. The Most Valuable Player in the game was a native of Columbia. The rosters of both teams were awash with Hispanic names, as is Miami, which now claims the World Championship is a game that may be losing popularity in America, but has gained it in much of the rest of the world. Baseball in America has taken on a strong Hispanic flavor, with a dash of Japanese added for seasoning.
Soccer, which many countries just call football, is the most widely enjoyed sport in the world. In soccer, which many countries just call football, the ethnic tide has been the reverse of baseball. Until recently, professional soccer in the United States has largely been an import, played by South Americans and Europeans. Now, American citizens in large numbers are finally taking up the most popular game in the world.
Basketball, an American invention increasingly played around the world, these days draws large crowds back home. Likewise, hockey, a game largely imported to the United States from neighboring Canada. Lacrosse, a version of which was played by Native Americans before the Europeans arrived, is also gaining a keen national following.
Sports of all kinds are winning support from American armchair enthusiasts from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
Which of the following can reflect the ever-changing ethnic structure of America?
选项
A、Sportsman.
B、Audience.
C、Both of them.
D、Either of them.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/DqQYFFFM
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Norevolutionsintechnologyhaveasvisiblymarkedthehumanconditionasthoseintransport.Movinggoodsandpeople,theyhav
Norevolutionsintechnologyhaveasvisiblymarkedthehumanconditionasthoseintransport.Movinggoodsandpeople,theyhav
Thechildrenshouldsay"thankyou"toyouwhenyougavethemgifts.
Byusingnewforeigntextbooks,wecouldnotonlylearntherightexpressionofbusinessideas,butalsowewillknowthelatest
Youmustinsistthatstudentsgiveatruthfulanswer______withtherealityoftheirworld.
Becausealcoholisasolvent,itisacomponentofmanyliquidmedicines.
下面你将听到一段有关中美贸易关系的讲话。在冷战结束后的新形势下,两国要不要及如何发展双边关系,是中美两国面临的重大课题。“永久正常贸易关系”的通过表明,在美国,支持发展中美关系的力量占了上风,美国政府、国会、工商企业界和公众的主流都支持以建设性的
实行改革开放以来,中国进入了发展最快、进步最大、变化最深刻的历史时期。1979年至2003年,中国经济年均增长9.4%,居民消费水平年均提高7%,进出口总额年均增长16%,成为世界上发展最快的国家之一。2003年,拥有13亿人口的中国,人均国内生产总值第一
中国经济高速发展,需要大量的矿产品及相关的能源与原材料加工制品。每年消耗的矿石量达60多亿吨,位居世界前列。中国政府为实现经济的可持续发展,在矿产资源勘查、开发领域制定了一系列的法律、法规和政策,形成了既适合中国国情又基本与国际接轨的矿产资源勘查
IntheUnitedStates,olderpeoplerarelylivewiththeiradultchildren.Butinmanyothercultureschildrenareexpectedtoca
随机试题
符合恶性高血压特征性病理变化的是
患者,男性,77岁。因脑出血入院,患者大小便失禁,需加铺橡胶单,其上端距床头约
检验检测机构合同评审的结果是()。
在项目全过程的回顾和总结的四个阶段中,项目建设准备阶段的总结与评价主要内容有()。
某新办的电脑公司,其经营业务有受托软件开发和某品牌财务软件的销售、安装、维护、培训。在具体经营中,受托开发的软件著作权,根据双方协议约定有归电脑公司所有、归委托方所有和双方共同拥有等三种情形;财务软件的安装、维护、培训费有的随同软件销售一并收取,有的在财务
财务内部收益率是指在整个()内,各年净现金流量现值累计等于零时的折现率。
InthepasttwoweekswehavelookedatthehappinessformuladefinedbypositivepsychologistMartinSeligman,whereH(happines
我们如今有铺天盖地的新信息需要去消化和记忆。互联网、移动电话、电视和其他电子产品里,都_______地涌现出新鲜事物。当不同信息同时涌现在记忆中,人们会无法_______出与当前目标不相关的信息,甚至还会禁不住去思考那些尚未开始做的事情,于是会出现____
TheGreatestShowonEarthTheOlympicGamesarethegreatestfestivalofsportintheworld.Everyfouryears,ahundredor
Iamafraidtosleep.Ihavebeenafraidtosleepforthelastfewweeks.Iamsotiredthat,finally,Idosleep,butonlyfor
最新回复
(
0
)