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听力文本
Players from England's professional football leagues have told a campaign group that racism and homophobiaare common in the game. Over 200 professionals playing in the Premier League, and the three divisions below it, took part in a survey conducted by the campaigners Kick It Out. The organization said both racism and homophobia were everywhere in English football. Over half of those who answered the survey said they regularly see racism and homophobia. A quarter said they have had racist or homophobic comments from fans or other players. One in five said they have seen it from their own teammates. Many players said there shouldbe better policing at football matches.
Kick It Out said things were improving but progress was too slow. It said many players complained about the slow progress. Its website said: "During the 2012/13 season, a number of players publicly displayed their discontent at what they believed to be a lack of progress in tackling racism and discrimination across the game." Former Premier League player Paul Mortimer said there was less racism and homophobia now than there was in the 1980s and 1990s. He said: "If you pick any club in the country, any stadium or any trainingground, everything in a club has moved on. But some of the discriminatory vocabulary used is from a bygoneera. This kind of mentality is still in the dark ages. It has to move on."
中文翻译
来自英格兰足球职业联赛的球员向某活动宣传组称,反同性恋和种族歧视在球队当中非常常见
。来自英超以及三类甲级联赛的200多名球员参加了反种族主义组织‘Kick It Out’的一项调查 。该组织称种族歧视和反同性恋在英格兰球队中屡见不鲜 。有超过一半受调查者称他们经常会看见种族歧视和反反同性恋 。有四分之一球员称他们遭受过球迷和其他球员的歧视性语言 。4名球员中就有1名称这些事情就发生在队友身上 。许多球员称应该建立更加完善的政策 。‘Kick It Out’组织称事情正在发生好转,但是这个过程是非常缓慢的
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重点讲解
1.Premier League 超级联赛
What happened as well and where we need to be cautious is that we played the first three Premier League games with ten men.
已经发生的和我们需要注意的是在超级联赛的头三场比赛当中我们都出现了以十人应战的情况
。2.discriminatory comments 歧视性言论
Talk to your manager or someone in the HR department if you are worried about what you consider unfair practices or discriminatory comments.
如果员工对所谓不公平待遇或歧视性言论感到担忧,可以与经理或人事部沟通
。3.move on 前进
Nevertheless, you should always be prepared for the day you have to move on.
但是,你应该随时做好准备,也许有一天你必须离开
。4.dark ages 黑暗时代
Some education experts hail the change as a step forward from the ideological dark ages.
有些教育专家欢呼这一改变“从意识的黑暗时代向光明迈出了一步”
听力题目
1.Who did professional players talk to about racism and homophobia?
a) a campaign group
b) the head of FIFA
c) a sports newspaper
d) a footballers' union
2.How many players answered the survey?
a) over 2,000
b) around 20,000
c) more than 200
d) exactly 12,000
3.Where in English football did the players see discrimination?
a) at away grounds
b) everywhere
c) in the dressing room
d) only at matches
4.How many of the players said they regularly saw discrimination?
a) around two-thirds
b) 632
c) just over a quarter
d) more than half
5.What did the players say needed to be better at football matches?
a) policing
b) hot dogs
c) tackles
d) the grass
6.What did the players say about the speed of progress?
a) it was at a snail's pace
b) it was like the speed of light
c) it was at a good pace
d) it was too slow
7.When did players express their unhappiness in public?
a) last month
b) between 2012 and 2013
c) a few days ago
d) at the beginning of this season
8.Who is Paul Mortimer?
a) the England team's assistant manager
b) the boss of Kick It Out
c) the owner of a soccer website
d) an ex-Premier league player
9.When did Mr Mortimer compare today's discrimination to?
a) a few years ago
b) the 1966 World Cup Finals
c) the 1980s and 1990s
d) the nineteenth century
10.What period of history did Mortimer say discrimination belonged to?
a) the time when football was invented
b) the dark ages
c) the years between 1354 to 1899
d) the Victorian period
听力答案
1.a
2.a
3.b
4.d
5.a
6.d
7.b
8.d
9.c
10.b