Calcio - Inglese Britannico e Americano - Trascrizione
Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning the difference between soccer and football.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some English words you’ll then hear a short explanation of these expressions.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to a conversation on somebody trying to explain the rules of football to an American colleague.
So let’s start!
Woman: First you’ll be listening to different ways to talk about football…or should that be soccer.
Man: Football or soccer?
Woman: Football is the name of the sport in British English that is played by 2 teams of 11 players who try to kick a round ball into the other team’s goal, thereby scoring a goal. The team which has scored the most goals at the end of the game is the winner; if an equal number of goals are scored then the game is a draw. Americans call this game soccer:
Man: Heh, there’s football on the TV tonight, Juventus versus Real Madrid. Do you want to watch it?
Woman: That’s not football.
Man: What do you mean? They’re good teams.
Woman: I know, but, in America we call this sport soccer.
Man: American football.
Woman: In America, this sport is referred to simply as football. It is very similar to the sport rugby, except the players wear protective clothing…. And get paid a lot more money.
Man: I don’t understand the rules of American football.
Woman: Well I don’t understand the rules of football, nor why everybody gets so excited about it.
Man: Footie.
Woman: This is a contraction of football, and is often used in informal British English to talk about the sport.
Man: Is there any footie on the telly this afternoon?
Woman: Urgh. Does every Sunday afternoon have to involve football? Here’s the remote control.
Woman: Imagine you are hosting an American colleague, and you have taken them to watch a football match, and you have to explain the basics of the game to someone whose national sport isn’t football, or rather soccer.
Man: This is a really important match for us, it will decide if we go into the premier league or not.
Woman: What’s the premier league?
Man: Well, football, I mean soccer, has different groups, and the first division, that is the best teams are in the premier league.
Woman: Which is your team, those in pink, or those in blue and white?
Man: Blue and white.
Woman: How many are in each team? And who is that man dressed in black?
Man: There are 11 players in each team, and the man in black is the referee, he makes sure the players keep to the rules.
Woman: Okay, but what are they doing in the centre now.
Man: Oh, it’s kick off, the match is about to start. Come on you blues…!
Woman: What are they doing? What do they have to do?
Man: Well, you see those white poles at the end of the pitch, one team has to kick the ball through them at one end, and the other at the other end.
Woman: Okay, I think, I’ve got it, there are 22 men running around after a leather ball, trying to kick it under a metal pole….
Man: Well, … there is a little bit more to it than that.
Woman: If you wish you can hear this lesson again. In the meantime we hope we have helped you to be more confident with your English. Watch out for the next topic. Thank you for using the EnglishBlog.
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