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　　Professional Sports in the U. S.

　　Professional sports are not only very popular in the United States, but also

　　a big business. The most popular sports are baseball, football and basketball.

　　Each sport has its own season and individual teams have millions of supporters.

　　Professional teams are named for the cities where they are located. For example,

　　the Lakers are in Los Angeles. The strongest supporters of the Lakers are

　　residents of Los Angeles and Southern California.

　　When the Lakers play, many people in Los Angeles enthusiastically follow the

　　game. When we mention "NBA", almost every one knows it has some relationship -

　　with U.S. professional basketball. However, what does it really stand for? N.B.A.

　　is short for the National Basketball Association. The NBA is gaining new fans and

　　supporters around the world. Basketball is another popular American sport. In the

　　U. S., basketball has been called the "national pastime". However, football is

　　the most popular professional sport in the U. S.. American football is different

　　from international football, which Americans call "soccer". Both games require

　　strength and specialized skills. (171 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　professional adj.专业的，职业的

　　professional knowledge专业知识

　　professional men专家(尤指医生、律师等)

　　a professional singer职业歌唱家

　　be named for被指定作

　　resident n.居民

　　enthusiastically adv.热心地，狂热地

　　stand for v.代表，象征

　　be short for是……的简称

　　association n.协会，联合

　　pastime n.消遣，娱乐

　　Swimming Is myhvonte pastime.游泳是我最喜欢的一种娱乐。

　　specialized专门的

　　specialize one\'s studies使研究专门化

　　specialize in agriculture专攻农业

　　Artists

　　Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public.

　　Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has

　　not been said before.

　　What visual artists, like painters, want to say is easy to make out but

　　difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes

　　and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and

　　colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for

　　them and worth showing to us.

　　Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from

　　human bodies in motion and response; their choices indicate that these aspects of

　　the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary

　　artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting

　　pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely

　　without reference to the character of their subjects. (166 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　visual artist 视觉艺术家

　　selection n.选择，挑选

　　countless」adj.无数的，数不尽的

　　exceptional adj.例外的，异常的

　　a man of exceptional talent 具有特殊才能的人

　　exceptional weather 异常的气候

　　exceptional promotion破格提升

　　motion n.运动，动作

　　response n.响应，反应

　　call forth no response in sb. \'s breast在某人心中不起反应

　　in response to响应，反应

　　make no response不回答

　　indicate vt.显示，象征

　　contemporary adj.当代的，同时代的

　　without reference to不论，与……无关

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