Struggling to find extra staff, the manager of a bar in the Paris region recently asked her sister to drive for an hour to help out on a busy evening, during a televised football match.

为了招到更多的员工，最近巴黎地区一家酒吧的经理让她的姐姐在一个繁的晚上开车一个小时过来，时电视正在转播一场足球比赛。

First the bad news, concussion rates in football games have gone up.

首先坏消息明的是足球比赛中的脑震荡率上升了。

Will football games still be played in front of 80,000 screaming fans?

足球比赛还能在8万名粉丝的欢呼声中举办吗？

Now to most of us a football game sounds like this.

对我们大多数人来，足球比赛听起来是这样的。

Some international soccer games have been played in empty stadiums.

一些国际足球比赛在空无一人的体育场进行。

Settling in to watch some football has become an afternoon tradition celebrated in many homes.

一起安顿下来观看足球比赛已成为了许多家庭在下午庆祝感恩节的传统。

My brother Fred and I went to a football match yesterday.

昨天我和我瑞德去看足球比赛。

The weather has changed suddenly, and accordingly we must put off the football match.

天气突变，因此我们不得不推迟足球比赛。

" Well to kick off" , to kick off, it's like the football match, right, to begin, to " kick off" is just to begin, " well, to begin" or " to kick off" .

“Well to kick off”，就像足球比赛，对，开始，“kick off”就是开始，“well, to begin”或“to kick off”。

My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago.

我第一次足球比赛是几年前在日本的名古屋。

I heard this the other day while I was listening to the football.

前几天我听足球比赛的时候听到了这个表达。

At the end of the football game, the cheer leader's voice became harsh.

在足球比赛结束的时候，拉拉队长的声音变得刺耳。

Hi, Susie. Are you going to the soccer match with Ben and Alex?

嗨，苏西。你要和本还有阿莱克斯一起去看足球比赛吗？

Armchair quarterbacks comment on a football game from the comfort of their own chair.

扶手椅四分卫坐在自己舒适的椅子上评论足球比赛。

Okay. Nope, it's a replay of yesterday's soccer match between Brazil and Spain.

好啊，没有，现在在重播昨天巴西和西班牙的足球比赛。

Right. They're much more inclined to watch basketball or football instead of baseball.

没错。他们更喜欢看篮球或足球比赛，而不喜欢看棒球比赛。

Controversy took center stage and football risked becoming a sideshow.

争论占据了中心，人们认为足球比赛有可能成为一场助兴节目。

And in this case, the weather impacted the football match.

而在这种情况下，天气影响了足球比赛。

So, yeah, we all want to be watching the biggest football competition every summer, but you have to admit that having it once every 4 years is just perfect.

所以，是的，我们每个夏天都想看最盛大的足球比赛，但你必须承认，每四年看一次是最完美的。

I love watching football, reading about football, and, of course, playing football.

。我喜欢看足球比赛，阅读有关足球方面的书籍；然也踢足球。