這章一開(kāi)頭我花了好多時(shí)間象浑，因?yàn)閷?shí)在太多jargon，比如說(shuō)籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員偏偏說(shuō)hoopster，還有冰球運(yùn)動(dòng)員pucksters溉委。讀這一章讓我徹底懷疑自己英語(yǔ)水平，以至于讀了一個(gè)小時(shí)只讀了一兩頁(yè)而很沮喪爱榕。
PART ONE VOCABULARY
1.circuit,clout
As an addict of the sports pages in my boyhood, I learned about the circuit clout before I learned about the electrical circuit.
circuit:(in sport)a series of games or matches in which the same players regularly take part
clout:[uncountable]power and influence
political/financial clout
I knew his opinion carried a lot of clout with them.
2.southpaw,lanky
Southpaws were always lanky, portsiders always chunky,
southpaw: a person who prefers to use their left hand rather than their right, especially in a sport such as boxing
lanky:(of a person)having long thin arms and legs and moving in an awkward way
3.chunky
portsiders always chunky,
chunky: thick and heavy
4.snuffing out
snuffing out a rally and dimming his team’s hopes in the flag scramble.
snuff out： stop or destroy something completely?
5.rhapsodize
I could rhapsodize about the old pigskin—more passionately than any pig farmer—and describe the frenzied bleacherites caught up in the excitement of the autumn classic.
rhapsodize:to talk or write with great enthusiasm about something
6.frenzied
I could rhapsodize about the old pigskin—more passionately than any pig farmer—and describe the frenzied bleacherites caught up in the excitement of the autumn classic.
frenized：a state of great activity and strong emotion that is often violent or frightening and not under control
7.cupidity
he wrote, noting that the cupidity of team owners has a tendency to outrun the courage of the sport’s monitors.
cupidity：a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person need
8.misapprehension
What keeps most sportswriters from writing good English is the misapprehension that they shouldn’t be trying to.
misapprehension：a wrong idea about something, or something you believe to be true that is not true
9.solitary
Something in Updike made contact with something in Williams: two solitary craftsmen laboring in the glare of the crowd.
solitary：done alone; without other people
PART TWO THOUGHTS
Hang around the track and the stable, the stadium and the rink. Observe closely. Interview in depth. Listen to old-timers. Ponder the changes. Write well.比賽
親近觀察瓣喊，深入采訪、傾聽(tīng)黔酥、思考藻三，才能寫(xiě)出好的文章。
作者在文章說(shuō)些體育的文章最獨(dú)特在于humanity絮爷，說(shuō)人話(huà)趴酣。
錢(qián)在美國(guó)體育屆也同樣黑暗。運(yùn)動(dòng)員贏得一場(chǎng)高爾夫可以賺多少錢(qián)坑夯。巨額的錢(qián)同樣帶來(lái)很多情感上的麻煩岖寞。足球和籃球的工資高的讓人生氣。我想起國(guó)足柜蜈，恒大的球員一球可獲得幾百萬(wàn)加一套房子仗谆，不斷砸錢(qián)進(jìn)去希望這些球員能像以前一樣進(jìn)世界杯，因此花了巨額請(qǐng)來(lái)銀狐里皮淑履，還有很多外援隶垮，在中國(guó)踢足球一年夠他們以前好多年的工資。然而國(guó)足真大幅提高水平了么秘噪？
