But soccer, as we saw in Cairo, can also be a destructive force that entrenches prejudice.
正如我们在开罗所看到的，足球也会带来加深偏见的破坏力。
Americans aren't nearly as fanatical as many Britons are. But soccer is gaining traction in the U.S..
美国人对足球不像英国人那么狂热，不过，足球在美国的影响力也在日益增长。
But soccer as the most popular sport around the world, meets the awkward situation in the United States.
但足球是世界上最流行的体育运动，却在美国遭遇了尴尬的局面。
But soccer fans mocked the fact that England was being dumped by Europe twice in one week - in the process, losing both its prime minister and national soccer team manager.
球迷们嘲讽英格兰在一周内被欧洲“抛弃”了两次——这期间英国失去了首相，而英格兰足球队失去了主帅。
In the past, they were afraid of showing themselves in public, but now through soccer, they have become outgoing, active and brave.
过去，他们害怕在公众面前展示自己，但现在通过踢足球，他们变得外向、积极和勇敢。
They couldn't afford a real soccer ball, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks and plastic tape.
他们买不起真正的足球，但迈克用旧袜子和塑料带做了一个球。
Soccer and baseball have more fans, but no other sport has increased in popularity so quickly over the past 30 years than has basketball.
虽然足球和棒球拥有较多的球迷，但过去30年来，没有其它一项运动比得上篮球风行得这么快。
But think twice before you say or do anything rash-in the following, "incidents" of a general and a soccer player may remind you just when to shut your mouth.
但在发表武断言论或做出鲁莽行为之前，请你三思！在下文中，一位将军和一名足球运动员的遭遇将提醒你，不要忘了适时保持沉默。
But like some of the campers, Diop ventured into basketball only after he grew too tall for soccer.
不过与有些营员类似，迪奥普是在他个头长得太高不适合踢足球之后才转投篮球的。
Maybe your classmates think of you as a soccer star, but online you indulge your passion for chess and environmentalism.
也许你的同学认为你就像个足球明星，但在网上你却沉溺于国际象棋和环保事业。
Maybe your classmates think of you as a soccer star, but online you indulge your passion for chess and environmentalism.
也许你的同学认为你是个当足球明星的料，但在网上你却沉溺于国际象棋和环保事业。
It's all very well helping the disadvantaged, but allowing people to play Pro Evolution Soccer without getting blisters on their thumbs?
帮助残疾弱势人士诚然都很好，但让人们尽情玩《实况足球》游戏而拇指不必起水泡？
But in soccer "diving" -falling to the ground to create the appearance of a foul-is endemic.
但是在足球中，“跳水”——主动倒地以制造出犯规的假象——却泛滥成灾。
Soccer is often considered the world's game, but that doesn't mean the whole world is very good at it.
虽然足球经常被视为世界性体育项目，但这并不意味着全世界的人都非常擅长踢足球。
In 2003, she was offered a contract by a top Italian men's soccer club but turned it down, considering it a publicity stunt.
2003年，意大利的一家男子足球俱乐部欲与她签约，但被她拒绝了，她认为他们这么做完全是在作秀。
Hiddink recently told the Observer of London that Park "does the dirty work for the bigger stars," but the cultural adjustment to European soccer in 2002 was unnerving.
希丁克最近对伦敦的观察家说朴智星“对于较大的球星来说，他做着苦差事，”但是在2002年就调整到欧洲足球文化使他失去了信心。
Have you ever wished you could attend a soccer game but it was too far away? Or maybe the tickets were too expensive?
你是否曾经希望可以亲临现场观赏足球比赛，却苦于距离太远，或者门票太贵了？
Later, when I wrote about soccer in Italy and spent time with the players, they not only confirmed my impressions but expressed doubt that things could ever be otherwise.
后来当我在意大利撰写足球专栏并和球员们接触之后，他们不光证实了我先前对比赛的印象，同时对这一局面心安理得。
So you might say that soccer is successful the world over, but a little less so in Ulan Bator.
所以你可能会说，足球已经成功地成为世界性体育项目，不过在乌兰巴托的成功度略低些。
I don't know anything about table tennis, but when my former soccer coach stopped by to recruit me for a local club, I agreed to join.
我对兵乓球一窍不通，可当我的前足球队教练在路上拦住我要我参加当地俱乐部的时候，我答应了。
"Kids in this country may grow up playing soccer, but most seem to stop playing it fairly early in life because they lose interest," Deford says.
孩子们也许是踢着足球长大的，但大多数似乎很早就丧失了兴趣而放弃踢球。
The world changes - Germany gets credit for West Germany's Cups in soccer history - but the World Cup is remarkably stable.
世界在改变，德国就继承了前西德在足球史上获得的世界杯冠军荣誉，但能赢得世界杯的国家却往往总是那几个。
Your child is exhausted from after-school soccer, ballet and Chinese lessons, but you won’t let her drop the piano lessons.
你的孩子从足球培训班或是芭蕾，中文班回来已是筋疲力尽，你却还让他练习钢琴。
I watch TV or listen in to the radio, not only for news but mainly for ball games, soccer in particular.
看电视、听广播，除新闻之外，主要是看球，特别是足球。
I watch TV or listen in to the radio, not only for news but mainly for ball games, soccer in particular.
看电视、听广播，除新闻之外，主要是看球，特别是足球。
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