足球少女梦

吴嘉达

回首往事是一件很美妙的事。这让你得以——以批判性的眼光——看看是什么引领你走到现在，你是如何变成现在的你的，而且还有机会看看社会发生了何种变化，有了何种改善。

1. rugby /rɡbi/ n. 橄榄球运动

2. investment /nvestmnt/ n. 投资

3. stats /stts/ n. 统计数字

I had grown up in a footballloving family; my dad had played until injury forced him out. My older sister Stevie trained with Crewe Alexandra Girls for a year or two as a left back just like our hero Jamie Carragher.

I remember the exact moment I told my dad I was interested in doing what my big sister did. I was watching the game with him in the living room as a preteen and it just came out， “It makes me sad that I cant be a footballer.” He asked why not， and I answered， “Because Im not a boy.”

He immediately responded by telling me that womens football was “great” and that I could play if I wanted to. “Yeah， I suppose，” I responded， “but no one watches womens football.” Looking back I can see exactly why I felt like that.

At school， there was an unwritten rule that sports like hockey and netball were “girl” sports and rugby and football were for the boys. Id never seen a womens football match on TV; the only female athletes Id heard of were in the Olympics.

Today， the Lionesses will take on Scotland in the World Cup. But although womens football has turned out to be one of FIFAs best investments， the majority of female players in top tiers are earning under what anyone would consider a fair wage.

On Twitter youll find that the most popular defence of those figures argues that theres less money in the female side of the game because viewing stats are lower than those from the male footballers， but the truth is that investment is needed for female football to become more visible and become an equally respected game.

Today， Ill be cheering on the Lionesses， and “Its coming home” will mean more this time around， because itll mean talented， skilful female footballers being broadcast into millions of homes and maybe， just maybe， a little girl believing that she too can be a Lioness one day.

1. What do we know about Jamie Carragher？

A. He is the authors teacher.

B. He is the authors sisters teacher.

C. He is an excellent footballer.

D. Hes on the Crewe Alexandra Girls.

2. What does the author think of womens football？

A. Its great.

B. It lacks much attention.

C. It appeals only to boys.

D. It has a lot of terrible rules.

3. Whats the unwritten rule at school？

A. Boys should play hockey and netball.

B. Boys should play football and netball.

C. Girls should play rugby and netball.

D. Girls should play hockey and netball.

4. What should people mainly do if they want to make female football more known？

A. Increase investment.

B. Hold more matches.

C. Employ more skilful female footballers.

D. Broadcast womens football match on TV every day.

Difficult sentence

On Twitter youll find that the most popular defence of those figures argues that theres less money in the female side of the game because viewing stats are lower than those from the male footballers， but the truth is that investment is needed for female football to become more visible and become an equally respected game.

【翻譯】

【点石成金】本句为一个并列复合句，but连接两个并列句，第一个that和第二个that分别引导宾语从句，第三个that引导表语从句，because引导原因状语从句。