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IndexIntroduction ..........................................................7American Football ................................................8Archery ...............................................................12Athletics ..............................................................16Auto Racing ........................................................20Badminton ..........................................................24Baseball ..............................................................30Basketball ...........................................................34Bobsleigh ............................................................40Boxing .................................................................44Cricket ................................................................48Curling ................................................................52Cycling ................................................................56Distance Running ...............................................62Diving ..................................................................66Fencing ...............................................................70Field Hockey .......................................................74Figure Skating ....................................................80Football ...............................................................84Gaelic Football ...................................................90Golf ......................................................................94

Gymnastics .........................................................98Handball ............................................................102Horse Racing ....................................................106Hurling ..............................................................110Ice Hockey ........................................................114Judo ..................................................................118Lacrosse ...........................................................122Motorcycle Racing ...........................................126Netball ...............................................................130Polo ...................................................................134Rowing ..............................................................138Rugby Union .....................................................144Skiing & Snowboarding ...................................150Snooker ............................................................154Swimming .........................................................158Taekwondo .......................................................164Tennis ................................................................168Volleyball ...........................................................172Water Polo ........................................................176Weightlifting .....................................................180Index of Phrasal Verbs .....................................184

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Introduction

7VAUGHAN SYSTEMS

El tema de los deportes y los hobbies es uno de los primeros que aprendemos cuando estudiamos un segundo idioma pero, tras aprender el nombre del deporte, rara vez nos adentramos en la actividad en sí. Soy jugadora de rugby y una gran aficionada de este deporte; cuando empecé a jugar en España me encontré con tanta terminología específica sobre el rugby, que pensé: “seguro que esto pasa con todos los deportes”.

Así que escribí este libro, no sólo para enseñar inglés a través de 40 deportes diferentes sino para enseñar diferentes deportes a través del inglés. En English for Sport! aprenderás una gran cantidad de vocabulario transferible de un deporte a otro, y que también se usa en el inglés general del día a día. En la sección You Cannot be Serious! (el famoso grito que el tenista John McKenroe soltaba cuando no se podía creer la decisión del árbitro) aprenderás datos de interés sobre cada deporte. Además, a lo largo del libro, te ayudo a asimilar 120 phrasal verbs (traducidos y puestos en contexto) que aparecerán con este símbolo:

También aprenderás expresiones inspiradas por el deporte y muchísimos consejos sobre la pronunciación inglesa, y encontrarás explicaciones gramaticales en la parte Perfect your Technique!, lo cual te ayudará a evitar errores comunes.

Al final de cada capítulo te podrás poner a prueba en la sección Test Yourself!.

Podrás practicar tu comprensión auditiva escuchando el diálogo que aparece en cada deporte. Aquí encontrarás interesantes entrevistas con deportistas de élite y famosos que practican estos deportes, como el presidente José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Ruth Beitia, Jorge Martín, Íñigo Idiakez, Kate Mills, Beatriz Corrales, Sophie Hosking, Simon Mantell o Carlos Castaño.

Mientras escribía English for Sport! descubrí que realmente hay un deporte para cada persona. Hay deportes con tantas posiciones de juego diferentes que acogen a practicantes con cualquier tipo de forma física; se dice que algunos deportes son solamente “para ricos”; otros no requieren ningún tipo de material excepto unas zapatillas deportivas y ¡hay deportes donde la inteligencia importa más que los músculos!

Así que te animo a leer este libro para que aprendas algo nuevo – ya sea del inglés o del deporte – y realmente espero que te motive a probar un nuevo deporte hoy mismo.

MARY STABB

mo a leer este aprendas algo

ea del inglés o del almente espero a probar un

e hoy mismo.

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knee pads rodilleras

aim objetivo

yards yardas

down intento

to clash chocar, colisionar

it’s no wonder no me extraña

American football is a sport played primarily in the USA and there are eleven people on each team. The only equipment needed is a ball and a helmet, as well as shoulder, hip, thigh and knee pads for each player. Most people know that the main aim is to score a “touchdown” – when a player crosses the opponents’ goal line with the ball in their possession (worth six points). But did you know that the game starts with one team kicking the ball to the other team? The offensive team must try to gain ten yards in four downs - in the fourth down they can kick, and that’s called a punt.

American football is, without a doubt, an aggressive contact sport with the linemen (one centre, two guards, two tackles) clashing with the defence to stop them reaching the ball carrier. Although, with all that contact it’s no wonder they need so many breaks; in fact, during a typical NFL game the ball is only in play for eleven minutes!

The NFL (National Football League) is the

biggest and most important league in the

world, so it’s shocking to hear that 78% of

NFL players are bankrupt a mere two years

after the end of their football careers.

American Football

VAUGHAN SYSTEMS

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We all know that Robin Hood was an expert at archery, but do you know anything else about the sport? It is actually the oldest sport in the world – yes, it’s in the Guinness Book of Records!

There are, of course, two vital pieces of equipment: the bow and the arrow. We can trace the bow and arrow back to the Paleolithic era, about 10,000–9,000 BC, when the arrows were made from pine with a flint point and were principally used in hunting and combat. During the fourteenth century, the longbow was considered the English army’s most important weapon.

The modern sport of target archery, undoubtedly originating in England, is practised all year round with either a longbow or a recurve bow. Competitors shoot arrows at a target, aiming to get them as close to the centre as possible. It is played indoors in winter, with a target 18 metres away, and outdoors throughout the rest of the year, at a distance of 20 to 70 metres from the target depending on the age of the competitor and type of equipment.

Archery was first included as an Olympic sport in 1900, when pigeons were used as targets. However, it was discontinued in 1924 and was then reintroduced in 1972. There are currently four archery events in the Olympics: individual events for men and women, and team events for men and women.

«Look, if Robin Hood

could shoot hawks

out of the air with a

longbow, I’m sure you

can hit that little yellow

circle that’s not even

moving.»

ANON

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to trace rastrear el origen de

flint pedernal

hunting caza

longbow arco largo

pigeons palomas

Archery

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English for Sport! • Archery

13VAUGHAN SYSTEMS

put your back into it

dale caña

Keep it under your hat.

Guarda el secreto.

another string to your bow

otra habilidad (además de todas

las que ya tienes)

BRING IT

ON!

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THE WARM UP

bow – arco

arrow – flecha

archer, bowman – arquero

to propel – propulsar, impulsar

to shoot, to fire – tirar, disparar

to pull back – tensar (la cuerda)

“Use three fingers to pull back the

string.”

string – cuerda

target – blanco

bull’s-eye – diana

body alignment – alineación

to take aim – apuntar

to let go (of) – soltar

“He let go of the string and the arrow shot

into the air.”

to grip – empuñar

to stretch, to tauten (string) – tensar

shaft (of arrow) – astil

recurve bow – arco recurvo

arm guard (equipment) – brazales (una

cubierta protectora para la muñeca o el

brazo)

to go through – atravesar

“They say Robin Hood shot an arrow

which went through his opponent’s arrow!”

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!

Did you know…

…that if an arrow hits right on the line between two scoring circles, the archer is given the higher of the two scores?

…that “toxophily” is another word for archery and a “toxophilite” is an archer?

…that archery is the national sport of the Kingdom of Bhutan? In fact, the only Olympians that the country has ever had have been archers.

PERFECT YOUR TECHNIQUE

En las pruebas individuales, cada competidor tiene doce flechas para sumar todos los puntos que pueda. Compiten 64 arqueros, cada uno tira seis rondas de dos flechas, y se van eliminando hasta llegar a los cuartos de final, cuando los atletas tiran cuatro rondas de tres flechas cada uno, alternándose con el resto de contrincantes.

Recurve bowLongbow

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