Шесть студентов и студенток из разных стран мира – что у них общего? Все они приехали в американский университет по обмену на один семестр. Они будут изучать английский язык, культуру США, будут специализироваться в своей области. Эта серия Ежедневных диалогов посвящена жизни студентов в течение семестра в американском вузе. Диалоги рассчитаны на владеющих английским языком на среднем или более высоком уровне.
Будущий журналист (Аджай) расспрашивает студентку (Люсию) о том, как она сыграла в женской футбольной команде, вышедшей в финал.
Ajay: Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed, Lucía.
Lucía: No problem! I’m honored that you chose me.
Ajay: Well, you were the MVP of the last soccer game. Your team is on quite a winning streak. How does that feel?
Lucía: It feels amazing! Now that we are contenders for the championship title, more fans are coming out to support us. I’m glad that a women’s sports team is getting recognized.
Ajay: Do you think the women’s sports teams don’t get as much support from the fans as the men’s teams?
Lucía: It seems like there are more fans at men’s games. Even at the professional level, women’s sports take a back seat to men’s sports.
Ajay: You and the entire soccer team definitely should be front and center. You’re nearly undefeated. Your next matchup is against the Number 1 team in the league. How are you going to prepare?
Lucía: My teammates and I work hard at every practice until then. I’m also going to recruit as many people to come to the game to support our team and show us that women’s sports teams are just as important as men’s teams!
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MVP means most valuable player; the person who was the most outstanding player in a sport during a specific game or season. [Самый ценный игрок.]
A winning streak is the number of games won in a row, or the length of time a team wins without interruption. [Непрерывная серия побед.]
Championship title is the status of being the winner in a series of matches or games in a sport. [Чемпионское звание.]
Fans are the people who like and support someone or something, such as a sports team, in a very enthusiastic way. [Болельщики.]
To get recognized means to receive special attention and notice, often in a public way. [Добиться признания.]
Take a back seat means to be given a less important position or role. [Отставать, уступать в популярности.]
Front and center is to be in the most important position. [Быть в авангарде.]
When a sports team is undefeated, it has not lost a game or match so far during the sports season. [Не знающий поражений.]
In sports, a matchup is a competition between two teams or people. [Соревнование, схватка.]
A league is a group of sports teams that play against one another. [Лига.]
To recruit means to find new people to join something. [Набирать, принимать в команду.]
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