第三期 2006年6月真题 文章(5/6)-英语听力

[00:00:00]Passage Three
文三 [00:02.14]One winter day in 1891, a class at a training school in Massachusetts, USA, went into the gym for their daily exercises.1891
年冬季的某天，在美国马萨诸塞州的一个培训学校的课堂上，进行他们日常的体育训练 [00:13.15]Since the football season had ended, most of the young man felt they were in for a boring time.
自从足球运动季结束后，大部分人都觉得特别无聊 [00:19.27]But their teacher, James Nasmyth had other ideas.
他们的老师内史密斯.詹姆斯有了其他想法 [00:23.58]He had been working for a long time on a new game that would have the excitement of American football.
他已经为这场会令人兴奋的美式足球做了很长的准备 [00:30.91]Nasmyth showed the men a basket he had hung at each end of the gym, and explained that they were going to use a round European football.
内史密斯在结束训练后向学生们展示了挂在体育馆的篮子，并且解释了他们将进行一场弧形的欧洲足球 [00:42.21]At first, everybody tried to throw the ball into the basket no matter where he was standing.
刚开始，每个人都只是随便站着，尝试将球投入篮筐里 [00:48.00]"Pass! Pass!" Nasmyth kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excited players.“
传球，传球”内史密斯吼着，吹着口哨想让他们安静下来 [00:55.58]Slowly, they began to understand what was wanted of them.
慢慢地，他们开始理解了老师的意思 [01:00.60]The problem with the new game, which was soon called “basketball”, was getting the ball out of the basket.
这项球从篮子里出来的新的游戏，后来被叫做篮球 [01:09.03]They used ordinary food baskets with bottoms and the ball, of course, stayed inside.
他们把球放在平常用来装食物的有底部的篮子里 [01:15.60]At first, someone had to climb up every time a basket was scored.
刚开始是以每次能到达篮子的高度为计分原则 [01:20.95]It was several years before someone came up with the idea of removing the bottom of the basket and letting the ball fall through.
几年后，有人有了移除篮筐底部让球通过的想法。 [01:31.35]There have been many changes in the rules since then, and basketball has become one of the world's most popular sports.
从那以后，规则也发生了许多变化，篮球也已经成为世界上最受欢迎的运动之一。