Football and Soccer
来看两个人的对话，了解foodball和soccer的区别
人物有两个，一个用E代表，来自厄瓜多尔，一个用A表示，来自美国
E. My favorite sport is football. In my country, Ecuador, everyone likes football.
我最喜欢足球了，在我们厄瓜多尔，每个人都喜欢足球。
A. I think you mean soccer, don't you?
我想你说的是soccer,是吗？
E. In Ecuador we say football, but football means something different for you, doesn't it?
在厄瓜多尔我们叫football为足球，但是对你来时，football代表不同含义，对吗？
A. Yes.
E. What exactly is the difference between football and soccer?
football和soccer之间的差别在哪里呢？
A. Well, for one thing, the ball is different. A soccer ball is round. A football isn't. A football player can carry or throw the ball, but a soccer player can't.
是这样的，球不同，soccer球是圆的，而football不是。玩football的人可以把球拿着，还能扔出去，但玩soccer的就不行了。
E. A football team has the same number of players as a soccer team, doesn't it?
football队和soccer队有同样的人数，对吗？
A. Yes. They both have 11 players, but a football team really has 22 players. There are only 11 players on the field at one time.
对，他们都有11个队员，但football队其实有22个队员，只不过同时在场的只能有11个人。
E. There are other differences, aren't there?
还有其他差别，是吗？
A. Oh, yes. A soccer game lasts 90 minutes, but a football game doesn't. A football game lasts 60 minutes.
是的，一场Soccer比赛打90分钟，而football打60分钟。
E. I don't like football very much.
我一点也不喜欢football.
A. I don't either.
我也不喜欢。
E. I prefer soccer.
我喜欢soccer.
A. I do too.
我也是
E. That's strange. I thought all Americans love football.
好奇怪，我想所有的美国人都喜欢football
A. Maybe most do, but I don't.
也许大部分是，不过我不是。
那么说了这么半天，到底两者是什么区别呢？
Soccer和football其实都有足球的意思，只是它的使用人群略有不同。但是千万别搞混，小心被白眼，小心惹争执。
football粉色区域；而基本上足球英语单词叫soccer的就是美国，加拿大，澳大利亚这几块大地方（蓝色区域），而football在美国英语中表示美式橄榄球，也叫美式足球常写作American football。
橄榄球
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