sports
Post on 14-Jan-2015
1.237 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
Sports in the USA
(But different from last week)
Baseball – Our National Pastime
• 50 Million “Little League” Players (15 million play soccer)
• 30 Major League teams each play 165 games a year
• Hundreds of baseball idioms in the English language
Rules
• 9 players on defense
• One batter• ‘Pitcher’ throws
ball to batter, tries to get a strike-out
History
• Professional sport since around 1900
• First Spanish player played in 1913, Al Cabrera, born in the Canary Islands
Latinos in the Major Leagues
• Over 30% of players are Latino
• Most popular sport in the Caribbean
• Teams have English/Spanish namesRoberto Clemente – Pittsburgh
Pirates
Baseball Names
Different Styles of Translation• Los Vigilantes de Texas• Los Yanquis de Nueva York• Los Azulejos de Toronto• Los Mets de Nueva York
Translate to Spanish• San Francisco Giants• Boston Red Sox• Detroit Tigers• Tampa Bay Rays• Toronto Blue Jays• Baltimore Orioles• Milwaukee Brewers• Seattle Mariners
Translate to English
• Los Nacionales de Washington• Los Marlines de Florida• Los Rojos de Cincinnati• Los Angelinos de Anaheim• Los Padres de San Diego• Los Reales de Kansas City• Los Bravos de Atlanta
Weird Ones
• Arizona Diamondbacks = Los Diamantes
• Minnesota Twins = Los Mellizos• Philadelphia Phillies = Los Filis• Los Angeles Dodgers = Los Doyers• Chicago Cubs = Los Cachorros
Baseball Idioms
• Play ball • Ballpark• Pinch-hit• Go to bat for someone• Raincheck• Homerun• Team player• Take a swing at it• Strike out
Baseball Idioms
• Base System for romantic encounters
Basketball
Basketball Idioms
• take a shot• Slam Dunk• Airball• Full-court press
Basketball Slang
• Shut Down• All Day• Make a Shot (Can, Cash, Nail,
Swish, Drain, Sink)• Posterize• Gun• On Fire, Hot, Heating Up, Fuego,
Caliente
African-American Sports History
African-American Sports History
African-American Sports History
Native American Sports History
• Lacrosse, similar in rules to Hockey, except uses sticks with nets
Lacrosse
• Played for parties, to resolve problems, to heal sick, or prepare for war in Native American societies
• Played on a field many miles wide (today field is 100 m)
Iroquois National Team
• Native American team, separate nation from the United States, with their own passports
• One of the best teams in the world• Do Native American dances before
their games• Passport wasn’t accepted by the EU
for the 2010 finals, caused a scandal
Iroquois National Team
Iroquois National Team
Wrestling – Real and Fake
Quidditch
Ultimate Frisbee
Cue ball, cue stick
pool
club
golf
saddle
Horseback Riding
Shuttlecock
badminton
jockey
Horseback riding
outfielder
Baseball
infielder
baseball
midfielder
soccer
Left-fielder
baseball
Point guard
basketball
goalie
soccer
center
Basketball, football
striker
soccer
Small forward
basketball
Right halfback
soccer
tailback
American football
safety
American football
linebacker
American football
sweeper
soccer
wideout
American football
ring
Boxing
rink
Ice hockey
love
tennis
ace
tennis
Cleats
Soccer, football
paddle
Ping-pong
gloves
boxing
Protective pads
Hockey, football, lacrosse
bat
baseball
puck
Ice hockey
racket
tennis
top related