ContentsActiveReading11.What’syourfirstimpressionofAmericanfootballgame?2.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenAmericanfootballandsoccer?3.Watchthevideoclipanddiscussthecrueltyandwildnessofsports.WarmingUpAmericanfootballisaballgamewithcomplexrulesandintricatestrategies,playedinanumberofcountriesbutmainlyintheUS.Eachteamhas11playersonthefieldatatime(outof46inawholeteamwhoaredividedintooffence,defenceandspecializedteams)andeachplayerhasaspecializedroleortaskforeachspecificplay.Playerscarrytheegg-shapedballandpassorhanditbackwardstoothers(a“runningplay”)orthrowitforwardstoteam-mates(a“passingplay”).Opposingplayersmay“tackle”aplayerrunningwithball(bypushing,graspingorpulling)orblockotherplayers.WarmingUpPlaysusuallybeginwitha“scrimmage”inwhichplayersonthefieldtakeupparticularformationsforoffenceanddefenceandconsistofaseriesof“downs”(rapidburstsofplayinwhichtheoffenceattemptstoadvancetheballtowardstheiropponents’endzone),outsideofwhichtheballis“dead”(outofplay).Themainpointsarescoredbya6-point“touchdown”(whentheballistakentotheopponents’endzone),a3-point“fieldgoal”(whentheballiskickedthroughtheopponents’goalposts),ora2-point“safety”(bytacklinganopposingballcarrierintheirownendzone).WarmingUpPlayersneedstrength,speed,techniqueandhighcollaborationandunderstandingofteamworkindifferentplays.Becausethegamestopsafterevery“down”,teamshavemanyopportunitiestochangethe“plays”,choosingdifferentonesfromawiderepertoirewithdifferentstrategies(saferormorerisky,disguisedordeceptive,easyormorecomplexones),whichmakesAmericanfootballlikeawargame.Soccerisawordforthegameoffootball.ThewordsoccerisusedsothatitisnotconfusedwithAmericanfootball.WarmingUpTextBlowingthewhistleonsoccerDiscussthequestionsGotothetextText1Workinpairsanddiscussthequestions.2Lookatthetitleandthefirsttwoparagraphsofthepassageandanswerthequestions.Text1Workinpairsanddiscussthequestions.1WhatarethemostpopularsportsinChina?2DoyouthinkforeignerscanunderstandChinesesportssuchast’aichiandkungfu?3Doyouunde...