America’s Big Game

美式足球超級杯America gets ready for its favorite television event – the Super Bowl 全美準備好迎接最受歡迎的電視盛事——超級杯by Chip Ewald

Tomorrow, millions will gather at parties to watch the Super Bowl - professional football's championship game. For years, football has ranked as America's most popular sport. Last year's Super Bowl was the most-watched show of any kind in U.S. history. What makes this annual television event so popular? Here are a few reasons:

The game
Football is fun to watch. Each team strives to score by running or passion the football to get it down the field. And, they must avoid getting tackled. So, players must display an amazing combination of elephant-like strength and cat-like agility.

The halftime show
After the game's first half, famous musicians give a brief but exciting musical performance. Past Super Bowl halftime shows have featured names like Aerosmith, U2 and Michael Jackson.

The commercials
Companies know that a large TV audience means huge opportunities to advertise. Therefore, companies broadcast their newest and most entertaining commercials during the Super Bowl. Even if you're not a real football fan, Super Bowl Sunday is still an exciting day!

More Information:
Because the Super bowl is one of the most watched television events of the year, commercial time costs big money. Last year, the average price for a 30 second commercial was between 2.5 and 2.8 million dollars. Because of the global economic problems, those prices were actually lower than the 2009 prices, which averaged 3 million dollars per commercial in other words, a cost of 100,000 dollars for every second!

Grammar Tips:
Each team strives to score by running or passing the football to get it down the field.
part 1: subject : Each team strives to score
part 2: how : by running or passing the football
part 3: lead to what: to get it down the field.
Scientists are testing a drug by giving it to rats to see if it can fight tumors or not.
The celebrity wants to help by sending food and medical supplies to support the refugee camps.

Vocabulary Tips:
tackle-美式足球以擒抱，並摔倒對方以達到阻擊效果。force them to get down to the ground.
* The receiver was tackled by number 32 of the opposing team. 對手的隊。
tackle-抓住
*The police officer tackled the robber in an alley. 在巷子裏抓住了小偷。
agility-ability to move quickly and change position or direction very fast. 靈活，敏捷
agile -靈活的。
* The taxi driver maneuvers his car with agility on the streets jammed with traffic.靈活 （敏捷的）操縱他的車。。。
* The boy showed great mental agility at a young age. 展現他靈活的思想（頭腦）
agile-靈活的。
*Leopards are agile hunters. 美洲豹是靈活敏捷的狩獵者。
commercial -電視上的廣告。
*The commercial for this cereal was so successful that it boosted sales almost 20%. 穀片
advertisement -平面廣告或宣傳。advertise (v) -做宣傳，做廣告。
*An advertisement on the front page costs a lot of money.
halftime- the time between the first half and second half.
rank -position in the list
strive- trying very hard with afford.

Chat Room
the Super Bowl -美式足球縂冠軍賽，超級杯冠軍賽。
spectator sport-吸引大量觀衆的運動。有旁觀者的運動。
spectator-旁觀者，觀賞的民衆，觀衆。
participant sports -自己參與，沒有旁觀者的運動。
participant-參與者。
Life is not a spectator sport.- 人生並非是一個觀賞性的運動，不參與生命中任何的活動， 只是扮演一個旁觀者，簡直是在浪費生命。