Soccer scores exhibit at National Geographic
[ 2006-06-14 09:20 ]
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To celebrate the popularity of football, or
soccer as it is called in the United States, and to coincide with the
World Cup, the National Geographic Museum in Washington D.C. organized an
exhibit of pictures of people of all ages and cultures, playing soccer.
This report is narrated by Carolyn Weaver.
There are images we
have all seen around the world. What makes the particular 52 pictures
different is that they were taken by some of
the best photographers in the world, says Susan Norton, director of the
National Geographic Museum.
"We know that on the news every night and on the sports channels
you will be seeing professional soccer. But because soccer is everywhere,
we wanted to show people playing soccer everywhere, normal people like you
and me, even animals in the exhibition playing soccer," she told
us.
The animal pictures are among the favorites in the exhibition,
which runs through the end of October. They include a cheetah, a dolphin and an elephant, playing with a
soccer ball. And they were one of the reasons the exhibit is called
"Soccer: planet at play."
"Also we have a mini stadium set up so
that you can actually view some World Cup footage from the past",said Ms. Norton, "but as of
today at 11:55 we'll be showing live soccer from the World Cup."
The exhibit is a celebration of the joy and the passion for the most
popular sport on the planet, one that does not know racial, cultural or
age differences.
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Vocabulary:
cheetah : 印度豹
footage : 連續(xù)鏡頭
（來(lái)源：VOA
英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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