In the article "Planet Football", the author said that football or soccer in the U.S emerged in 2.500 B.C at China, but until 1840s, England's Football Association had established the rules. In the 6 continents, Europe has the largest number of soccer players, some major clubs are owned by foreign businessmen. In two recent decades, soccer is very popular in Asia, especially in Japan, South Korea, China, and Middle East. Soccer makes people more friendly, and it helps to promote peace. Although soccer is not popular than others sports in Australia, now it is developing and result is Australia was one of the 32 teams appearance at the World Cup in 2006. In Africa, they always have a number of talented players and they have been developing this sport few years recent. Among the teams, Brazil is the most famous team in the world and South America have lots of countries which have good background like Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, etc. Although men's soccer in North America is not developed as South America's, women's soccer in here is the most developed area in the world. Soccer increasingly connects people around the world and it is always the king of sports.
After reading this article, I think it is very exciting because soccer is my favorite sport. Through the article, i know clearly about the history and the popularity of soccer around the world. Besides, I know new information about woman's soccer. Now i know that Mia Hamm is a very famous player of woman's soccer. It's so great to improve my knowledge.
Things I learned about English through reading:
_ Different between "immigrant" and "emigrant".
_ The meaning of words "prominent" and "prospect".
_ Name of a sport: table football or foosball.
_ Word combinations: hand-eye coordination
List of funny pictures about soccer:
Habits of the professional soccer player
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soccer is my favorite sport Tom, and after reading your blog, i really got new information from it.
ReplyDeleteby the way, i loved the pictures.
I'm really surprising because the US don't care about soccer. Maybe if she take the world cup, she will pay more attention about it. By the way, your pictures are so cute. ^_^
ReplyDeleteHi Tom, good writing. Can you make a new blog for your reading class? That way each post can be specific for your class? Thanks. You will create a new name.blogspot.com. You can use the same gmail and password to sign in.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you . Women's soccer in US is the most developed area in the world but men's not.. I hope US many people enjoying later, too.
ReplyDeleteSoccer is also one of my favorite sports, and I learned a lot about it from reading the article, too. I never realized that it wasn't very popular in Australia.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and nice pictures!