來自歐洲的交換生，喜歡認識來自世界各地的朋友。具語言天份，不但是英語閱讀大使，也懂得廣東話。喜歡閱讀英文書，尤其是小說。
Soccer or Football?
最後更新： 11/10/2022
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‘I like football.’
Hong Kong people associate ‘football’ with affiliation football, while the Americans refer it to rugby football because they call affiliation football ‘soccer’. Even though the word ‘soccer’ is mainly used in the United States, it is surprising that this word is invented by the British people. In late 80s, the British began calling affiliation football ‘assoc’ or ‘socca’ in order to differentiate these two sports. Use of the abbreviation lasted till 1980s and has been adopted by the American people ever since. Thus, ‘football’ only refers to Rugby in the US nowadays.
When you visit the US or talk to an American next time, bear in mind that ‘soccer’ is football, while ‘football’ is Rugby.
Challenge!
Find the 7 differences between these two pictures.
Cool Words
to connect someone or something in your mind with someone or something else
a connection with a political party or religion, or with a larger organization
to design and/or create something that has never been made before
to show or find the difference between things that are compared
to accept or start to use something new
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