Football On and Off the Field

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Sample passage

清晨五点，训练场的灯已经亮了。教练让我们重复同一个动作上百次，因为比赛常常在最后一分钟决定胜负。

Qingchen wu dian, xunlianchang de deng yijing liang le. Jiaolian rang women chongfu tong yi ge dongzuo shang bai ci, yinwei bisai changchang zai zuihou yi fenzhong jueding shengfu.

At five in the morning, the lights on the training field are already on. The coach makes us repeat the same move hundreds of times, because matches are often decided in the final minute.

Vocabulary highlights

• 训练场xunlianchangtraining ground
• 重复chongfuto repeat
• 比赛bisaimatch; competition
• 胜负shengfuwin or lose