[00:07.37]Comparing cultures

[00:09.71]Listen to a person talking about sports

[00:11.96]in the USA and Britain and answer the questions

[00:16.27]American football is one of the most popular

[00:18.95]sports in the United States.

[00:21.50]It's very physical game

[00:23.45]and the players wear helmets

[00:25.49]and special protective clothes.

[00:28.54]Baseball is a popular summer sport

[00:30.64]and there are two major leagues.

[00:33.96]Basketball is the third most popular sport;

[00:37.21]and top basketball players can earn millions

[00:39.76]of dollars.

[00:41.51]Football, or soccer,

[00:43.53]is only a minority sport in the USA,

[00:46.59]though the national team has qualified

[00:48.71]for World Cups recently.

[00:51.93]In Britain the most popular sport in winter

[00:54.73]is definitely football

[00:56.55]and some clubs like Manchester United

[00:58.90]are famous all over the world.

[01:02.03]Rugby is another popular winter sport,.

[01:05.00]Like American football,

[01:06.65]it is very physical and can be quite dangerous

[01:09.61]but the players don't wear

[01:10.81]any protective clothing.

[01:13.12]In the summer, cricket is the main sport.

[01:16.91]Very few countries outside Britain play it

[01:20.25]only old colonies like India,

[01:22.32]Pakistan, the Caribbean, Australia

[01:25.00]and New Zealand.

[01:26.56]Cricket is a very complicated game

[01:28.91]it's very slow, and games can take up

[01:31.64]to five days.

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