June 21, 2006

Planet Football 全球足球熱

No matter where you look, football1 is all around you.
Athletes2 like David Beckham, Ronaldo, and Zidane are now household names.
But how did this sport come into existence?
There is scientific evidence that the Chinese military played a kicking game called Tsu'Chu during the Han Dynasty.
In these exercises, soldiers would try to kick a leather3 ball through an opening4 that was only 30-40 cm wide.
This game has now evolved into the most popular sport in the world.

This month, National Geographic Channel jumps on the World Cup bandwagon5 with Planet Football.
On one show, The History of Football, viewers are taken back to 2000 BC and then football history is traced up until the present time.
As the show progresses, it stops in England, where football was used as a substitute6 for war.
The show then journeys to Italy where the game is treated as art.
Finally, The History of Football makes it to the modern world, where football is a well-oiled7 marketing machine.

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