足球明明是“football”，为啥美国人偏叫它 soccer?

两个国家，隔着大西洋，拿着同一套字母表，打了快一百年的嘴仗。 但如果你翻开历史，会发现一个所有人都没想到的真相：soccer，不是美国人的发明——它是正儿八经的英国货。 先说一个认知陷阱。 我们学英语的时候，老师会教：foot 是脚，ball ...
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Feature: Indonesia's amputees find hope in football community

JAKARTA, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Balancing on one leg with forearm crutches, Indonesian amputee football players moved swiftly across a pitch in Jakarta, chasing down passes before firing powerful shots in ...
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TA：叫soccer或football都行，享受最重要

“football”出现得更早。常见解释是，一项用脚踢球的运动自然就成了 football。另一种解释可以追溯到中世纪：按照一些词源说法，“football”指的是人在地面上步行参与的运动，而不是骑在马上进行的运动。
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Feature: Chinese doctors and Zanzibar football veterans bridge cultures on the field

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, July 6 (Xinhua) -- On Sunday, as the late afternoon sun cast long shadows across a dusty football field on Zanzibar's Unguja Island, laughter, cheers and the rhythmic thud of a bal ...