Lesson 30
            Football or polo?
              足球还是水球？
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★polo  n. 水球

★Wayle  n. 威尔（河名）

★cut  v. 穿过
cut oneself
cut one's hair
cut(down) the tree
cut the head off
cut of electricity
cut sth.into pieces
cut across：直着穿过
cut a corner：走捷径

★row  v. 划（船）
go boating 去划船

★kick  v. 踢
kickback：回扣，佣金
kick upstairs：明升暗降

★towards  prep. 朝，向

★nearly  adv. 几乎

★sight  n. 眼界，视域
catch sight of 看见
out of sight：在视线之外
in sight：在视线之内
Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦
long sighted /short sighted 目光长远，远视眼/目光短浅，近视

    First listen and then answer the question.
    听录音，然后回答以下问题。
    What happened to the man in the boat?
 
    The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.