After weather, sport is the most frequent topic that people talk about in the social events. Talking about weather is mostly for ice-breaking, and the lines are always lame (”Beautiful day, isn’t it?”, “Sure it is. I hope it will rain a bit.”)
Talking about sport, however, is a lot more fun, especially on the sport that you are passionate about. But it’s hardly a breeze for non-native speakers to talk about sport. The game rule nuances and slang make the sport English sound like a whole new language by itself.
ESPN is a great place to get you up to the speed. Its website offers many fresh video clips on the major sport events and stars. Watch often and you will be able to talk about sport with ease. (Warning for the side effect: you might talk faster and louder than you used to be, too)
August 31, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Please help me understand why the two men calling the Lou./Ky game are talking about something totally unrelated to the game and miss talling the viewers about a penalty while they are yakking. This is a problem that I have with the callers in football and basketball. I don’t want to hear the history or whatever about anyone. I want to see and hear about the game. Maybe halftime and something reallyyyyyy big during timeout.Please stay with the game.