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Learning English Podcast - February 08, 2025

2025/2/8
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Mario Ritter, Jr.: 超级碗是美国职业橄榄球的年度冠军赛,由国家橄榄球联盟(NFL)的两个联盟冠军队伍对决。NFL由32支主要位于美国大城市的球队组成。最初的职业联盟于1920年在俄亥俄州坎顿成立,最初名为美国职业橄榄球协会,两年后更名为国家橄榄球联盟。1960年,德克萨斯商人拉马尔·亨特推动成立了美国橄榄球联盟(AFL)。两个联盟为了争夺顶尖大学球员而相互竞争。1965年,NFL球员开始谈判加入竞争联盟。因此,两个联盟的官员决定合作,达成了设立两个联盟之间的冠军赛的协议。这场比赛最初被称为AFL-NFL世界冠军赛,后来被称为超级碗。第一届超级碗于1967年在洛杉矶举行,绿湾包装工队击败了堪萨斯城酋长队。但最初的比赛并不吸引人,体育中心的座位空空荡荡。1969年,两个联盟的官员决定创建一个新的国家橄榄球联盟,将球队分为两个竞争联盟:美国联盟(AFC)和国家联盟(NFC)。现在,超级碗已成为一项主要的体育赛事,每年吸引数万人在现场观看,数百万人在世界各地观看。

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This chapter covers the upcoming Super Bowl 59, including its history, the competing teams (Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles), and their prior successes in the championship game. It also touches upon the evolution of the NFL.
  • Super Bowl is the championship game of professional American football.
  • The first Super Bowl was played in 1967.
  • Super Bowl 59 will be held at the Superdome in New Orleans.
  • The Kansas City Chiefs have a chance to win a third Super Bowl in a row.

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On today’s podcast, find out about this year’s Super Bowl and the game’s history; learn all about intransitive verb structures common in academic writing; how to use ‘regard’ and ‘regardless;’ then, part two of 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.