One writer during the era of Renaissance once described football as: “nothing but beastly fury and extreme violence”. Today, violence is still associated with football. “Football hooligans”, supporters of rival teams, sometimes clashes before, during and after matches and occasionally run riot through the town.
Golf
The game of golf was invented by the Scottish and today avid [ˈ æ vɪd] 热心的 golfers around the world dream of playing on the famous and ancient golf course at St Andrews, not far from Edinburgh.
Tennis
A more gentle sport that is a sure sign that summer has arrived is the popular game of tennis. Tennis was invented in Britain and it owes its origins, literally, to the church.
Holidays
and Festivals in
Britain

Religious Holiday

1、Christmas and its traditions Christmas is the biggest and the most popular British holiday celebrated on December 25th each year to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. People usually decorate homes with evergreen plants, Christmas trees and ornaments. They also exchange gifts and Christmas cards. Three typical British traditions on Christmas are: the Christmas Pantomime[ˈp æ ntəˈma ɪm] 童话剧, the Queen’s speech over the TV and radio, and the Boxing Day. 圣诞节的次日,是日应送礼物给雇员
7. Hunting Hunting is a sport enjoyed by many wealthy and aristocratic families. But many animals rights groups find this an unacceptable and cruel recreation. So , people of extremist[ɪkˈstri:m ɪst] 偏激的人 animal rights groups, make efforts to prevent the hunt from proceeding by laying false trails to distract the dogs which track the quarry ]猎物 [ˈkw ɔ:ri:, ˈkw ɔri:] and by making noise.
British sports, festivals and holidays
Popular sports in Britain
There are many popular sports in Britain, such as: football, tennis, cricket(板球）, golf, horse racing, hunting, equestrianism[iˈkwestriənizəm] ( 马术比 赛), fishing. britainandamerica@ 250014

Christmas

Fishing

Fishing, sometimes called angling, 钓鱼, 钓鱼术is by a long chalk the most popular participation sport in the UK. It combines sport, the tranquility and beauty of being outdoors, and sometimes the joy of being able to eat the catch!


Equestrianism 马术
Equestrianism is a horse sport involves riding skills such as show jumping and carriage [ˈk æ rɪdʒ] )四轮马车; 车辆 driving, as well as speed. It is another horsy sport associated with the aristocracye of the first team sports in Britain to have organized rules and to be played according to the same rules nationally. Before the Victorian era, and in modern Britain, people from all walks of life play cricket, but in the 19th century, cricket became a sport associated with the upper class. It was a kind of “snob” （势利的）game played by boys who attended public schools. Cricket matches usually do not last just a few hours. They can go on for days.
The FA and the FA Cup

“FA” refers to the Football Association. the FA Cup 足协杯is the trophy[ˈtrofi]奖 杯，奖项title for a series of games played by major member teams of the Football Association. Over 20 million tickets are sold to FA games each season.
Wimbledon is a suburb in London .It is the place where the world’s best players gather to complete in the annual international tennis championship. It is one of the major events of the British sporting calendar and probably the most famous tennis event in the world. There are a lot of other social activities associated with “Wimbledon fortnight”.（两星期） （During the Wimbledon Fortnight, all top tennis players take part in the competition. It is normally held between the last week of

Football
There are legends that suggest that games like football and rugby actually derived from the “sport” of ancient warriors celebrating victory by kicking around the decapitated[dɪˈk æ pɪˈte ɪt] 杀头 head of an enemy. There is a similar tale about origins of bowling.: It’s said that in ancient times, Scottish warriors rolled the skulls 脑袋of their enemies along the grass for sport.
Every
year some horses (and riders too) can be injured in trying to negotiate a jump for example. Badly hurt horses are usually shot, and animal lovers find it unacceptable that animals should be hurt and killed just for our enjoyment. Now the Grand National courses is designed to be difficult enough to be exciting, but not so difficult as to cause serious injuries.