英语听力精选进阶版 7941

（单词翻译）

This week’s question comes from Hui Yao, who wants to know how to say 加油 in English.

Whether you like football, basketball or athletics¹, if you are a sports fan you will want to cheer on your team.

In Chinese, 加油 is the all-purpose chant which you can use for all sports.

But what is the best chant in English?

Of course you can’t translate 加油 literally² into English as it would sound very strange to shout ‘add oil’ at a football match in Britain.

Actually there are a lot of different things you can chant to encourage your team.

Have a look at the list below:

Come on

Go for it

We normally use these phrases to encourage a team that is losing, or maybe when a team is just about to score.

Don’t give up

Keep going

These are both used to encourage a team or player that is losing energy.

Go, go, go!

This is also to encourage people, but is more used for individual athletes, especially racing³ events, than for team sports.

Glossary 词汇

athletics

田径

sports fan

运动迷

cheer on

为…鼓气

all-purpose

通用的

a chant

有节奏的反复叫喊

encourage