如何用英语谈论运动HowtoTalkAboutSportsinEnglish(7)

怎么样？接下来的问题：和团队运动相反的是什么？
There"s the answer: individual sports. Can you name five different individual sports in English?
答案是：个人运动。你能用英语说五个不同的个人运动吗？
Maybe you said things like tennis, badminton, swimming, boxing, running or gymnastics. Of course, some of these can be team sports as well, like tennis or badminton.
你可能会说：网球、羽毛球、游泳、拳击、跑步或者是体操。当然了，这里面有些可以是团队运动，比如说网球或者是羽毛球。
With individual sports, you may need to use different verbs. You play tennis and play badminton, but you go swimming, go running, do boxing and do gymnastics.
你需要用不同的动词来描述个体运动。你打网球或者羽毛球，但是你去游泳、去跑步、打拳击或者是做体操。
A good general rule is: Play plus ball sports; go plus an activity ending -ing; do plus other activities.
大致的规律是这样的：Play修饰球类运动；go 后面加以ing结尾的活动；do加其他的运动。
And yes, you say do boxing even though boxing ends with -ing. Remember: it"s a general rule!
是的，尽管 boxing 是以-ing结尾的，你还是要说 do 拳击。记住：这只是一个大概的规律！
It will work most of the time, but not every time. So, think about the same questions you answered in the last section.