Australian Rules

Podcast Number 2-Australian Rules Football

播客第二期：澳式足球

Australian Rules Football ( called 'Footy' by fans all around Australia) is around 150 years old.

澳式足球（澳大利亚球迷通常称之为footy）距今已有约150年的历史。

Under Australian takeover rules, an investor is unable to buy a stake of more than 20 per cent in a target company without making an offer for the remainder of the shares.

按照澳大利亚的收购法规，一位投资者如果不对剩余股份提出收购要约，则无法购入目标公司20%以上的股份。

The Binhai Vocational College, in the city's Tanggu District, is the home to Tianjin's first ever Australian Rules Football Team.

位于天津塘沽区海洋高新技术开发区的滨海职业技术学院组建了天津首支澳式足球队。

For example, I have been to see Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, basketball, hockey, Taekwondo, golf, tennis, car racing, motorcycle racing and athletics, just to name those which I have attended here in Melbourne.

比如，我在墨尔本看过澳式足球、橄榄球大联盟、橄榄球联合会、板球、篮球、曲棍球、跆拳道、高尔夫、网球、赛车、摩托车比赛和田径等各种各样的比赛，这些只是我列举的一些我在墨尔本看过的比赛。

In this podcast, I would like to talk about Australian Rules Football.

在本期播客中，我将介绍一下澳式足球。

There are4 other sporting codes that attract a greater following-Rugby League, Rugby Union, Australian Rules, and Cricket.

另有四项更得民心深受喜爱的体育运动，英式橄榄球联赛、橄榄球联盟、澳式橄榄球和板球。

Australian Rules ( Australian game, similar to Rugby and played by two teams of 8 players)

澳大利亚规则（澳大利亚式足球运动，类似橄榄球，由两队各8人参赛）。

For example, the Grand Final of the Australian Rules Football competition in September of each year has around 100000 sports fans attend the match.

举例来说，每年九月举行的澳式足球总决赛会吸引约10万名体育迷到现场观看比赛。

People is equality in Australia Australian obey the rules by themselves.

澳大利亚崇尚平等,他们都很自觉地遵守秩序.

Other variations on public school football resulted in the development of rugby and Australian rules football.

贵族学校的其它“足球”分支最后形成了橄榄球和澳式橄榄球。

For example, during the Australian Rules Football season and the cricket season, extra trams will run to carry many sports fans to and from the MCG and the Docklands Stadium.

举个例子，在澳式足球联赛和板球赛举行期间，墨尔本会增加有轨电车的数量，帮助众多体育迷往返于墨尔本板球场和码头体育场。

It was the beginning of what is today one of Australian best loved sports-Australian Rules Football.

这就是澳大利亚足球 —— 这一最受澳大利亚人喜爱的运动的开始.

So what's it like to attend a big game of Australian Rules Football?

那现场观看澳式足球比赛是什么感觉？

Ms Blom estimates she has knitted between 200 and 300 penguin jumpers over the years, including ones in the colours of every Australian Rules football team in the country.

布洛姆自己就织了大约两到三百件毛衣，她还制作了一个毛衣系列，采用是澳大利亚所有足球队的代表颜色。

Australian universities, which have witnessed dwindling international student enrolments, will be made more appealing under new visa rules for the2nd semester of2012.

据《西澳洲人报》报道，面对日益衰退的国际留学市场，澳大利亚政府决定简化签证手续，以吸引更多留学生选择澳洲的大学。

Rio executives implied there would be a shareholder listening campaign in the final months before the Australian government rules on the Chinalco deal this summer, a precursor to Rio shareholders voting to approve or reject it in a special meeting.

力拓高管们表示，在澳大利亚政府今夏就中铝交易做出裁定之前的几个月，将会开展一场倾听股东呼声的密集活动，随后，力拓股东将在一次特别会议上投票决定批准还是否决交易。