“Tearthemapart!”“Killthefool!”“Murderthereferee!”Thesearecommonremarksonemayhearatvarioussportingevents.Atthetimetheyaremadetheymayseeminnocentenough.Butlet’snotkidourselves.Theyhavebeen

“Tearthemapart!”“Killthefool!”“Murderthereferee!”

Thesearecommonremarksonemayhearatvarioussportingevents.Atthetimetheyaremadetheymayseeminnocentenough.Butlet’snotkidourselves.Theyhavebeenknowntoinfluencebehaviorinsuchawayastoleadtorealbloodshed.Volumeshavebeenwrittenaboutthewaywordaffectus.Ithasbeenshownthatwordshavingcertainconnotations（隐含意义）maycauseustoreactinwaysquiteforeigntowhatweconsidertobeourusualhumanisticbehavior.Iseetheterm“opponent”asoneofthosewords.Perhapsthetimehascometodeleteitfromsportsterms.

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Thedictionarymeaningoftheterm“opponent”is“enemy”“onewhoopposesyourinterests.”Thuswhenaplayermeetsanopponentheorshemaytendtoeveryactionnomatterhowgrossmaybeconsideredjustifiable.Irecallanincidentinahandballgamewhenarefereerefusedaplayer’srequestforatimeoutforaglovechangebecausehedidnotconsiderthemwetenough.TheplayerproceededtorubhisglovesacrosshiswetT-shirtandthenexclaimed“Aretheywetenoughnow?”

Intheheatofbattleplayershavebeenobservedtothrowthemselvesacrossthecourtwithoutconsideringtheconsequencesthesuchamovemighthaveonanyoneintheirway.Ihavealsowitnessedaplayerreactingtohisopponent’sintentionalandillegalblockingbydeliberatelyhittinghimwiththeballashardashecouldduringthecourseofplay.Offthecourttheyaregoodfriends.Doesthatmakeanysense?Itcertainlygivesproofofacourtattitudewhichdepartsfrom（违背）normalbehavior.

ThereforeIbelieveitistimeweelevated（提升）thegametothelevelwhereitbelongsandsettinganexampletotherestofthesportingworld.Replacingtheterm“opponent”with“associate”couldbeabetterwaytostart.

Thedictionarymeaningoftheterm“associate”is“colleague”;“friend”;“companion.”Reflectamoment!Youmaysoonseeandpossiblyfeelthedifferenceinyourreactiontotheterm“associate”ratherthan“opponent”.

1．Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestexpressestheauthor’sview?

A．Thewordspeopleusecaninfluencetheirbehavior.

B．Unpleasantwordsin