【正确答案】当世界各地在踢足球或英式足球的时候，美国人在打篮球打棒球。但现在，足球已迅速在美国成为一项主要的运动项目，其中的缘由和这项运动本身一样简单。校领导喜欢足球，孩子们也喜欢足球。对于校方来说，成立一个足球队花费更少。对孩子们来说，要踢足球并需要长得又高又壮。需要的只是想去奔跑的愿望。

【答案解析】[听力原文]
While the rest of the world played soccer or the British football, Americans played basketball and baseball. But now soccer is rapidly becoming a major sport in the United States for reasons as simple as the game itself. School officials like it and kids like it. For the school authorities, it's much cheaper to set up a soccer team. And for the kids, they don't need to be big or tall to play soccer. All they need is the desire to run.

[解析] 本段落是体育题材。内容很有条理，首先讨论体育情况的变化，美国人从热爱篮球棒球转向热爱足球。其次论及美国人热爱足球的原因，关键词是“simple”，下文从两个平行的方面论述原因，一是对校方“officials”而言，一是对孩子“kids”而言。校方的关键词是“cheaper”，孩子的关键词是“not big or tall”和“desire to run”。记录时要做到条理清晰，抓住关键词语，便于译文中还原重点信息。