Hello, English learners. Welcome back（在后） to EnglishPod. My name is Marco. And I'm Erica. And today we're bringing you another part of our sports series. And today we're going to be talking about volleyball.

  That's right. And we're going all the way to New Zealand（西兰岛(丹麦最大的岛)） to visit the Men's Volleyball Championships. So we're going to be looking at some great words and phrases related（叙述） to volleyball and also how to describe a sporting event. So before we start on the dialogue, let's take a look at two words on vocabulary preview. Vocabulary preview. All right.

  We're going to hear both of these words in the dialogue. Now, the first one, encounter（遭遇）. Encounter. An exciting encounter. All right. So if we have an exciting encounter, it means we have an exciting meeting of two people or two teams or two groups.

  If I say I had an incredible encounter last night with my best friend. Um, you met up with your best friend and something happens. Okay（好）. So that's what an encounter would mean. Looking at our second word now, powerhouse. Two powerhouse teams.

  All right. So we have two powerhouse teams, China（瓷器） and Brazil. That's right. So a powerhouse team is basically（基本上） a strong, powerful（强有力的）, really energetic, great team, right? Okay. So we can use it for teams such as in this case, but we can also describe maybe a company or a person at a powerhouse.

  That guy is a powerhouse. He can lift 500 pounds. Now, I think it's time for us to listen to our dialogue for the first time. We're going to be listening to this great sporting event as we are taken to New Zealand to see China and Brazil play. It's a beautiful day here in New Zealand at the Men's Volleyball World Championship（锦标赛）. My name is Rick Fields and I'm joined by the man with the plan, Bob Copeland.

  Thank you, Rick. We've got a very exciting encounter ahead（在前） of us today as two powerhouse teams, Brazil and China, face（向） off against each other and try to qualify（限制） for the next round（圆）. Without a doubt（怀疑）, both teams are in top shape and this will prove（证明） to be a competitive（竞争的） match. The ref signals（发信号） the start of the game and here we go. Riberu serves and China quickly receives the ball. Chun bumps（ 碰撞声） it to the center and a very nice set（设置） by Chun.

  Xu spikes it. Wow. What a great hit. The Brazilian blockers anticipated（预期） the play and tried to block（堵塞） him, but he managed to get the ball in. Great play. It's China's service now.

  What a superb（庄重的） jump serve by Li. Oh, oh, and we have a let serve. The ball was coming in fast and almost made it over the net（网）. Brazil calls for a timeout and we'll be right back after a short commercial（商业的） break. Well, sounds like a pretty exciting encounter between these two countries. Very good teams and both of them, as they mentioned, are powerhouse teams.

  Well, why don't we take a look at some of the vocabulary that we came across in this dialogue. We're going to be focusing on volleyball words here in Language Takeaway（外卖食品）. Language Takeaway. Okay. So in Language Takeaway today, we're going to have six words and let's start with the first one. Chen bumps it to the setter.

  Right. To bump. All right. So in volleyball, when you are going to receive the ball, you put your arms together and you hit it with your forearms. That's right. So at the top of your arm.