[ti:Super Bowl in a Pandemic Will Be Different, But Familiar]
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[00:00.04]The 55th Super Bowl is Sunday.
[00:04.16]It is the championship game of the National Football League.
[00:09.28]While the American football game
[00:11.96]will look mostly the same for sports fans watching on television,
[00:16.96]many things will be different this year with the coronavirus health crisis.
[00:23.64]The defending champion Kansas City Chiefs play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
[00:30.80]When the season started in September,
[00:34.12]people were not sure the Super Bowl would happen.
[00:38.24]Some games were delayed when players and coaches tested positive for the virus.
[00:45.28]One team, the Cleveland Browns, played an important game without their coach.
[00:52.76]Another team, the Denver Broncos,
[00:56.56]had to play without their most important players – the quarterbacks.
[01:03.28]But eventually, all the games were played.
[01:08.48]The Super Bowl will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida
[01:15.08]where the Buccaneers play their home games.
[01:19.76]It is the first time a team will play the Super Bowl in their own stadium.
[01:27.80]Normally, the game has about 65,000 fans in attendance.
[01:35.64]This year, only 25,000 are permitted to attend the game.
[01:42.68]The event will be an important test to see how well public health officials
[01:49.96]can manage a large event with people coming from all around the country.
[01:57.20]Allen Sills is the NFL’s chief medical officer.
[02:02.40]He said the league will have tough policies
[02:06.52]to prevent fans from interacting with each other.
[02:11.76]Some will be healthcare workers who already received a vaccine for the coronavirus.
[02:19.56]But all will be required to wear masks,
[02:23.72]sit in small groups, and observe social distancing.
[02:30.40]On the field, the players do not have to wear masks.
[02:34.96]But when they are not in the game, they are supposed to keep their faces covered.
[02:42.24]In most years, players talk to reporters,
[02:46.28]hold training sessions and attend parties before the game.
[02:52.40]All of these events are either canceled or being held by video call.
[02:59.20]Even with the rules, a professor of public health
[03:03.36]from the nearby University of South Florida
[03:06.88]wondered if the Super Bowl would become an event that spreads the virus.
[03:13.52]Jay Wolfson told the Reuters News Agency
[03:17.48]the game is “a natural breeding ground for community spread.”
[03:23.92]The game will have two great quarterbacks
[03:27.08]– one who is at the beginning of his career and one who is near the end.
[03:33.80]Patrick Mahomes is 25 years old.
[03:38.00]He has been the quarterback for Kansas City for three seasons.
[03:43.40]He helped the Chiefs win the Super Bowl last year.
[03:47.08]The quarterback from Tampa Bay is Tom Brady.
[03:51.24]He is 43.
[03:52.88]He played most of his career with the New England Patriots
[03:56.72]from the state of Massachusetts.
[03:59.84]During his time with the Patriots, Brady won six Super Bowls,
[04:04.92]more than any other quarterback in the game’s history.
[04:09.52]This is his first season with Tampa Bay.
[04:14.04]Professional football is a sport played by men.
[04:17.60]But this year, one of the seven officials on the field who runs the game
[04:23.68]and makes sure players follow the rules will be a woman.
[04:27.56]She is Sarah Thomas.
[04:30.24]It is the first time a female official will be at the Super Bowl.
[04:35.36]In addition, there will be two women helping to coach the Tampa Bay team.
[04:40.44]They are Maral Javadifar and Lori Locust.
[04:44.88]Javadifar’s mother grew up in Iran.
[04:47.88]Locust loved football as a girl growing up in Pennsylvania.
[04:53.68]Both women said they are aware that
[04:56.00]they are among the first in their profession to be in the Super Bowl.
[05:00.88]“But it’s not anything that we kind of
[05:03.40]keep in the forefront of what we do on a daily basis,” said Locust.
[05:09.24]Last year, Katie Sowers of the San Francisco 49ers
[05:14.32]became the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl.
[05:17.44]The game should be exciting.
[05:20.64]But the Super Bowl is also known for being an “event.”
[05:26.16]People watch the game to see the halftime performance
[05:29.96]and new television commercials.
[05:33.40]The Canadian singer known as The Weeknd
[05:37.28]will perform for the 12-minute long halftime show.
[05:42.52]He said recently the show is designed
[05:46.24]to be fun for people watching on television,
[05:49.72]since there will not be as many people watching in person.
[05:55.36]The Super Bowl commercials are important
[05:58.40]for many companies that want to reach people.
[06:02.68]They cost about $5 million for just 30 seconds.
[06:08.80]This year, big companies like Budweiser and Pepsi
[06:14.44]are reducing their advertising during the game.
[06:19.40]Sometimes the Super Bowl ads try to be funny.
[06:24.12]But one analyst warned that it is risky
[06:28.36]to make a funny commercial during an international health crisis.
[06:35.24]Music star Dolly Parton will also be in one of the commercials.
[06:41.16]The country singer and songwriter was in the news last year
[06:46.76]after making a $1 million donation
[06:50.68]to fund research for a coronavirus vaccine.
[06:55.92]The Super Bowl starts at 23:30 UTC on Sunday.
[07:03.32]I’m Caty Weaver,
[07:05.04]and I’m Dan Friedell. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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