純正地道美語 第248期(外教講解):世界盃
A:What are you doing?
B:What am I doing? What am I doing? Don’t you know what day it is?
A:Ummm. no.
B:It’s only the day when the world’s biggest sporting event is kicking off.
A:What?
B:The World Cup! The first match is today! It’s Mexico vs. South Africa! It’s going to be a really good match! Both Teams have a very strong offense and have skilled players. I think that South Africa will probably dominate the first half since they are the host country, and all.
A: I have no idea what you’re talking about. The only sporting event we watch at home is the Super Bowl.
B: This is bigger than the Super Bowl, man! Teams from 32 countries compete against each other every four years and fight to win that trophy. They first start in a group stage with bigger groups, each group having 4 teams. The top 2 teams pass on to an elimination stage before going on to the quarter final sand semifinals.
A:Sounds interesting, but soccer doesn’t really appeal to me.
B:Are you kidding? Over seven hundred million people watched the final match of the World Cup! It’s a very exciting and nerve wracking sport! Each nation is cheering on their team, hoping they will become the next champion. So far Brazil is the team with the most titles under their belt; they’re really good!
A:All I know about soccer is that you can’t use your hands and that players are always falling down, trying to get a free kick or penalty kick. It seems like a sissy sport to me!
B:Whatever dude, I’m going to go watch the opening match.
to kick off 正式開始
match n.比賽
host a.主場的
stage n.階段
sissy a.適合女子的
A：你在幹什麼？
B： 我在做什麼？我在做什麼？你不知道今天是什麼日子嗎？
A：不知道。
B：今天世界上最大的體育賽事開始了。
A：什麼？
B: 世界盃。第一場比賽就在今天。墨西哥隊對陣南非對。那將會是場非常棒的比賽。兩隻球隊都有很強的進攻能力，都有球技很高超的隊員。我想南非對會在上半場比賽中佔據優勢，因爲他們是主場球隊。
A：我不知道你在說什麼。我們在家看的唯一體育比賽就是“超級盃賽”。
B：世界盃的規模要比“超級盃賽”大得多，來自32個國家的球隊每隔4年都要角逐一次，通過比賽來獲得獎項。先要進行小組賽，每組有4支球隊。前2名將會進入淘汰賽，最後進入四分之一決賽和半決賽。
A：聽起來很有趣，但足球並不吸引我。
B：你在開玩笑嘛？7億多人都要看世界盃的決賽。那非常令人激動，是令人精神緊繃的比賽。每隔國家都爲自己的球隊歡呼，希望他們能成爲下一任世界冠軍。目前爲止，巴西隊獲得的頭銜最多，他們真的很棒。
A：對於足球，我只知道你不能用手，而且球員在踢任意球或是點球時總會跌倒。在我看起足球更適合女子。
B：無論咋樣，我都要看開場賽。
