英語(yǔ)播客初級(jí)版 第248期(外教講解):世界杯

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(kāi)始
match n.比賽
host a.主場(chǎng)的
stage n.階段
sissy a.適合女子的
A：你在干什么?
B： 我在做什么?我在做什么?你不知道今天是什么日子嗎?
A：不知道。
B：今天世界上最大的體育賽事開(kāi)始了。
A：什么?
B: 世界杯。第一場(chǎng)比賽就在今天。墨西哥隊(duì)對(duì)陣南非對(duì)。那將會(huì)是場(chǎng)非常棒的比賽。兩只球隊(duì)都有很強(qiáng)的進(jìn)攻能力，都有球技很高超的隊(duì)員。我想南非對(duì)會(huì)在上半場(chǎng)比賽中占據(jù)優(yōu)勢(shì)，因?yàn)樗麄兪侵鲌?chǎng)球隊(duì)。
A：我不知道你在說(shuō)什么。我們?cè)诩铱吹奈ㄒ惑w育比賽就是“超級(jí)杯賽”。
B：世界杯的規(guī)模要比“超級(jí)杯賽”大得多，來(lái)自32個(gè)國(guó)家的球隊(duì)每隔4年都要角逐一次，通過(guò)比賽來(lái)獲得獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。先要進(jìn)行小組賽，每組有4支球隊(duì)。前2名將會(huì)進(jìn)入淘汰賽，最后進(jìn)入四分之一決賽和半決賽。
A：聽(tīng)起來(lái)很有趣，但足球并不吸引我。
B：你在開(kāi)玩笑嘛?7億多人都要看世界杯的決賽。那非常令人激動(dòng)，是令人精神緊繃的比賽。每隔國(guó)家都為自己的球隊(duì)歡呼，希望他們能成為下一任世界冠軍。目前為止，巴西隊(duì)獲得的頭銜最多，他們真的很棒。
A：對(duì)于足球，我只知道你不能用手，而且球員在踢任意球或是點(diǎn)球時(shí)總會(huì)跌倒。在我看起足球更適合女子。
B：無(wú)論咋樣，我都要看開(kāi)場(chǎng)賽。