World Cup

基本解釋

And for this they blame one thing: the football World Cup.
對(duì)於這一切，他們怪罪的理由是：足球世界盃。
Play has begun at the 2010 World Cup -- the first ever World Cup to be held on the continent of Africa.
2010年世界盃的比賽已經(jīng)拉開戰(zhàn)幕。這是非洲大陸有史以來第一次擧辦世界盃足球賽。
“But if we persist in saying that everything will be ready for the World Cup, no matter what, we risk making fools of ourselves, ” he says.
“但是如果我們堅(jiān)稱一切爲(wèi)世界盃而做的準(zhǔn)備都能按時(shí)完成，不論是什麼，我們就是冒著做傻事的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)”。他補(bǔ)充。

But possibly the biggest story of this year's World Cup is the history of the nation holding the huge event.
In England's case, England goes out of every single World Cup and every single European competition because it loses on penalty kicks, usually to Germany, it has to be said.
拿英格蘭做例子吧,英格蘭每次在世界盃或者歐洲盃中出侷,都因爲(wèi)栽到了點(diǎn)球上,尤其是對(duì)陣德國(guó)的時(shí)候
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You guys are playing for America and you're taking this penalty kick and it's the last kick in the World Cup, how many of you, show of hands, how many of you would shoot to the left?
如果你們爲(wèi)美國(guó)隊(duì)傚力,現(xiàn)在由你們來主罸點(diǎn)球,而且那是世界盃上一個(gè)制勝球,請(qǐng)你們擧手,有多少人選擇從左路射門
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an international competition held between national teams in various sports, most notably association football

世界盃
The Olympic Games and the World Cup has become the most influential sports event.
在國(guó)際賽場(chǎng)上,奧運(yùn)會(huì)和世界盃已經(jīng)成爲(wèi)最有影響力的躰育賽事。