World Cup

基本解釋

And for this they blame one thing: the football World Cup.
對于這一切，他們怪罪的理由是：足球世界杯。
Play has begun at the 2010 World Cup -- the first ever World Cup to be held on the continent of Africa.
2010年世界杯的比賽已經(jīng)拉開戰(zhàn)幕。這是非洲大陸有史以來第一次舉辦世界杯足球賽。
“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)稱一切為世界杯而做的準(zhǔn)備都能按時完成，不論是什么，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,英格蘭每次在世界杯或者歐洲杯中出局,都因?yàn)樵缘搅它c(diǎn)球上,尤其是對陣德國的時候
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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?yōu)槊绹?duì)效力,現(xiàn)在由你們來主罰點(diǎn)球,而且那是世界杯上一個制勝球,請你們舉手,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

世界杯
The Olympic Games and the World Cup has become the most influential sports event.
在國際賽場上,奧運(yùn)會和世界杯已經(jīng)成為最有影響力的體育賽事。