听播客学英语 245 足球

 　　Some of you have e-mailed me to say that you would like a podcast about English words for things that happen in a football match.

　　There are many important people at a football match. There are the players – 11 on each side. There are the substitutes who sit on the bench waiting for the manager to replace one of the players on the field. There is the referee¹, and the two linesmen. And there are the supporters who come to cheer their team. They are over the moon when their team wins, and gutted² when they lose.

　　But the most important thing at a football match is of course the football. We are at the final of the Borsetshire Football cup, between Ambridge and Felversham. Ambridge have just won 1-0. I am talking to Fiona Football. Well, Fiona, how did it go?

　　Not too bad. The pitch was a bit wet and muddy, but at the end of the day I can’t grumble³.

　　There was that controversial penalty decision in the second half.

　　From where I was, it was definitely a penalty. A Felversham player fouled⁴ an Ambridge player inside the penalty area. Archer⁵ took the penalty. The goalkeeper dived to the left, but I was going to the right, and the next thing I was in the net.

　　You were in the net earlier in the game as well, but the referee disallowed⁶ the goal.

　　Yes. Archer passed me to Grundy, but Grundy was offside. The linesman put up his flag and the referee gave Felversham a free kick.

　　And how do you feel about the goalmouth scramble⁷ in the dying minutes?

　　There was 2 minutes stoppage time, and Felversham were pushing hard for an equaliser. They were lucky to get a corner kick because the last player to touch me was in fact a Felversham player. Anyway, Felversham took the corner, and two or three players headed me before the goalkeeper caught me. I was glad really, because I didn’t want the match to go to extra time.

　　Why not?

　　Well how would you feel if you had been kicked around a muddy football pitch for 92 minutes?

　　Fair point, thank you Fiona.

　　Note: a cliche⁸ is an expression which people use so much that it has become, well, tired. There are several football cliches here. “At the end of the day” means “when all is said and done”. (It is impossible to interview a football player without him saying “at the end of the day” some time in the interview!) “The ball is in the net” means that someone has scored a goal. “A goalmouth scramble” means some exciting football with lots of players just in front of the goal. “The dying minutes of the game” means the last few minutes.

1 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

2 gutted   

adj.容易消化的v.毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 )；取出…的内脏

参考例句：

• Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望？我是伤心透了！
• The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 grumble   

vi.抱怨；咕哝；n.抱怨，牢骚；咕哝，隆隆声

参考例句：

• I don't want to hear another grumble from you.我不愿再听到你的抱怨。
• He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。

4 fouled   

v.使污秽( foul的过去式和过去分词 )；弄脏；击球出界；（通常用废物）弄脏

参考例句：

• Blue suit and reddish-brown socks!He had fouled up again. 蓝衣服和红褐色短袜！他又搞错了。
• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories. 整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。

5 archer   

n.射手，弓箭手

参考例句：

• The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.弓箭手拉紧弓弦将箭瞄准靶子。
• The archer's shot was a perfect bull's-eye.射手的那一箭正中靶心。

6 disallowed   

v.不承认（某事物）有效( disallow的过去式和过去分词 )；不接受；不准；驳回

参考例句：

• The judge disallowed that evidence. 法官驳回那项证据。 来自辞典例句
• Her claim was disallowed on the ground(s) that she had not paid her premium. 她要求赔款遭到拒绝，原因是她事先没有交纳保险费。 来自辞典例句

7 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

8 cliche   

n./a.陈词滥调(的)；老生常谈(的)；陈腐的

参考例句：

• You should always try to avoid the use of cliche. 你应该尽量避免使用陈词滥调。
• The old cliche is certainly true:the bigger car do mean bigger profits.有句老话倒的确说得不假:车大利大。