AS IT IS 2016-03-31 Fan Gets Close-Up of Ronaldo Penalty Kick

AS IT IS 2016-03-31 Fan Gets Close-Up of Ronaldo Penalty¹ Kick

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Sarah Arcand is from the Canadian province of Ontario. She works³ as a teacher in York, a community near the city of Toronto.

She and her family went to Madrid, Spain earlier this month for a spring vacation. While there, she attended a soccer match between Real Madrid and Sevilla.

During the match, a famous Real Madrid player attempted a penalty kick. The ball went over the goal and hit the teacher in the face.

She was recording⁴ the penalty kick with her phone. She posted the video to YouTube with the headline “Welcome to Bernabeu.” She chose those words because of the name of the sports center at which Real Madrid plays its games. The stadium⁵ is called Santiago Bernabeu.

The 17-second video is taken from great seats behind the goal. It shows Sevilla’s goalie getting ready for Cristiano Ronaldo to kick the ball. He runs toward⁶ the ball and makes a strong kick, but it goes over the crossbar.

And right into the face of Arcand. She says the ball left her with a black eye.

She wrote on her YouTube posting: “Not sure Cristiano Rinaldo (sic) meant to welcome me with a black eye, but this Canadian football fan will take the penalty kick to the face as an excellent memory from one of the best.”

Her video has over 500,000 views in the past week.

A sports blog in Canada talked with Arcand. She told the writer it was a trip she and her family planned for three years. They also went to see Spain’s other famous team, Barcelona, play earlier on their visit.

She said she got her telephone back after it was knocked two rows away. Her bruised⁸ face lasted for the rest of the vacation.

“It’s almost better now, it’s getting there,” she said in the story published on March 28.

And here is how the missed penalty kick looked on the television broadcast. You do not see Arcand getting hit by the ball.

Words in This Story

bruise⁷ – n. a dark and painful area on your skin that is caused by an injury

souvenir⁹ – n. something that is kept as a reminder¹⁰ of a place you have visited, an event you have been to, etc.

vacation – n. a period of time that a person spends away from home, school, or business usually in order to relax or travel

stadium – n.  a very large usually roofless building that has a large open area surrounded by many rows of seats and that is used for sports events, concerts, etc.

crossbar – n. a bar that joins the goalposts in soccer or hockey

1 penalty   

n.处罚，刑罚，罚款

参考例句：

• If you knock the ball with your hand in football,you will suffer a penalty.如果在踢足球时你用手碰到球，你将受到处罚。
• One of those arrested could face the death penalty.被捕的那些人中有一人可能被判死刑。

2 trending   

v.伸向( trend的现在分词 )；趋向；倾向；使趋向

参考例句：

• Since the 1920's, consumers are trending toward higher quality dessert apples. 二十世纪二十年代以来消费者都爱好高质量的生食苹果。 来自辞典例句
• Share prices have been trending down. 股票价格一直趋向下降。 来自辞典例句

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

4 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

5 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

6 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

7 bruise   

n.青肿，挫伤；伤痕；vt.打青；挫伤

参考例句：

• The bruise was caused by a kick.这伤痕是脚踢的。
• Jack fell down yesterday and got a big bruise on his face.杰克昨天摔了一跤，脸上摔出老大一块淤斑。

8 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

9 souvenir   

n.纪念品，纪念物

参考例句：

• Please accept this little gift as a souvenir.请留下这个小小礼物作为纪念。
• I was going to save that as a souvenir.我本来准备把它做为纪念品保存下来的。

10 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。