英语听力精选进阶版 10445

One moment of authentic¹ genius was enough here in Belo Horizonte to defeat 19-minutes with extraordinary courage, effort and organization. Iran, the country whose socks reportedly shrank in the wash and whose preparations were largely derailed by political sanctions, had contained and even threatened to beat the most extravagantly² gifted attacking team in the tournament. It had been a truly heroic performance; but then, just as for official no but all Arthur lifted his board to signal five minutes of added time. The ball fell to Lionel Messi. Argentina's captain and its tallageman had been in the gate didn't till late moment, butt³ with a quick shift to his feet, he created a yard of space in front of a tiring Iran defense⁴. It was all that was needed with his deadly subsequent finish show, almost inevitable⁵ even from outside the penalty area.

在世界杯贝洛奥里藏特赛场，第19分钟是真正的天才显现的一刻，他们以非凡的勇气，努力和组织踢进一球。据报道，伊朗的短袜在洗涤过程中总是缩水，他们的准备工作也由于政治制裁受到延误。然而，他们却令人刮目相看，甚至几乎击败比赛中最具进攻天赋的球队。他们的表现简直是英雄式的。随后Arthur举起牌子，进入5分钟的加时赛。足球到了里奥·梅西脚下。在此之前，他们一直距离球门比较远。但是在伊朗防守空虚的情况下，他前进到距离伊朗球门只有一码的地方。这是他最后的绝杀，几乎是不可避免一定会进球，即使是在禁区外。

Twenty-eight years to the day since his Hand-of-God goal against England, Diego Maradona had actually just left the Istabia Miner Row when Messi scored, but will have been relieved to learn that Argentine Row now safely qualified⁶ for the last 16. I was very happy with the strike. Then I heard people scream and smiling, and it was wonderful, said Messi.

自与英格兰队比赛时的“上帝之手”事件至今已经28年的时间，梅西进球时马拉多纳已经离开球队，但是得知阿根廷队安全晋级16强他应该感到很欣慰。梅西说，能够进球我非常高兴。随后我听到了尖叫声，觉得非常精彩。

Tehran had been poised⁷ to erupt in spontaneous street parties for what would have been the best result in Iran's entire history. But, instead, at a biding⁸ memory, was one family in the stadium, were literally⁹ wailing¹⁰ in the stress of such a cruel defeat.

德黑兰自发举行街头派对，庆祝伊朗队历史上最好的成绩。然而，引人注目的是体育场一个家庭，他们为这样的惨败失声痛哭。

Earlier, despite completing the fewest parties, 114, in any World Cup match for 50 years, Iran had actually created the best chances of the game. Goalkeeper Sergio Romero was Argentina's best player and the subsequent brilliance¹¹ of Messi will not completely camouflage¹² another unconvincing performance. We know we are not playing as well as expected but I think quil rechaio potential, said Messi.

此前，尽管刚刚结束了50年来任何一届世界杯中最少的派对，伊朗却在比赛中创造了最佳机会。门将罗梅洛(Sergio Romero)是阿根廷最好的球员之一，否则梅西不可能完成精彩的进球。我们知道我们的表现不如预期，但是我认为我们还有潜力，梅西说。

The team's formation has become a seal of major controversy¹³ with Manager Alejandro Sabella even asked before the match if his authority has been questioned after Messi openly admitted that he preferred to play in a 4-3-3 formation. Sabella was adamant¹⁴ that the discussion about tactics had all been constructive¹⁵ but, aside from his goal, Messi has rarely looked so ineffective.

该球队比赛时的队形是最大的争议。阿根廷国家队主帅萨维利亚(Alejandro Sabella)在比赛之前甚至质问自己的权威是否受到质疑，因为梅西公开承认更青睐4-3-3阵形。萨维利亚坚持认为对战略的讨论非常有建设性，但是除了进球之外，梅西很少出现效率这么低下的情况。

1 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

2 extravagantly   

adv.挥霍无度地

参考例句：

• The Monroes continued to entertain extravagantly. 门罗一家继续大宴宾客。 来自辞典例句
• New Grange is one of the most extravagantly decorated prehistoric tombs. 新格兰奇是装饰最豪华的史前陵墓之一。 来自辞典例句

3 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

6 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

7 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

8 biding   

v.等待，停留( bide的现在分词 )；居住；（过去式用bided）等待；面临

参考例句：

• He was biding his time. 他正在等待时机。 来自辞典例句
• Applications:used in carbide alloy, diamond tools, biding admixture, high-temperature alloy, rechargeable cell. 用作硬质合金，磁性材料，金刚石工具，高温合金，可充电池等。 来自互联网

9 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

10 wailing   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱

参考例句：

• A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。

11 brilliance   

n.光辉，辉煌，壮丽，（卓越的）才华，才智

参考例句：

• I was totally amazed by the brilliance of her paintings.她的绘画才能令我惊歎不已。
• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。

12 camouflage   

n./v.掩饰，伪装

参考例句：

• The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage.北极熊身上的白色的浓密软毛是一种天然的伪装。
• The animal's markings provide effective camouflage.这种动物身上的斑纹是很有效的伪装。

13 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

14 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

15 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。