英语听力精选进阶版 13239

Italian footballers arrested in betting scandal

Vocabulary

to cast a shadow over

to make something look bad or less impressive

diminutive¹

very small

looking into

investigating

betting scam

illegal or dishonest scheme for making money, based around betting on sports (here, football games)

household names

people who are very famous, and well known by people

wrongdoing

acting² in a bad or illegal way

match-fixing

illegal scheme which involves criminals paying footballers to make sure a game ends in a particular way (e.g. one team loses)

betting syndicate

group of people who work together to gain money by betting on sports

spiked

drugged

relegated

here, moved down from one football league to the one below it

1 diminutive   

adj.小巧可爱的，小的

参考例句：

• Despite its diminutive size,the car is quite comfortable.尽管这辆车很小，但相当舒服。
• She has diminutive hands for an adult.作为一个成年人，她的手显得非常小。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。