VOA慢速英语2018 德国从世界杯出局,墨西哥在韩国队帮助下晋级（在线收听）

Germany Out of World Cup, Mexico Advances with Help from S. Korea

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Germany is out of the World Cup. The defending champions lost to South Korea 2-0 on Wednesday.

德国队从世界杯出局。这支卫冕冠军队周三以0：2输给了韩国队。

Germany ended up last in Group F. Sweden and Mexico advanced from that group to the round of 16. South Korea did not advance despite its surprising victory over Germany.

德国队在F组中垫底。瑞士和墨西哥从该组晋级16强。韩国队虽然意外战胜德国队，但也未能晋级。

It is the first time since 1938 that Germany has not advanced out of the group stage of World Cup play.

这是1938年以来德国队首次未能从小组赛阶段晋级。

All four Group F teams had a chance to advance Wednesday. Their chances depended on the results of the other match. The two matches were played at the same time, one in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and the other in Kazan, Russia.

F组四支球队周三原本都有机会晋级。它们的晋级机会取决于另一场比赛的结果。两场比赛同时进行，一场在俄罗斯叶卡捷琳堡，另一场在俄罗斯喀山。

Sweden beat Mexico 3-0, winning the group. That result put Germany in a good position to advance, as well. All the Germans needed to do was to score one goal against the South Koreans.

瑞典队以3：0击败墨西哥获得小组头名。这一结果也使得德国队处于有利地位。德国队要做的只是对韩国队进一个球。

German defender Mats Hummels said after the match, “It’s very very hard to put it into words. We believed until the end today, even when it was 0-1. I think we kept trying to turn it all around.”

德国队后卫胡梅尔斯在赛后表示，“这很难用语言表达。直到今天结束前，哪怕是0：1落后时我们都坚信我们会晋级。我想我们一直在试图逆转。”

A different ending for Mexico

墨西哥的不同结局

After watching their team play poorly against Sweden, the mood among Mexico fans at the game improved when news came in that South Korean goalkeeper Joe Hyeon-woo was preventing Germany from scoring.

在看到球队对瑞典队的糟糕表现之后，墨西哥球迷的情绪等来韩国队守门员乔贤宇防住德国队进球的消息时才有改善。

Then, Mexicans at the game -- and around the world -- cheered wildly when South Korea scored its first goal.

然后，当韩国队打入第一球时，场上和世界各地的墨西哥人都大声欢呼起来。

In a Twitter video taken by VOA reporter Ramon Taylor, Mexican fans at an eating-place in New York City shouted in Spanish “CO-RE-A” after South Korea scored its first goal.

在美国之音记者拉蒙·泰勒（Ramon Taylor）拍摄的推特视频中，纽约市一家餐饮场所的墨西哥球迷在韩国队打入首球之后用西班牙语大声喊出CO-RE-A。

In another Twitter video taken in Mexico City’s Zocalo Square, Mexican fans found a South Korean man among the crowd. The fans cheered for him and lifted him above the masses.

在墨西哥城的佐卡罗广场拍摄的另一则视频中，墨西哥球迷在人群中发现了一名韩国男子。这些球迷对他欢呼，并将他举到头顶。

The person filming the video, Patrick Infurna, says “Only the World Cup could do this. Only the World Cup could make this happen.”

这则视频的拍摄者Patrick Infurna表示，“只有世界杯才能做到这点，只有世界杯才能让这种事情发生。”

Besides Germany this year, France in 2002, Italy in 2010 and Spain in 2014 also got eliminated in the group stage as defending champions.

除了今年的德国，还有2002年的法国队，2010年的意大利队和2014年的西班牙队作为卫冕冠军在小组赛中被淘汰出局。

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I’m Ashley Thompson.

Words in This Story

advance - v. to move forward

mood - n. ?the way someone feels : a person's emotional state?

eliminated - v. to be defeated and removed from a competition