生活英语对话 Episode 49: The quarter-finals

本单元是关于季决赛的对话

Tim: England are out! We lost on penalties again!
Alice: I'm gutted 1! I blame Rooney.
Tim: He didn't do nuffink!
Alice: How can you say that? We all saw what he did. The ref had to send him off.
Tim: I still say we was robbed. The ref was far too free and easy with that card.
Alice: You're just looking for a scapegoat 2.
Tim: No I'm not.
Alice: What about the manager, the skipper, the strikers? Don't you blame them?
Tim: Don't be so rational Alice. We're going back empty-handed and I can't stand it!
Alice: Oh cheer up Tim. We'll be home soon and you and Michal can commiserate 3 with each other - England and Poland out of the World Cup again ... until next time!


Vocabulary:（字汇）

I'm gutted (informal):（非常失望，非正式）
I'm very disappointed

a scapegoat:（替罪羔羊）
a person who is wrongly blamed when something goes wrong

empty-handed:（空手而归）
(often used when talking about competitions) not winning any prizes.

commiserate with someone:（表达同情）
show pity for someone's misfortune or bad luck

本单元语言点是关于足球词汇的，请看下面与足球有关的一些字汇

Football vocabulary

Here is some vocabulary about playing and scoring football. 本节介绍一些与足球有关的一些字汇。


Basics（基本）

a match
two teams playing against each other in a 90-minute game of football

a pitch
the area where footballers play a match

a referee 4
the person who makes sure that the players follow the rules. Normally wears a black shirt and shorts, and has a whistle

a linesman (referee's assistant)
the person whose main duty it is to indicate with a flag when the ball has gone out of play, when a player is offside or when a player should take a corner

a goalkeeper
the player in goal who has to stop the ball from crossing the goal-line. The only player who is allowed to handle the ball during open play

an attacker
also called a striker or a forward; a player whose duty it is to score goals, e.g. Samuel Eto'o is an attacker and plays in attack for Barcelona and Cameroon

the skipper
the player who leads a team, also called the captain

a substitute
a player who sits on the bench ready to replace another team-mate on the pitch

a manager
the person in charge of a team and responsible for training, new players and transfers. For example, Alex Ferguson is the manager of Manchester United


Scoring（得分）

the score
the record of goals that indicates who is winning. The final score is the result that decides who has won the match . Can also be used as a verb, e.g. the attacker scored a beautiful goal

to concede
to allow a goal in, the opposite of scoring a goal. For example, Ghana conceded only four goals in the World Cup qualifying group 2

a goal
a successful attempt at scoring achieved by putting the ball over the goal line into the goal past the goalkeeper

an own goal
a goal scored accidentally by a member of the defending team that counts in favour of the attacking team

the lead
when a team scores first it is "in the lead" i.e. winning the match at the point of scoring

an equaliser
when a team scores making the scores for both teams equal. For example, he scored the equaliser making the score 2-2.

a win
a match in which a team is victorious 5 and beats the other team. A win normally gives the winning team three points, the losing team does not get any points. More commonly used as a verb, e.g. Brazil won the World Cup in 2002 game

a draw
a match that ends in a tie, i.e. has no winner or loser. The teams get one point each for a draw. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. Congo drew 0-0 (nil all) with Senegal in June


Types of shots（发球形态）

a kick
to hit something, or somebody, with your foot. In football, the players kick the ball

to shoot
to kick the ball towards the net at one end of the pitch (the goal) in an attempt to score a goal

the kick-off
the first kick of the game when two players from the same team in the centre circle play the ball and start the match. Also the first kick after half-time or after a goal has been scored

a goal-kick
a kick taken from the 6-yard line by the defending team after the ball has been put over the goal-line (or byline) by the attacking team

a free-kick
the kick awarded to a team by the referee after a foul 6 has been committed against it

a penalty
a free shot at goal from 12 yards (11 metres or the penalty spot) awarded by the referee to a team after a foul has been committed in the penalty area

a corner
a kick from the corner flag awarded to the attacking team when the ball has crossed the goal-line (or byline) after last being touched by a player of the defending team

a throw-in
a throw is taken from the sideline (or touchline) after the ball has gone out of play. The only time a player can handle the ball without committing a foul