专题23 世界杯 纯正地道美语 听力和词汇(外教讲解)-高中英语【外刊·新闻·热点】素养提升拓展阅读课

纯正地道美语 (外教讲解):世界杯 A:What are you doing? B:What am I doing? What am I doing? Don’t you know what day it is? A:Ummm. no. B:It’s only the day when the world’s biggest sporting event is __________. A:What? B:The World Cup! The first ________ is today! It’s Mexico vs. South Africa! It’s going to be a really good match! Both teams have a very strong offense and have ________ players. I think that South Africa will probably ___________ the first half since they are the host country, and all. A: I have no idea what you’re talking about. The only sporting event we watch at home is the Super Bowl. B: This is bigger than the Super Bowl, man! Teams from 32 countries _________ against each other every four years and fight to win that trophy. They first start in a group _______ with bigger groups, each group having 4 teams. The top 2 teams pass on to an elimination stage before going on to ___________and the quarter finals. A:Sounds interesting, but soccer doesn’t really ___________ me. B:Are you kidding? Over seven hundred million people watched the final match of the World Cup! It’s a very exciting and nerve wracking sport! Each nation is cheering on their team, hoping they will become the next __________. So far Brazil is the team with the most titles under their belt; they’re really good! A:All I know about soccer is that you can’t use your hands and that players are always falling down, trying to get a free kick or penalty kick. It seems like a sissy sport to me! B:Whatever dude, I’m going to go watch the opening match. 答案：kicking off; match;skilled;compete;stage;semifinals;appeal to;champion 原文： A:What are you doing? B:What am I doing? What am I doing? Don’t you know what day it is? A:Ummm. no. B:It’s only the day when the world’s biggest sporting event is kicking off. A:What? B:The World Cup! The first match is today! It’s Mexico vs. South Africa! It’s going to be a really good match! Both teams have a very strong offense and have skilled players. I think that South A