Going for Goals in the Premier League 国际体坛盛事－英格兰超级足球联赛
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- 发布于 2013年8月13日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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The English Premier League (EPL) is certainly the world’s most exciting football competition. The best players from all around the world appear in the EPL, which is watched by an estimated 4.7 billion people.
英格兰超级足球联赛（简称英超联赛）绝对是当今世上最刺激的足球比赛，来自世界各地最顶尖的足球员都出现在此，且估计有47亿的人口观赏英超联赛。
In the 1990s, English football became extremely popular. A media companybid over ￡300 million for the right to broadcast football games for five seasons, in 1992, England’s top clubs formed a new league, the EPL, to take advantage of this money. Some of the money went to support local communities, and teams outside the EPL also benefitted from the TV deal.
90年代，英国职业足球变得超级热门，一家媒体公司以超过三亿英镑的价钱取得五年的足球比赛转播权。1992年，英格兰顶尖俱乐部们利用这笔资金，组成一个新兴联盟：英超联赛。而一部分电视转播交易资金也用来支持英国当地小区足球发展，让英超以外的球队也在其中受惠。
The EPL is just the tip of the iceberg in English football. Below EPL are three minor professional leagues. What makes this exciting is that the teams can move up and down. Each year, the three worst teams in the EPL must drop down to a lower league. They are replaced by the best three teams from that league.
英超联赛只是英国广大足坛的冰山一角，在英超底下还有三个次级职业联盟。球队可能升或降级，是让比赛如此刺激的主因。每一年，英超当中三支成绩最差的球队必须降级到次级联盟，他们会被次级联盟成绩最佳的三支球队给取代。
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Vocabulary
football [ˋfʊt͵bɔl] n.【英】足球（比赛）
soccer n. (美) 足球
Football is the most popular sport in the world.
extremely [ɪkˋstrimlɪ] adv. 极其；非常
extreme adj. 極度的
Driving after drinking is extremely dangerous.
community [kəˋmjunətɪ] n. 小区
People in small communities usually know all of their neighbors.
minor [ˋmaɪnɚ] adj. 较小的
Although the child fell out of the tree, he only had minor injuries.
drop down 下降
Some rocks dropped down onto the mountain road during the earthquake.
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estimated [ˋɛstə͵metɪd] 估计的﹐估算的
bid [bɪd] v.（拍卖中）喊（价），出（价）；
the tip of the iceberg 重要情况(或重大问题等)显露出的小部分
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Every season, 20 teams in the EPL compete to be the league champion, though many just hope to survive and avoid dropping down a league. There are other prizes on offer as well. The top four EPL teams can enter the following season’s UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League, where they’ll play European super-powers like Real Madrid and Barcelona. With so much to play for, there’s never a dull moment.
每一个赛季，英超的20支球队为了夺冠彼此拼战，当然有的球队是为了继续留在英超，避免遭到降级而奋斗。此外，球队们还有其他的竞争目标。英超前四支最优异的球队能够参赛下一季的欧洲冠军联赛，在该联赛中，英超球队将对决皇家马德里与巴塞隆纳等欧洲超级强队。有了这么多拼战目标，没有一刻是无趣的。
Manchester United (Man U) is the EPL’s top dog. It has won 13 of the 21 EPL seasons, including last year’s title. Superstars like David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo have played for Man U in the past. The team currently features Dutch star Robin van Persie. He has scored the most goals in both of the previous EPL seasons.
曼彻斯特联队（简称曼联）向来是英超的顶尖强权，英超至今21个赛季以来，曼联就赢得包括去年在内的13座冠军头衔。过去，戴维．贝克汉与克里斯提亚诺．罗讷度等超级球星都曾为曼联效力。这支球队目前阵中以荷兰明星罗宾．范佩西为主轴，在过去两季英超联赛，他都是全联盟踢进最多球的球员。
Players like these, plus all the hopes and dreams of fans and players alike, make the EPL such a thrilling competition to watch. Football fans everywhere are eagerly looking forward to the new season’s big kick off this month.
拥有这些顶级球员，加上球员与球迷共同拥有的希望与梦想，让英超成为令人兴奋不已的比赛。各地足球迷都热切地期待在这个月的新赛季盛大开幕。
－by Pat Woods
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Vocabulary
champion [ˋtʃæmpɪən] n.（竞赛的）优胜者，冠军
In 2012, the Miami Heat were the NBA champions.
dull [dʌl] adj. 乏味的，单调的
The movie was very dull so some people left the theater early.
title [ˋtaɪt!] n. 头衔；称号
Floyd earned the title when he won the boxing match.
feature [fitʃɚ] v. 以……为特色；是……的特色
(feature-featured-featured)
This TV show features several actors who are very popular.
previous [ˋpriviəs] adj. 以前的
The author's previous book is not as good as her new one.
kick off (足球)开球; 开始
In football, the team captain usually performs a game's kick off.
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top dog 优胜者
thrilling [ˋθrɪlɪŋ] adj. 令人兴奋的
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