英格兰0:0平阿尔及利亚: Furious England fans turn on players after awful 0-0 draw. INCOMPETENCE on the pitch场上无能, tabloid fury, an angry fan yelling at Beckham, and Rooney upset at being booed - it was a night to forget for England. An enraged(=angry, in fury) England fan barged冲, 撞, 闯 his way into the dressing room(更衣室=changing room, locker room) and confronted David Beckham after the Three Lions' woeful 0-0 draw(or scoreless draw) with Algeria. England were booed off following the 0-0 draw with Algeria at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town that leaves their World Cup hopes hanging by a thread(命悬一线). One supporter was so angry he took direct action and evaded security to remonstrate with the former skipper, who has been a constant presence since England's arrival in South Africa. The intruder闯入者 was eventually hustled away(1. 催促 2. vt.(用强迫或欺骗的手段)劝说 He hustled me into buying the car他硬逼我买下那辆汽车) but the England squad were unnerved(焦躁, 失去勇气, 气馁) by the incident, which came at the end of an awful evening. "This is not the team I recognise from training or from qualifying," said a mystified迷惑不已的 coach Fabio Capello. "We missed too many passes, lost too many balls. It was not a good game. We have to do better. The security breach was particularly worrying for England authorities because both Prince William and Prince Harry had been present in the dressing room - although both had left when the fan muscled his way in. "We have formally complained to FIFA after the game and will follow it up in writing. This is not acceptable and thankfully no serious harm was done." A tepid(不温不火的, 不冷不热的) display from Wayne Rooney and company(and company 他们那一帮人, 那帮人, 那伙人 used after a person's name to denote those people usually associated with them[用于人名后表示与之交往的人或与之有来往的人]) against Algeria muted a raucous Friday night for millions of England fans. "We're not happy with the performance, we need more if we want to stay in this tournament to the later stages, we need to improve," said captain Steven Gerrard said. "We weren't at our level没在水准上, 有失水准 today, it's not good enough." Rooney showed his frustration as he trudged off the field to the jeers嘲笑讥讽 of disgruntled不满的, 不高兴的 England supporters, saying to a TV camera: "It's nice to see your own fans booing you." England's notoriously unforgiving得理不饶人的, 不宽恕不原谅人的 tabloids didn't hesitate to sink the boot in(give sb/get the boot (informal)解雇 put/stick the boot in 1). kick sb very hard, especially when they are on the ground 猛踢(尤指倒地的人) 2). say or do sth cruel or unfair to sb, especially when they have already been harmed in some other way(尤指乘人之危)抨击(或残酷对待)某人 落井下石 She was upset about losing her job and then her sister started putting the boot in, telling her she was lazy她丢了工作很心烦, 这时她姐姐又雪上加霜, 说她太懒 to boot also She said she liked living at home, and she was saving money to boot. ). ......- although these were pretty lame puns双关语 considering the genius efforts after goalie Robert Green's howler in the first game ("Hand of Clod" and "Tainted Glove"). Capello's men must now beat group leaders Slovenia in the final game of the group stage(小组赛, knockout round/phase 淘汰赛) to guarantee progress to the second round. Travelling supporter Duncan Jenkins, 30, an accountant from Manchester, summed up the mood of the nation, saying: "At this rate Capello will be looking for a new job in the morning. It's rubbish. Rooney couldn't trap a bag of cement. And the team looks like it just doesn't care. There's no energy. 0-0 is just terrible." Janette Denison, a 42-year-old accountant from Bolton, slammed the performance, saying she spent thousands of pounds travelling out to the game. "It was terrible, hopeless," she said. "We just couldn't pass it传球 or control it控球. It was dreadful. Thousands of pounds to come out here and it looked like they weren't even trying." 相关报道: England's World Cup descended into frustration陷入绝望 last night. The mood turned poisonous moments later when a fan wearing an England replica kit barged his way through the security around the changing rooms and shouted abuse at Beckham, who is a non‑playing member of Fabio Capello's staff. Jamie Carragher will miss the Slovenia game through suspension停赛, leaving Capello to reassemble his centre defence for a third successive game. The Italian(Capello是英教练) was at a loss茫然无措 to explain his team's display(队伍的表现 = performance), rather half-heartedly blaming expectation for having disrupted his side's rhythm打乱队伍的节奏. The manager offered his crestfallen垂头丧气 players a reminder that they can still progress, and even top the group, though his main task now appears to be repairing battered confidence修复被打击的信心. The striker was unrecognisable辨认不出的 from the player who rampaged through the Premier League. We were not good enough to make the breakthrough in the final third(后三分之一场, 即进攻区). We were not aggressive enough and didn't have the cutting edge. Algeria had the better of the early stages and England never got to grips with(控制掌握, 对付处理 He talked a lot, but never really got to grips with the subject他说了很多, 但是没有真正谈到正题 ) the game, struggling even to create chances in a game they had been strongly expected to win. "At this level在这个阶段, 到了这个时候, you've got to handle it. You've got to play under pressure and we never hit our level打出我们的水平 today. We'll have to have a look at it - look at the reasons why. Wayne Rooney cut a frustrated figure throughout the game and, as the team were booed off at the full-time whistle, he said: "Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what I call supporters." "We're a great team regardless of what anyone says about tonight. Look around the dressing room, it's a good mix(指老中青结合的队伍). There is youth and lads who have done it. We've got to stick together, that is the key.'' Algeria coach Rabah Saadane also said England played below their potential低水平发挥. "I was expecting better," he said. "I don't know what happened. The England team was not up to its level没发挥出正常水平 today. "They played better against the USA. It is up to the coach to draw the necessary conclusions as toward the England team. We caused them problems with our short passes and style of play. I don't think England was up to its full strength(尽全力) as a team today.
美国下半场追两球平斯洛文尼亚: The United States rallied from(从...好转, 开始复原, 重整旗鼓, 恢复元气, 重新集结) two goals down at halftime to salvage抢救 a 2-2 draw with Slovenia on Friday in Group C. Michael Bradley and Landon Donovan scored in the second half as the United States denied the Slovenes a win that would have made them the first team to advance to the knockout round. A third American goal was (disallowed不被承认, 驳回, 被判无效, rule out) for an apparent foul. Bradley scored the equalizer追平 in the 82nd minute from Jozy Altidore's header. Altidore nudged轻推 it forward and Bradley, running at full speed, caught up to it just in front of the goal and tapped it up and over Slovenia goalkeeper Samir Handanovic's head for the equalizer. United States substitute Maurice Edu volleyed Donovan's free kick into the net in the 86th but the goal was disallowed as the referee called an apparent foul that perplexed the Americans. "I'm a little gutted失望沮丧的 to be honest," Donovan said. "I don't know how they stole that last goal from us. ... I'm not sure what the call was. He (the referee) wouldn't tell us what the call was." "When we asked him several times, in a non-confrontational manner, why he made that call吹那个球(另一个例子 The U.S., ranked 14th by soccer’s ruling body, hasn’t asked FIFA for an explanation of Coulibaly’s call and, in any event, on-field decisions aren’t reviewable. call作为动词或名次的两个特别的用法 1. (of an umpire=referee or other official in a game) pronounce (a ball, stroke, or other action) to be the thing specified (比赛中裁判等)判定 The linesman边裁 called the ball wide巡边员判球出界 作为名词的解释a shout by an official in a game indicating that the ball has gone out of play or that a rule has been breached; the decision or ruling so made (比赛中的)判球出界, 判犯规, 判决 2. vi (call at)(of a train or coach) stop at (a specified station or stations) on a particular route (火车, 长途汽车) 停靠 the 8.15 service to Paddington, calling at Reading中途停靠雷丁的8:15去帕丁顿的车 3. 出诊. The doctor is out on a call. go one's rounds do/make the rounds巡视, **一圈 if you do the rounds of people, organizations, or places, you visit or telephone them all (usually + of ) Tony and I made the rounds of the cheap bars in the city. I've done the rounds of all the agents, but nobody has any tickets left. round sth up/down (to sth) to increase/decrease a number to the next highest or lowest whole number上捨入, 下捨入 (将数字调高或调低)使成为整数 He rounded the price down to $900他把价格捨为900元 Totals should be rounded up to the nearest whole number总数应该捨为最接近的整数 ), he just ignored us. Maybe he didn't understand us since I don't know how much English he speaks." Still, Donovan was proud of his team for canceling a two-goal deficit. The Slovenian winger was left unchallenged无人防守, 无人盯防 by a passive American defense and had ample time to adjust his aim before curling the shot perfectly with his left foot. "I just lost sight of it," Howard said. "The pace and curl with which he hit it, it just froze me." Ljubijankic doubled the score on a counterattack, set up by attacking partner Milivoje Novakovic. Howard rushed out to stop him but Ljubijankic kept his cool and slotted(准确射门进球) the ball inside the far post. Landon Donovan said he was delighted with the way USA responded after going 2-0 down against Slovenia but could not hide his frustration at seeing Maurice Edu's goal ruled out. He added: "On the set-piece定位球 most of what took place was Slovenia players holding our players. A Slovenia player had his arms round Michael (Bradley, the coach's son), Michael tried to break clear and the foul was called. There might have been three fouls in the box, all of which were by Slovenia players." Slovenia coach: "I am really proud of my squad but, yes, there is some aftertaste ( 尤指不好的回味, 余韵, 余味 a taste, usually one that is unpleasant, that remains in your mouth after you eat or drink something. The wine leaves a strong aftertaste. The crab left too much of a fishy aftertaste. Some commented on the salty aftertaste. Other kids complained it tasted great at first, but the aftertaste lingered too long. The aftertaste of that loss to Oregon State won't go away very soon. )of expectations not having been met," he said. "We were ahead of the US and we didn't overcome this pressure.
