南非世界杯開賽在即，你為世界杯做足功課了嗎？下面就來看看各種“賽事”都怎么說吧。
友誼賽 friendly
The impressive nature of their 1-0 friendly win in Germany in March prompted critics to reassess their preconceptions.
今年三月，他們在友誼賽中以1比0擊敗德國隊(duì)，這使得評論人士對先前的預(yù)測進(jìn)行重新評估。
warm-up 熱身賽
The Bayern Munich winger had missed the Netherlands' two previous warm-up matches, against Mexico and Ghana, due to a hip problem.
拜仁慕尼黑隊(duì)的邊鋒由于臀部受傷，已經(jīng)錯(cuò)過了荷蘭對陣墨西哥和加納的兩場熱身賽。
qualifying game 預(yù)選賽
Though the USA and Mexico are always heavy favorites to advance to the World Cup, qualifying games are never easy, especially on the road.
雖然美國和墨西哥隊(duì)都是入圍世界杯的熱門球隊(duì)，但是預(yù)選賽階段從來都不是那么輕松的。
group match/group phase 小組賽
Argentina will face Greece, Nigeria and South Korea in the group phase.
阿根廷隊(duì)在小組賽階段將迎戰(zhàn)希臘、尼日利亞、和韓國隊(duì)。
round robin 循環(huán)賽
The tournament will be a round robin for all the high school teams in the city.
本屆全市中學(xué)隊(duì)錦標(biāo)賽將進(jìn)行循環(huán)賽。
knockout round 淘汰賽
This season, the Second Group Phase has been abolished in favor of a two-legged knockout round.
本賽季，原先的第二階段小組賽改為兩回合的淘汰賽。
quarter-final 1/4決賽
The draw for the quarter-final matches was held Friday morning at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
四分之一決賽的抽簽儀式周五早晨在位于瑞士尼翁的歐洲足球協(xié)會(huì)聯(lián)盟總部進(jìn)行。
semi-final 半決賽
Our team just scraped into the semi-finals.
我們的球隊(duì)勉強(qiáng)擠進(jìn)半決賽。
final 決賽
The World Cup final is being transmitted live to over fifty countries.
世界杯決賽現(xiàn)在正向五十多個(gè)國家現(xiàn)場直播。
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（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Julie，編輯：Helen）
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