World Cup

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The World Cup, includes two international soccer1)tournaments, one for men and one for women. Each is held every four years.

The men’s world cup is considered the most popular sporting2)eventin the world and is followed with3)passionateinterest around the globe—the final game of the 1998 tournament was played to a television audience of more than 1 billion viewers. Founded in 1930 with just 13 teams,the tournament now attracts entries from more than 140 countries. The teams must4)participatein5)eliminationgames within their own continents before6)qualifyingto becomeone ofthe 32 nations participating in the final tournament.

The women’s World Cup was first played in 1991 and has gained popularity7)steadilysince then. More than 90,000 fansattendedthe finals of the 1999 tournament—one of the largest crowds ever to8)witnessa women’s sporting event. Nearly 75 nations attempted to qualify for the 1999 event, which was a 16-team elimination tournament.

1) tournament ['t??n?m?nt] n. 錦標賽

2) event [?'vent] n. 賽事

3) passionate ['p???n?t] adj. 熱情的

4) participate [pɑ?'t?s?pe?t] v. 參加

5) elimination [?,l?m?'ne???n] n. 淘汰

6) qualify ['kw?l?fa?] v. （使）具有資格

7) steadily ['sted?l?] adv. 穩(wěn)定地

8) witness ['w?tn?s] v. 觀看

參考譯文

世界杯（足球）包括兩項國際足球比賽，一項是男子，一項是女子，兩項都是四年舉辦一次。

男子世界杯被認為是世界上最流行的體育運動，它引來了全球濃厚的興趣。1998年的世界杯決賽贏得了電視機前10億觀眾的收視率。這一比賽開始于1930年，當時只有13支球隊，現(xiàn)在吸引了140多個國家參賽。這些球隊在獲得世界杯32強參加決賽資格前必須先參加其所在洲進行的預選賽。

女子世界杯開始于1991年，自此逐步流行起來。9萬多名球迷觀看了1999年的世界杯決賽，這也是獲得最多觀眾的女子體育項目之一。將近75個國家和地區(qū)參加了1999年的預選賽，最后16支球隊進入預賽。

名師考點小結

1.one of…意為“……中的一個”，one of…后的名詞要用復數(shù)形式；one of…作主語時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)，

例如：

One of my best friends is Laura. 我最好的朋友之一是勞拉。

Shanghai is one of the biggest cities in China. 上海是中國最大的城市之一。

拓展：形容詞最高級表示“最……之一”時，可用“one of the +最高級+復數(shù)名詞”。

Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world.愛迪生是世界上最偉大的發(fā)明家之一

2.attend“參加”，指出席或參加會議、聚會、講座等。

Everyone attended the party except Tom. 除了湯姆外大家都參加了那個聚會。

Two hundred people attended the meeting. 二百人參加了那個會議。