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，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.
拜仁慕尼黑隊的邊鋒由于臀部受傷，已經(jīng)錯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都是入圍世界杯的熱門球隊，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.
阿根廷隊在小組賽階段將迎戰(zhàn)希臘、尼日利亞、和韓國隊。
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)在正向五十多個國家現(xiàn)場直播。
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（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Julie，編輯：Helen）
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