新西兰英语 311 All Whites Welcomed to Wellington

　　Almost 20,000 football supporters came out in Wellington on Wednesday to celebrate the success of the New Zealand football team, the All Whites. The Wellington City Council¹ organised a special parade for the team and the Prime² Minister, John Key, was also there to meet them.
The All Whites were the only unbeaten team in the recent World Cup, held in South Africa. Although they did not go into the second round, they were proud that good teams like Italy, the last World Cup winners, were unable to beat them.
This weekend there was more excitement for New Zealand football fans as a very good team from Argentina, called Boca Juniors, was in Wellington to play the Wellington Phoenix³ club at the Westpac Stadium on Friday night. However people who went to the stadium were not allowed to take musical instruments. The organisers wanted to make sure that the noisy African horn, which was played at the World Cup, is not played during games here.
Contributed by Chris Mahoney
Listen to other news about the All Whites: June 16th 2010, November 17 2009
and November 11 2009
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1 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。

2 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

3 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。