英伦广角 2010-06-27 世界杯催升零售收入和扩大腰

As England’s fans nervously¹ keep their fingers crossed ahead of tomorrow’s game, retailers³ are also hoping for good results, because the better England do in the World Cup, the more cash we'll spend. Well, it’s like another Christmas, the mini Christmas. People look forward to it. They get the TV, they always wanted to have another, the good excuse gotten to get a new TV, and boost up market. Food, friends and drink, they all benefit.
England is making it the second round as thought to have boosted retail² sales by 987 millions pounds. So now every goal scored by Fabio's squad⁴ will bring in an estimated 126 million pounds to UK retailers. And if they get through to the finals, it will be worth 2.1 billion pounds in sales. And it’s not just retailers, but makers⁵, bars, pubs and restaurants are also cashing in. So with all the money we’re spending on food and drink it's inevitably⁶ taking a toll⁷ on our waistlines.
One survey found that for each match man consume an extra five and a half thousand calories, that’s equivalent to 8 pounds of beer, and all this food, or two and half lumps of lard.
Along with the calories that are on the health risks, like drinking too much beer and the stress of watching the match.
I think what people don’t really get to grip with is the amount of alcohol that is consumed there with four weeks of the World Cup which is quite staggering really, and also the number of calories that the average person will eat whilst watching the World Cup. And unfortunately these calories will be turned to be things like pizzas, crisps, all those unhealthy things; and so that, the fact that people can get very worked up about the results, specifically when their side is playing the game, and this is actually being shown in research that experts come up with to contribute towards the increasing things like heart attacks.
So it’s one day to go before the next game, what’ve people been buying.
Buy for a home and white shirts, alcohol of one of those flavors and other things very day, and also a lot of beer to buy…..
Buckles⁸, cobalps, and flag, a hat, T-shirt, face paint.
Um, balloons and flags, and everything in my house is just lovely, really lovely, you know, and we spend so much money, you know, on drink and now watching the Orleans; it’s been brilliant.
All they need now is for England to get the right results.
Julie-Anna Needham, Sky News.

1 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

4 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

5 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

7 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

8 buckles   

搭扣，扣环( buckle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She gazed proudly at the shiny buckles on her shoes. 她骄傲地注视着鞋上闪亮的扣环。
• When the plate becomes unstable, it buckles laterally. 当板失去稳定时，就发生横向屈曲。