2006年VOA标准英语-Iran, Angola Head Home After World Cup Draw

By Parke Brewer¹
Leipzig
21 June 2006
 
The football teams from Iran and Angola concluded² their World Cup campaigns³ by playing to a hard-fought 1-1 draw. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer was at Wednesdays Group D match in Leipzig and has a report.

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At the start of the day Angola, in its World Cup debut⁴, had only a slim chance of reaching the second round ahead of Mexico on goal difference. While Mexico lost to group winner Portugal, 2-1, Angola was held to a 1-1 draw by Iran.

Angola's Flavio celebrates his goal against Iran   
  
Angola broke on top in the 60th minute on a header from Flavio off a long crossing pass from the right sideline. The Iranians equalized on a corner kick in the 75th minute off the head of Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh.

Iran's Croatian coach Branko Ivankovic was happy with his team's performance

"I want to congratulate my players, because they tried to win," said Branko Ivankovic. "They tried to do everything they could during the 90 minutes, but they did not have luck. They put their heart and body on the field, and they created more opportunities than the Angola team, and I think that we deserved⁵ the win today."

Angola's coach, Luis De Oliveira Goncalves said he thought the 1-1 tie was a just result.

"I must admit that the draw was fair, because if you look at the performance of the two teams, neither of them deserved to win this match," said Luis De Oliveira Goncalves. "It was also very warm. There was a blazing⁶ sun, which was not good for our players. But I would like to congratulate Mexico and Portugal because they deserved to go to the second phase⁷. They were the best teams of our group, and we have got to recognize that the two best teams of our group are going to the knockout phase."

Angola and Iran are finished at this World Cup. Portugal wins Group D with nine points from three wins, while Mexico finished second with four points after a (3-1) win over Iran and a (0-0) draw against Angola. Angola was third in the group with two points and Iran had one point

1 brewer   

n. 啤酒制造者

参考例句：

• Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
• I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。

2 concluded   

结束( conclude的过去式和过去分词 )； 得出结论； 断定； 推断出

参考例句：

• The report concluded that no substantive changes were necessary. 报告的结论是，无须作任何重大变更。
• He discussed business and concluded transactions with us on the spot. 他与我们谈判业务并当场成交。

3 campaigns   

n.运动( campaign的名词复数 )；竞选运动；战役；季节性竞赛

参考例句：

• Extraneous factors can intervene and cause the shelving of advertising campaigns. 广告活动会因外部因素影响而推迟进行。 来自辞典例句
• The rebels defiantly welcomed new allies and laid plans for unionization campaigns. 造反派热烈欢迎新盟友，并制订组织工会的计划。 来自辞典例句

4 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
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5 deserved   

adj.应得的，当然的v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的过去式和过去分词 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

参考例句：

• Some of you deserved to succeed and others only scraped through. 你们当中有些人成功是理所当然，而有些人只是勉强及格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Don't glare at me like that, you deserved the scolding. 不要那么瞪着我，你本该受到训斥的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 blazing   

a.强烈的，燃烧的，炫目的

参考例句：

• A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace. 壁炉中火烧得正旺。
• a blazing hot day 大热天

7 phase   

n.相位，时期，局面，阶段；vt.逐步执行，实行，按计划进行

参考例句：

• The first phase of the project has been completed.第一期工程已经告一段落。
• It was a very important phase of history.它是一个非常重要的历史阶段。