CNN 2010-06-17

The game is over, but now the analysis starts. United States tied with England. I have with me several fans from both camps who watched this. Let's start with Andy Pope¹; he played with US men's national team in several World Cups. What do you think, one-one?

 

I think it is a great start for the Unites States; our next two games are against Nigeria and Slovenia. England was the big game; certainly we think that we have a chance to beat Nigeria and Slovenia, and get through to the second round.

 

All right, another American.

 

Yeah, I couldn’t agree more. I think we'll have a little bit of hunger coming for a victory after this tie, we had our chances, and I think we'll have a good shot in the next game.

 

Will you repaint for Nigeria and Slovenia or leave it as it is as a good-luck term.

 

Well, I'll leave it.

 

Okay.

 

Err², here's the English, here they come. They didn't win in 1776, and they didn't win in 1950. What you think? Your analysis…

 

I think it's a fair result. I think these teams have chances of England’s traditional slow-start. But I think it's a good result for both teams. And both will be acting³ aggressively to the next round.

 

Emotionally⁴, what do you take away from this tie?

 

Emotionally, I think it is what I expected, to be honest.

 

You were doubting that English team which always had its critics because they don't come through in the big sports.

 

Like I say, they always have a slow start. So let’s look towards the next game, and I think it was a good atmosphere here, and I think it was a great result.

 

Will you depaint because of the one-one misery⁵ for English fans?

 

Oh, absolutely we're not, absolutely we're not. Loyalty⁶ to the team has got to stay, no matter what I mean...

 

Who is going to get out of this group?

 

Sorry?

 

Who is going to get out of this group stage among the four teams?

 

I would say the USA and England. Absolutely.

 

All right. Andy Pope, the former player. Who do you see getting out of the group now after this one -one tie?

 

USA and England, absolutely. I think we got a great result for this game, and we want to beat the next two teams. And we are on, we are on. Anything could happen at this point.
 

1 pope   

n.（罗马天主教的）教皇

参考例句：

• The Pope is the spiritual leader of many Christians.教皇是众多基督徒的宗教领袖。
• The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。

2 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 emotionally   

adv.感情上，情绪上，冲动地

参考例句：

• a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
• A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

6 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。