足球中的英语：曼联迎战凯恩直面他们的愚蠢行为-英文注释版
足球中的英语
足球中的英语
以下内容里的英语原文文章选自于all football
Title：
HOLT: Man Utd line up against Kane and come face to face with their own folly.
Vocabulary：
1.line up：（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide：[laɪn ʌp]
English definition：the players in a sports team who play in a particular game
Example sentence：
This was his first match in the starting line-up (= the players who begin the game).
2.folly：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： [ˈfɑli]
English definition：a very stupid thing to do, especially one that is likely to have serious results
Example sentence：
Somerville bitterly regretted his folly at becoming involved.
The first paragraph：
Harry Kane walked into the media amphitheatre at the Allianz Arena and took his seat on a dais. In front of him, the stage was lit in glowing red. It was the red of Bayern Munich, not the red of Manchester United.
Vocabulary：
1.amphitheatre：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide：[ˈæmfɪˌθiətər]
English definition：a large circular building without a roof and with many rows of seats
2.dais：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide：[deɪs]
English definition：a low stage in a room that you stand on when you are making a speech or performing, so that people can see and hear you
Note: 'dais' refers to a slightly elevated platform or stage, typically used for special occasions such as speeches, award ceremonies, etc. In this context, after entering the Anfield stadium, Kane walked up to a slightly raised platform and took a seat."
Second paragraph：
As Kane sat and talked about tonight’s Champions League group stage tie with Erik ten Hag’s struggling side, it felt as if the England captain was the living embodiment of the lack of ambition and failures of recruitment strategy at Old Trafford.
Vocabulary：
1.tie：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： /taɪ/
English definition：one game, especially of football, that is part of a larger competition
Example sentence：
England’s World Cup tie against Argentina
Note: 'Champions League group stage tie' refers to a match in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League."
2.struggling side：a team which is in trouble
3.embodiment：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： /ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt/
English definition：someone or something that represents or is very typical of an idea or quality
Example sentence：
He is the embodiment of evil.
4.ambition：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： /æmˈbɪʃən/
English definition：determination to be successful, rich, powerful etc
Example sentence：
He was young and full of ambition.
5.recruitment：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide：/rɪˈkruːtmənt/
English definition：the process of finding new people to join a company, organization, the army etc
Example sentence：
A recruitment drive to attract new members is underway.
6.strategy：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： /ˈstrætədʒi/.
English definition：a planned series of actions for achieving something
Example sentence：
the government’s long-term economic strategy
The third paragraph：
Kane was for sale in the summer and it is thought he was open to a move to United. One of the best strikers in the Premier League, England’s greatest goalscorer, a leader, a consummate professional, was available and United did not even try to sign him. Bayern paid £100million to make him their new figurehead, the new face of a great club.
Vocabulary：
1.striker：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： /ˈstraɪkər/.
English definition：a player in football whose main job is to score GOALs
2.Premier League：
3.consummate：adjective（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： /ˈkɒnsəmət/
English definition：showing a lot of skill
Example sentence：
a great performance from a consummate actor
4.figurehead：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide： /ˈfɪɡərhɛd/.
English definition：someone who seems to be the leader of a country or organization but who has no real power
Example sentence：
The Queen is merely a figurehead.
The fourth paragraph：
United spent £72m on Rasmus Hojlund, who may go on to be a great success but is a relatively untried centre forward. It is easy to say now, but if United had bought Kane they would not be sitting 13th in the league. If they had bought Kane, they would be thinking about challenging for the title.
Vocabulary：
1.centre forward：（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide：/ˈsɛntrə ˈfɔrwərd/.
English definition：an attacking player who plays in the centre of the field in soccer
2. “sitting 13th in the league” - Manchester United is currently in 13th place in the league.
3.title：noun（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
Pronunciation guide：/ˈtaɪtəl/.
English definition：the position of being the winner of an important sports competition
Example sentence：
Tyson won the WBA title in 1987.
The fifth paragraph：
Instead, Kane is at a club that feeds on consistent success the way United once did under Sir Alex Ferguson. ‘When you have won the title 11 years in a row, the expectation is that it has to be done again,’ Kane said of Bayern. ‘I don’t want to be the player who doesn’t win it for the 12th season in a row.’
Vocabulary：
1.feed on：“feeds on” - Here it means depending on. It refers to Bayern Club relying on sustained success to strengthen itself.
2.in a row：（The following content is from the Longman Dictionary）
English definition：happening a number of times, one after the other
Example sentence：
I’ve beaten her three times in a row.
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