British Vision Issue 32 我爱世界杯

Here we go again.

4 years of waiting are over, as the first of 64 matches that make up this tournament gets underway. 161 goals were scored during the last World Cup. It took the German team just a few minutes to notch¹ up the first of this year's tally², scoring in their match against underdogs--Costa Rica.

The organizers are expecting up to a million people to visit Germany for the tournament, as many as 10 percent, that's 100 thousand of them, from Britain alone.

We stay in Frankfurt and we are obedient.

And waiting for the fans, a familiar sight, British police walking German streets for the first time with their German counterparts. And another familiar face, Hard Man actor Ray Winston.

Hey hello, English Cop.
From England?
Yeah, I am on high, Ah! Levy³ it, levy it.
all right. he's up for the full game.
Oh,I did, oh,I've done nothing.

At the US team headquarters, there was added security, following a heightened terror threat after the death of Al Zarkawi.

So ahead for these fans, 96 hours of televised giant-screen gut-wrenching tension crammed⁴ into 3 long weeks,with the hopes and fears of devoted⁵ fans from 32 countries around the world now hanging in the balance.

Peter Sharp, Sky News.
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notch up
[口]完成; 创下, 达到
tally
(比赛时的)比分, 得分, 分
underdogOne that is expected to lose a contest or struggle, as in sports or politics.
居于下风者指在运动或政治竞争中将会失败的人

1 notch   

n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级

参考例句：

• The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
• He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。

2 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

3 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

4 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

5 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。