欧洲杯: 足球也脱欧 冰岛2-1英格兰

 England's failed footballers will return home after the country's most humiliating defeat in its history made them a worldwide laughing stock.

英格兰足球队经历了其足球史上最耻辱的一次失败，这成为了众所皆知的一大笑柄。其队员将返回故土。

Roy Hodgson resigned minutes after an abject¹ England crashed out of Euro 2016– humbled² by tiny Iceland, the lowest ranked team left in the competition with a population of just 332,000.

在英格兰队遭遇惨痛淘汰止步2016欧洲杯不久后，罗伊·霍奇森辞职。将其击败的球队来自人口仅有33.2万的小国冰岛。冰岛队的参赛排名最低。

Today the team's 'lucky' lion mascot³ Leo was shoved under suitcases and then tossed into a lorry outside their Nice hotel after a showing legend Alan Shearer⁴ called 'the worst performance from an England team, ever'.

今天英格兰足球队的“幸运狮”利奥被塞进旅行箱，后又扔进球队所住的尼斯宾馆外的卡车里。传奇人物阿兰·希勒称该队打了场它有史以来最差的一场比赛。

欧洲杯: 足球也脱欧 冰岛2-1英格兰

Hodgson, who was paid ?3.5million a year, and his multi-millionaire ‘Three Lions’ side were beaten 2-1 in a new low for the national team in a major tournament.

霍奇森每年挣350万英镑。而在欧洲杯这场主要赛事中，他带领的百万“三狮队”创下了球队成绩新低，以2-1的比分被击败。

The players were barracked by fans from the stands after paying a fortune to watch the team perform so badly in a major tournament.

看台上的球迷发出一片嘘声。他们付重金，却看了场表现如此渣的比赛。

The manager had quit immediately after the match in Nice, France, and said afterwards: 'I'm sorry it will have to end this way but these things happen'.

英格兰球队的经纪人在这场法国尼斯的比赛结束后立马离开，而后称：“我很抱歉事情竟会如此告一段落，但现实就是如此。”

England had taken a fourth-minute lead from a Wayne Rooney penalty, but held that advantage for little over a minute as defender⁵ Ragnar Sigurdsson equalised for Iceland.

比赛进行到4分钟时，英格兰凭韦恩·鲁尼的罚球获得一分。但这一分才保持了短短一分钟，冰岛的防守球员拉格纳·西于尔兹松就进一球，把比分扳平。

Only 12 minutes later England were behind after goalkeeper Joe Hart – at fault for Gareth Bale’s goal for Wales earlier in the tournament – failed to keep out a shot from striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson in the 18th minute.

仅过了12分钟，英格兰队便落后了。18分钟时（冰岛的）科尔贝恩·西格索尔松射入的一颗球，守门员乔·哈特没能将其扑出。早先在对阵威尔士队时，哈特也没能守住，让对方球员加雷斯·贝尔进了球。

But as the game went on England failed to cope with the pressure and Iceland looked the more likely to score before Hodgson's men crashed out.

但随比赛的继续，英格兰没能抵御住压力，冰岛则看上去更有可能得分了。这时比赛结束。

这场以2-1结束的冰岛与英格兰间的对决，可谓几家欢喜几家愁。看这冰岛球队粉丝们的狂欢。

1 abject   

adj.极可怜的，卑屈的

参考例句：

• This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.这一政策最后以惨败而告终。
• He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr.Alleyne for his impertinence.他不得不低声下气，为他的无礼举动向艾莱恩先生请罪。

2 humbled   

adj. 卑下的，谦逊的，粗陋的 vt. 使 ... 卑下，贬低

参考例句：

• The examination results humbled him. 考试成绩挫了他的傲气。
• I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story. 我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。

3 mascot   

n.福神，吉祥的东西

参考例句：

• The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
• We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。

4 shearer   

n.剪羊毛的人；剪切机

参考例句：

• A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙匠无利器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Eventually, Shearer lost faith, dropping him to the bench. 最终，希勒不再信任他，把他换下场。 来自互联网

5 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。