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NCAA football champion will be decided¹ in a game between Alabama, Georgia

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College football fans will be watching as the Alabama Crimson³ Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs play one more time — this time for the national championship.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

College football bragging⁴ rights in the Deep South are at stake tonight. And fans everywhere will be watching as the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs play one more time for the National Championship. 'Bama fans are hoping for a repeat of their last matchup.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Bryce Young drops. Plenty of time. Airing it out. Man's there. Jameson Williams. Touchdown.

Bennett puts the brakes on and threw an interception⁵. There's the mistake Georgia didn't need.

Bryce Young. Touchdown, Alabama.

(CHEERING)

UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Does it with his arms. And now he does it with his legs.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

Yikes. That's the stuff of nightmares for Georgia fans. In last month's Southeastern Conference Championship game, Alabama and their Heisman-winning quarterback, Bryce Young, handed the Bulldogs their first and, so far, only loss of the season. Tonight, the rematch.

KATHERINE LEWIS: I mean, Georgia has absolutely steamrolled all but one of its opponents this year. I think this Georgia team is really looking for revenge against Alabama this year.

MARTIN: That's Katherine Lewis. She's the assistant sports editor for Georgia's school newspaper, The Red & Black. But she admits that recent history has not been kind to the Bulldogs.

LEWIS: Alabama has honestly been dominant⁶ over Georgia the past few years. The last time Georgia beat Alabama was in 2007. So I think Alabama fans don't tend to see it as a rivalry⁷.

MARTINEZ: But good news for Georgia fans. Their team is actually favored to stop the tide in tonight's game. Making it this far is just what Alabama does. This is the school's sixth appearance at the championship game in the last seven seasons. But clearly, they still have some doubters. Ashlee Woods is the sports editor for the Crimson White. She says that the Alabama players have enjoyed their newfound status as the underdog.

ASHLEE WOODS: We're just embracing that people are doubting us. And that - it's because they're embracing that new identity, you know? And it's not really necessarily new. I guess it's, like, unfamiliar⁸ for people in the Nick Saban era.

MARTIN: Saban is Alabama's extremely successful head coach.

WOODS: This will be, should Alabama win, Nick Saban's seventh title.

MARTIN: But Woods says this year hasn't been particularly easy for the Crimson Tide.

WOODS: A very, very interesting season as far as the way it's kind of been up and down, at least to, like, the Alabama standard.

MARTINEZ: So whether the tide rolls or the dogs sic 'em, one thing is for certain - busloads of students will make their way to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for tonight's game. Katherine Lewis says her school is expecting lots of empty seats on the first day of classes for the start of the spring semester.

LEWIS: Will be interesting to see what class attendance is like on Monday and Tuesday. I'm not really sure how that's going to go. But in the meantime, I think Georgia students are really going to be cheering on in Indianapolis and also in Athens.

MARTINEZ: Keep it classy, kids.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

4 bragging   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的现在分词 )；大话

参考例句：

• He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
• Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口，亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句

5 interception   

n.拦截；截击；截取；截住，截断；窃听

参考例句：

• Aerial photography can provide valuable information on precipitation, evapotraspiration, interception, and runoff. 航空摄影可提供有关降水量、蒸发蒸腾量、入渗和径流量的有价值的资料。
• Light interception and distribution in hedgerow orchards with different alleyway widths is indicated in Fig. 56. 图56显示篱壁果园不同行间宽度的光能截取和分配的情况。

6 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

7 rivalry   

n.竞争，竞赛，对抗

参考例句：

• The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
• He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。

8 unfamiliar   

adj.陌生的，不熟悉的

参考例句：

• I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
• The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。