新西兰英语 515 Rugby quarter-finals

 　　Now all the pool games have finished in the Rugby¹ World Cup. It is time for the quarter-finals. The winner of Pool A plays the second place in Pool B while the winner of Pool B plays the second in Pool A. The same happens with Pool C and D. So these are the teams for this coming weekend: New Zealand plays Argentina, England plays France, Australia plays South Africa and Ireland² plays Wales³.

　　Perhaps the big surprise is Australia against South Africa. Most people expected Australia to beat Ireland but in fact Ireland won 15 to 6. So now Ireland not Australia will play against Wales. So in rugby, just like other sports, surprises can happen.

　　After the quarter-finals, come the semi-finals the following weekend, then the final on October 23rd.

　　Vocabulary⁴

　　win, won (present, past) e.g. Ireland won 15 – 6

　　lose, lost e.g. Australia lost 6 -15

　　beat, beat e.g. I hope X beats Y; Ireland beat Australia.

　　draw, drew, a draw (noun) e.g. X drew against Y, 6 all. The result was a draw, 6 all.

　　tie, tied, a tie (noun) e.g. X and Y tied, 6 all. The result was a tie – 6 all

1 rugby   

n.橄榄球，橄榄球赛

参考例句：

• At school I boxed and played rugby.在学校时我既打拳击又玩橄榄球。
• We won the rugby game by 12 points to 3.我们以十二比三赢得了那场橄榄球赛。

2 Ireland   

n.爱尔兰(西欧国家)；爱尔兰岛(西欧)

参考例句：

• Ireland lies to the west of England.爱尔兰位于英格兰之西。
• Dublin is the capital of Ireland.都柏林是爱尔兰的首都。

3 Wales   

n.威尔士(在大不列颠岛西南部)

参考例句：

• The company are opening up a new factory in Wales.公司将在威尔士开一家新工厂。
• She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。

4 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。