June 18, 2010
Let's start with a happy story from Chile:
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Car horns began blaring at
6:30 a.m. in Santiago Wednesday morning, but
the honking had nothing to do
with daily commuter traffic.
The noise
served as a gentle reminder to
any Chilean not already awake to prepare
for Chile’s long-awaited soccer debut
in South Africa’s 2010 World Cup.
Chileans obligated to work set up small make-shift televisions sets as passers-by huddled with their compatriots to criticize the referee’s calls and gasp in anticipation as Chile’s forwards Alexis Sánchez, Jorge Valdivia, and Jean Beausejour closed in on Honduran Goal keeper Noel Valladares.
And, during the first half, there it was, Chile’s lone goal that took the game. Although the action was thousands of miles away, Chileans went wild.
Feliz Pacheco Lazaro, a Santiago-born housekeeper told the Santiago Times, “When Beausejour scored I was heading to work. Fans began cheering and pounding on the interior walls of the metro and I had to join them.”
Santiago erupted in celebration when the referee blew the whistle ending the game with Chile’s final 1-0 lead over Honduras in the 94th minute.
Business employees throughout the city gathered at their work entrances to cheer on parades of crazed fans carrying flags and horns as the city celebrated their nation’s first victory in the World Championship.
Carabineros (Chile’s national police force) lined the grass beneath the statues in the Plaza Italia attempting to control hordes of Chileans singing, lighting flares and waving enormous banners.
blare – to make a loud and unpleasant noise honk ส่งเสียงดัง
honking – sounding a car horn
commuters – of people who regularly travel between work and home คนเดินทางระหว่างบ้านและที่ทำงาน
reminder – something that helps you remember something – สิ่งช่วยเตือนความจำ
debut – performing or being introduced to the public for the first time การเปิดตัว
obligated – required to do something ซึ่งต้องทำ, ซึ่งผูกมัด
huddled – gathered close together กอดกันกลม
compatriots – people who are from the same country as you are คนชาติเดียวกัน
gasp – to breathe in suddenly, for example because you are surprised, shocked, or in pain อ้าปากค้าง
anticipation – a feeling of excitement about something enjoyable that is going to happen soon การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง
erupt – to start suddenly ปะทุขึ้น
hordes – large numbers of people กลุ่มใหญ่,ฝูงชน
flare – a bright flame that burns for a short time การลุกไหม้อย่างรวดเร็วและสว่างไสว
enormous – extremely large มหาศาล
banner – a wide piece of cloth with a message on it แถบผ้า ป้าย
Emotions were just the opposite in the host country of South Africa last night, as high hopes quickly turned to sorrow.
Click button to listen to Bafana blitzed and rightclick to download
Shell-shocked
soccer fans around the country watched in horror as Bafana Bafana’s
World Cup hopes of progressing to the knockout
stage suffered a heavy
blow against Uruguay last night.
A jittery Bafana were blitzed 3-0 – and disappointed fans headed for the Loftus Versfeld exits long before the end.
The defeat will almost certainly see South Africa become the first host nation to exit the global showpiece in the first round.
Diego Forlan scored Uruguay’s first two goals, the second from the penalty spot after Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune was red-carded.
Bafana fans started pouring out of fan parks around the country soon after the penalty.
“Ay, man,” said a young man with a vuvuzela hanging at his side. “I am disappointed. I don’t want to talk. It’s not a beautiful game. It’s a rubbish game.”
When Khune was sent off in the 77th minute by Swiss referee Massimo Busacca after the keeper had fouled Luis Suarez inside Bafana’s penalty area, the Pretoria crowd booed and shook their vuvuzelas.
Thereafter there was silence, with many heading for the exits.
Bafana – the name of the South African national football team
host – a country, city, group, person, etc. which provides the space and other things necessary for a special event เจ้าภาพ
sorrow – great sadness ความโศกสลด
blitzed – defeated easily in a sports game or competition ถูกการโจมตีย่างรวดเร็วและรุนแรง
shell-shocked – feeling extremely shocked or upset after an unpleasant experience เครียด(จากการรบในสงคราม)
horror – a strong feeling of shock or fear caused by something extremely unpleasant ความหวาดกลัว, ความขยะแขยง
knockout stage – the part of a tournament when a losing team is forced out of the competition
blow – an event that damages your chances of success สิ่งที่ทำให้เกิดความเสียหาย
jittery – feeling nervous and upset, and sometimes being unable to keep still because of this ที่กระวนกระวายใจ, ว้าวุ่นใจ, กังวลใจ
global – throughout the world ทั่วโลก
showpiece – the most impressive feature of something or the most impressive thing of its type, in this case, a football competition ตัวอย่างที่ดีที่สุด
vuvuzela – a long plastic instrument blown by football fans
rubbish – useless ไร้สาระ
booed – made expressions of strong disapproval or disagreement คำอุทานแสดงการเหยียดหยามการไม่เห็นด้วย, โห่ฮิ้ว
Spanish fans not only expected their team would beat Swizerland, but the believed it was likely to win the World Cup championship itself. That now likes unlikely, although not impossible.
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MADRID,
DPA Spain woke up yesterday in a state of despondency, thanks to
the shock 1-0 defeat against
Switzerland in their World Cup opener.
According to opinion polls, almost 70% of Spaniards believed their team was going to win the World Cup for the first time, which made Wednesday’s defeat even more painful.
The shock loss was front-page news in every single Spanish paper yesterday.
Sports daily AS compared Vicente del Bosque’s team to a ‘‘boxer with both hands damaged,’’ in reference to the poor form of strikers David Villa and Fernando Torres, both of whom were so effective when Spain won Euro 2008.
despondent – very unhappy because you do not believe that an unpleasant situation will improve อย่างหมดหวัง
stunning – very shocking or upseting ทำให้ตกใจ ทำให้วิตกกังวล
defeat – a loss in a competition, battle, etc. ความพ่ายแพ้
form – the level of someone’s ability at a particular time, especially in a sport
effective – producing the result that was intended ได้ผลดี
Almost two million South Koreans watched the match with Argentina on the streets of Seoul, hoping but not expecting that their team would win. They went away disappointed, but not despondent.
Koreans sigh, but remain hopeful
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Korea Herald
Feelings
of disappointment were palpable
on the faces of avid South
Korean
soccer fans rooting for the Taegeuk Warriors on streets
across the
nation after Argentina beat their national team 4-1 in the World Cup
first-round match on Thursday night.
However, they did not lose confidence in the team, hoping that they would make it to the second round of the World Cup finals in South Africa.
sigh – to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because you are disappointed, tired, annoyed, or relaxed ถอนหายใจ
disappointed – unhappy because someone or something was not as good as you hoped or expected, or because something did not happen ผิดหวัง
palpable – (of a mood or feeling) so strong that you seem to feel it physically yourself; obvious or very easily noticed ชัดเจน, คลำได้
avid - extremely eager or interested กระตือรือร้น
root for – to support someone in a game, competition etc; to cheer for someone ส่งเสียงเชียร์, ให้กำลังใจ
confidence – the quality of being certain ความมั่นใจ
World Cup emotions
Happiness, sadness, shock and surprise – these are the types of emotions you find among World Cup football fans as they try to digest their favourite teams' victory or defeat. Here are a few examples from around the world.digest
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Let's start with a happy story from Chile:
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Santiago’s Morning Glory: A Chilean 1-0 victory over Honduras
Callan Hetterich, Santiago Times
Car horns began blaring at
6:30 a.m. in Santiago Wednesday morning, but
the honking had nothing to do
with daily commuter traffic.
The noise
served as a gentle reminder to
any Chilean not already awake to prepare
for Chile’s long-awaited soccer debut
in South Africa’s 2010 World Cup.
Chileans obligated to work set up small make-shift televisions sets as passers-by huddled with their compatriots to criticize the referee’s calls and gasp in anticipation as Chile’s forwards Alexis Sánchez, Jorge Valdivia, and Jean Beausejour closed in on Honduran Goal keeper Noel Valladares.
And, during the first half, there it was, Chile’s lone goal that took the game. Although the action was thousands of miles away, Chileans went wild.
Feliz Pacheco Lazaro, a Santiago-born housekeeper told the Santiago Times, “When Beausejour scored I was heading to work. Fans began cheering and pounding on the interior walls of the metro and I had to join them.”
Santiago erupted in celebration when the referee blew the whistle ending the game with Chile’s final 1-0 lead over Honduras in the 94th minute.
Business employees throughout the city gathered at their work entrances to cheer on parades of crazed fans carrying flags and horns as the city celebrated their nation’s first victory in the World Championship.
Carabineros (Chile’s national police force) lined the grass beneath the statues in the Plaza Italia attempting to control hordes of Chileans singing, lighting flares and waving enormous banners.
blare – to make a loud and unpleasant noise honk ส่งเสียงดัง
honking – sounding a car horn
commuters – of people who regularly travel between work and home คนเดินทางระหว่างบ้านและที่ทำงาน
reminder – something that helps you remember something – สิ่งช่วยเตือนความจำ
debut – performing or being introduced to the public for the first time การเปิดตัว
obligated – required to do something ซึ่งต้องทำ, ซึ่งผูกมัด
huddled – gathered close together กอดกันกลม
compatriots – people who are from the same country as you are คนชาติเดียวกัน
gasp – to breathe in suddenly, for example because you are surprised, shocked, or in pain อ้าปากค้าง
anticipation – a feeling of excitement about something enjoyable that is going to happen soon การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง
erupt – to start suddenly ปะทุขึ้น
hordes – large numbers of people กลุ่มใหญ่,ฝูงชน
flare – a bright flame that burns for a short time การลุกไหม้อย่างรวดเร็วและสว่างไสว
enormous – extremely large มหาศาล
banner – a wide piece of cloth with a message on it แถบผ้า ป้าย
Emotions were just the opposite in the host country of South Africa last night, as high hopes quickly turned to sorrow.
Click button to listen to Bafana blitzed and rightclick to download
Bafana blitzed
The Herald, South AfricaShell-shocked
soccer fans around the country watched in horror as Bafana Bafana’s
World Cup hopes of progressing to the knockout
stage suffered a heavy
blow against Uruguay last night.A jittery Bafana were blitzed 3-0 – and disappointed fans headed for the Loftus Versfeld exits long before the end.
The defeat will almost certainly see South Africa become the first host nation to exit the global showpiece in the first round.
Diego Forlan scored Uruguay’s first two goals, the second from the penalty spot after Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune was red-carded.
Bafana fans started pouring out of fan parks around the country soon after the penalty.
“Ay, man,” said a young man with a vuvuzela hanging at his side. “I am disappointed. I don’t want to talk. It’s not a beautiful game. It’s a rubbish game.”
When Khune was sent off in the 77th minute by Swiss referee Massimo Busacca after the keeper had fouled Luis Suarez inside Bafana’s penalty area, the Pretoria crowd booed and shook their vuvuzelas.
Thereafter there was silence, with many heading for the exits.
Bafana – the name of the South African national football team
host – a country, city, group, person, etc. which provides the space and other things necessary for a special event เจ้าภาพ
sorrow – great sadness ความโศกสลด
blitzed – defeated easily in a sports game or competition ถูกการโจมตีย่างรวดเร็วและรุนแรง
shell-shocked – feeling extremely shocked or upset after an unpleasant experience เครียด(จากการรบในสงคราม)
horror – a strong feeling of shock or fear caused by something extremely unpleasant ความหวาดกลัว, ความขยะแขยง
knockout stage – the part of a tournament when a losing team is forced out of the competition
blow – an event that damages your chances of success สิ่งที่ทำให้เกิดความเสียหาย
jittery – feeling nervous and upset, and sometimes being unable to keep still because of this ที่กระวนกระวายใจ, ว้าวุ่นใจ, กังวลใจ
global – throughout the world ทั่วโลก
showpiece – the most impressive feature of something or the most impressive thing of its type, in this case, a football competition ตัวอย่างที่ดีที่สุด
vuvuzela – a long plastic instrument blown by football fans
rubbish – useless ไร้สาระ
booed – made expressions of strong disapproval or disagreement คำอุทานแสดงการเหยียดหยามการไม่เห็นด้วย, โห่ฮิ้ว
Spanish fans not only expected their team would beat Swizerland, but the believed it was likely to win the World Cup championship itself. That now likes unlikely, although not impossible.
Click button to listen to Spain despondent and rightclick to download
Spaniards despondent after stunning loss
MADRID,
DPA Spain woke up yesterday in a state of despondency, thanks to
the shock 1-0 defeat against
Switzerland in their World Cup opener. According to opinion polls, almost 70% of Spaniards believed their team was going to win the World Cup for the first time, which made Wednesday’s defeat even more painful.
The shock loss was front-page news in every single Spanish paper yesterday.
Sports daily AS compared Vicente del Bosque’s team to a ‘‘boxer with both hands damaged,’’ in reference to the poor form of strikers David Villa and Fernando Torres, both of whom were so effective when Spain won Euro 2008.
despondent – very unhappy because you do not believe that an unpleasant situation will improve อย่างหมดหวัง
stunning – very shocking or upseting ทำให้ตกใจ ทำให้วิตกกังวล
defeat – a loss in a competition, battle, etc. ความพ่ายแพ้
form – the level of someone’s ability at a particular time, especially in a sport
effective – producing the result that was intended ได้ผลดี
Almost two million South Koreans watched the match with Argentina on the streets of Seoul, hoping but not expecting that their team would win. They went away disappointed, but not despondent.
Koreans sigh, but remain hopeful
Click button to
listen to South Korea and rightclick to download
Korea HeraldFeelings
of disappointment were palpable
on the faces of avid South
Korean
soccer fans rooting for the Taegeuk Warriors on streets
across the
nation after Argentina beat their national team 4-1 in the World Cup
first-round match on Thursday night.However, they did not lose confidence in the team, hoping that they would make it to the second round of the World Cup finals in South Africa.
sigh – to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because you are disappointed, tired, annoyed, or relaxed ถอนหายใจ
disappointed – unhappy because someone or something was not as good as you hoped or expected, or because something did not happen ผิดหวัง
palpable – (of a mood or feeling) so strong that you seem to feel it physically yourself; obvious or very easily noticed ชัดเจน, คลำได้
avid - extremely eager or interested กระตือรือร้น
root for – to support someone in a game, competition etc; to cheer for someone ส่งเสียงเชียร์, ให้กำลังใจ
confidence – the quality of being certain ความมั่นใจ