南非世界杯开赛在即，你为世界杯做足功课了吗?下面就来看看各种“赛事”都怎么说吧。

　　友谊赛 friendly

　　the impressive nature of their 1-0 friendly win in germany in march prompted critics to reassess their preconceptions.

　　今年三月，他们在友谊赛中以1比0击败德国队，这使得评论人士对先前的预测进行重新评估。

　　warm-up 热身赛

　　the bayern munich winger had missed the netherlands' two previous warm-up matches, against mexico and ghana, due to a hip problem.

　　拜仁慕尼黑队的边锋由于臀部受伤www.xuexi365.top，已经错过了荷兰对阵墨西哥和加纳的两场热身赛。

　　qualifying game 预选赛

　　though the usa and mexico are always heavy favorites to advance to the world cup, qualifying games are never easy, especially on the road.

　　虽然美国和墨西哥队都是入围世界杯的热门球队，但是预选赛阶段从来都不是那么轻松的。

　　group match/group phase 小组赛

　　argentina will face greece, nigeria and south korea in the group phase.

　　阿根廷队在小组赛阶段将迎战希腊、尼日利亚、和韩国队。

　　round robin 循环赛

　　the tournament will be a round robin for all the high school teams in the city.

　　本届全市中学队锦标赛将进行循环赛。

　　knockout round 淘汰赛

　　this season, the second group phase has been abolished in favor of a two-legged knockout round.

　　本赛季，原先的第二阶段小组赛改为两回合的淘汰赛。

　　quarter-final 1/4决赛

　　the draw for the quarter-final matches was held friday morning at uefa headquarters in nyon, switzerland.

　　四分之一决赛的抽签仪式周五早晨在位于瑞士尼翁的欧洲足球协会联盟总部进行。

　　semi-final 半决赛

　　our team just scraped into the semi-finals.

　　我们的球队勉强挤进半决赛。

　　final 决赛

　　the world cup final is being transmitted live to over fifty countries.

　　世界杯决赛现在正向五十多个国家现场直播。