#2022世界杯#
作者：小雅和英美友人
Watching FIFA World Cup
看世界杯
Mom: Do you want to sleep with Mommy tonight?妈妈：今天晚上你想和妈妈睡吗？
Child: Sure, but why are you asking?宝宝：当然想，但是为什么呢？
Mom: Your dad is going to stay up late to watch FIFA World Cup.妈妈：你爸爸要熬夜看世界杯。
Child: What is FIFA World Cup?宝宝：什么是世界杯啊？
Mom: It's the most important international football competition that takes place every four years.妈妈：它是最重要的国际足球比赛，四年一次。
Child: I want to watch it, too.宝宝：我也想看。
Mom: Okay. We have a five-hour time difference from Qatar, the host country of the 2022 FIFA World Cup,妈妈：好的。我们和2022年世界杯的主办国卡塔尔有5个小时时差，
so there are still some earlier games available to watch.所以还是有一些时间比较早的比赛可以看。
Go ahead and join your daddy.找你爸爸看去吧。
☀ Child and Dad watching football game together 宝宝和爸爸一起看球Child: Dad, what are the rules of the game?宝宝：爸爸，比赛规则是什么呀？
Dad: Look, there are two teams on the field, one in a dark jersey and the other in a light jersey.爸爸：你看，场上有两支球队，一队穿深色球衣，另一队穿浅色球衣。
美式英语中球场叫field，英式英语叫pitch。Jersey指队服的上衣。
And each team has 11 players.
每支球队有11名队员。
Child: How about the one in black?宝宝：穿黑色衣服的呢？
Dad: He's the referee.宝宝：他是裁判。
Players pass the ball to their teammates and try to score goals by kicking or heading the ball into the opponent's goal.球员们把球传给自己的队友，并努力把球踢到或者顶到对方的球门里来得分。
They may not touch the ball with their hands except for the goalkeeper.除了守门员，其他人都不能用手碰球。
Child: I've played that game before.宝宝：我玩过这个游戏。
I am a good forward and scored a lot of goals.我是个很棒的前锋，进过很多球呢。
Dad: Great!爸爸：真棒！
Child: The commentator keeps saying the word "offside."宝宝：解说老说“越位”这个词。
What does it mean?是什么意思啊？
Dad: It means the attacking player is nearer to the goal than a defending player when the ball is passed to him.爸爸：意思就是进攻球员在接到队友传球的时候比防守球员离球门近。
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Child: Oh, okay.宝宝：哦，好吧。
That guy fell and the guy who tripped him got a card.这个人摔了，把他绊倒的人得到了一张卡片。
Dad: Yes, red cards and yellow cards are given to players who break the rules.爸爸：是的，红牌和黄牌是给犯规的球员的。
Child: I'll make some cards next time when we play football宝宝：下次我们踢球的时候我也做点卡片，
so that Xuan Xuan won't push me anymore.这样轩轩就不推我了。
☀ After watching a portion of the game 看了一段时间比赛后Child: Goal! 1:0, yay!宝宝：球进了！1:0，耶！
Dad: Are you for that team?爸爸：你是支持这支球队吗？
Child: Not really, I just like seeing goals.宝宝：不是，我就是喜欢看进球。
Dad: Me too. Do you enjoy watching a football game?爸爸：我也是。你觉得看球有意思吗？
Child: Yes, very much!宝宝：嗯，非常有意思！
Dad: Good. Now, we are in the group stage.爸爸：很好。现在我们在小组赛阶段。
There are 32 teams in 8 groups.一共有32支球队，分成8组。
（来源：www.fifa.com）
After three matches, two teams in each group with the most points advance to the tournament stage.比完三场以后，每个小组得分最高的两支球队进入淘汰赛阶段。
The team earns three points for a win, one point for a draw, and none for a loss.每支球队赢一场比赛积3分，平局积1分，输了积零分。
（来源：百度）
Why don't we take this opportunity to do some math?我们趁这个机会做点数学吧。
What's the least number of points a team needs to have a chance to advance to the next round?一支队最低拿多少分有可能出线？
Child: Dad, could you put math Olympiad aside for a moment?宝宝：爸爸，你能不能先把奥数放一放？
It's the World Cup football watching season.现在是世界杯看球季。
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