英语时文泛读第四册Unit-1-Text-B.ppt

Text B Unit 1 Officially Wrong First reading: 730 words/4’30 Knockout round; FIFA; Suspend; Penalty kick; free kick Defender; Swiss; Switzerland; Paraguayan; Togolese; Striker; Croatia; Fake fouls; Pitch; Pro; ref; Slovakian; Portugal; Zinedine Zidane; Central refs; penalty area; Summary: main issue? Causes and solutions? In what ways are the referees bad? The incident with South Korea? What will happen if the referee makes the bad decisions? The match between France and Switzerland? Togo? Portugal VS Mexico? Croatia VS Australia? The reason? End: Language reflection: Questioning the referee is nothing new: it’s an intrinsic part of most organized sports, high or low. But while World Cup pressure seems to bring out some of the best field play, so far, this year at least, the officials have seemed noticeably incompetent. says an official with one of the squads favored to win it all—and who prefers not to make his team a target by identifying himself. “We haven’t suffered the really terrible decisions that others have. But we’re probably the exception, not the rule.” To err is human, and by that score, the Cup’s officiating crew have been made of all too solid flesh. The scary thing is, the referees actually appear to be getting worse. Back in 2002, repeated errors during the Cup’s knockout round prodded FIFA officials to officially deny rumors that the miscalls were part of a plot to assist co-host South Korea advance towards the final. This time, conspiracy theorists began their gripes during the opening round. In the worse cases, bad decisions have altered scores, got players unjustly expelled or suspended, and showed the kind of consistency only a schizophrenic could love. Examples include Russian official Valentin Ivanov, who slapped France star Zinedine Zidane with a yellow card—his first in this Cup—for having taken a free kick before the whistle has sounded, normally considered a slight offense. In that same match, meanwhile, Ivanov r