Finding out word meaning

nMany times we can figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word from clues provided by context and our common sense as well.n

The context clues that might be useful for you to recognize the meaning of a new word include:n

Examples, synonyms, antonyms, word stems and roots, affixes, suffixes.

Additional Notes 

n1.  Wyne Rooney: 韦恩·鲁尼（英格兰足球运动员）

n2.  Euro 2004: 在葡萄牙举行的2004年欧洲杯n

3.  Gillette: 吉列（美国主要生产剃须产品的公司）

n4.  Meiji Seika: 日本明治制果公司n

5.  Freddy Shepherd: 弗雷迪·谢泼德(纽卡斯尔联队主席)

n6.  Michael Owen: 迈克尔·欧文（英格兰足球运动员）n

7.  Cristiano Ronaldo: C. 罗纳尔多（葡萄牙足球运动员）

n8.  Francesco Totti: 弗朗西斯科·托蒂（意大利足球运动员）n

9.  Javier Saviola: 萨维奥拉（阿根廷足球运动员）

n10.  Arsenal: 阿森纳足球俱乐部（英格兰足球俱乐部）

n11.  Thierry Henry: 蒂埃里·亨利（法国足球运动员）

n12.  Dominic Malcolm: 多米尼克·马尔科姆n

13.  University of Leicester: 莱切斯特大学（英国最为古老的大学之一）

n14.  Crystal Palace: 水晶宫足球队（英国球队）n

15.  Tottenham: 托特纳姆足球队（英国球队）

n16.  Parma: 帕尔玛足球队（意大利球队）

n17.  Fiorentina: 佛罗伦萨队（意大利球队）n

18.  Everton: 埃弗顿俱乐部（英国足球俱乐部）

n19.  Stockport County FC: 斯托克港球队（英国球队）n

20.  cash cow: 摇钱树，稳赚项目

n21.  Freddy Adu: 弗雷迪·阿杜（美国足球运动员）

22. Bill Gerard: 比尔·杰拉德(利兹大学商学院体育管理与财务教授)

22.  n23.  Leeds University Business School: 利兹大学商学院（英国大学）

Additional Reading Materials

nVocabulary on football games

half-time interval 中场休息 

preliminary match 预赛

nelimination/knockout match 淘汰赛n

extra/over time 加时赛

neighth-final 八分之一决赛n

quarterfinal 四分之一决赛

nsemi-final 半决赛

final match 决赛n

nsend a player off /foul out罚出场n

yellow card 黄牌n

red card 红牌

field / pitch 足球场
midfield 中场
backfield 后场
forward / striker 前锋
midfielder 前卫ncenter forward 中锋
full back 后卫ngoalkeeper  守门员ncaptain/leader 队长   coach  教练  bench player 板凳球员n referee  裁判   linesman  边裁nball picker 球童
cheering team 拉拉队 

nbicycle kick 倒钩球ncorner ball  角球ngoal kick  球门球nhandball 手球nheader 头球npenalty kick 点球nplace kick 定位球nfree kick 任意球nown goal  乌龙球nhat trick   帽子戏法noffside  越位

Commercialization has hurt football 

n          Commercialization has hurt football, says Eusebio 

n         Associated Press, Johannesburg   n

               Thu, 07/01/2010 10:23 PM n

    The Portugal great was the top scorer at the 1966 World Cup with nine goals and is widely considered as one of football's best ever players. Asked to rate the sport now and when he was playing, the 68-year-old Eusebio said it was difficult to compare.
     "The only answer I can give you is that my generation, of the 60s, we played football," Eusebio said Thursday. "There were many good players all over the world. Every country had great players. 

    "You can't compare with today. Today football is commercial. You can count the good players on one hand."
    Eusebio's joint news conference with former Germany striker Gerd Mueller, who scored the most goals at the 1970 World Cup, was hosted by a major sports brand that sponsors the Golden Boot award for the tournament's top scorer.
    Eusebio predicted that strikers Gonzalo Higuain of Argentina or David Villa of Spain would win the award, but wasn't impressed by the number of goals scored in the tournament so far.
    "Did you say there have been many goals in this tournament?" Eusebio asked. "I haven't seen many goals so far in this tournament. The top scorers in this tournament have four goals, but there is still a lot of time left." 

n    Villa, Higuain and Robert Vittek of Slovakia share the scoring lead with four goals.
    The 65-year-old Mueller said his namesake in today's German team, Thomas Mueller, would win the top scorer award. The 20-year-old midfielder has scored three goals so far.
    "He's a good player," Mueller said. "At 18, he was already in the squad. He's a very valuable player. On top of that, he's a very decent person, a good person and that's important, too."

nnNotes: nEusebio: 尤西比奥，葡萄牙著名足球运动员