【看足球学英语】阿森纳 第 2 期 · 挡不住的强权

【看足球学英语】阿森纳 第 2 期 · 挡不住的强权

素材：BBC Sport《No new striker, no worries - Havertz and Odegaard torment Chelsea》（没有新前锋也没关系，哈弗茨和厄德高折磨切尔西）
原文约 807 词，全篇拆 2 期，本期为第 2 期（名宿盛赞 + 历史纪录 + 赛程展望）
难度定位：高中～六级通吃

使用提示：先读原文、先做题，答案和全文翻译在最后（⑦⑧），管住手别提前翻。

 ① 原文选段（约 380 词）

来源：BBC Sport（名宿点评 + 数据盘点 + 赛程前瞻）

Former Manchester United and England player Ashley Young said Odegaard's form will be key for Arsenal this season.

"He's just a joy to watch," Young told BBC Sport.

"He's exciting when he gets on the ball, he's allowing other players to get on the ball.

"The connection down the right side between him, Bukayo Saka and Havertz - it's just good to see when you've got players that know each other and build relationships in that way.

"Riccardo Calafiori has been brilliant from last season. He seems to me like he's the one that's got a free role in the team.

"It was his run, and he played it precisely, for the winning goal. He goes quickly, takes people out of the way. It's just clever. Arsenal deserved all three points."

Havertz said Odegaard was back to his "very best".

"He's an unbelievable player - we have seen that over the last years," said the Germany forward.

"He's going to help us a lot this season."

'Arsenal are a powerhouse'

Sutton said Arsenal are still ahead of the rest, despite their rivals spending hundreds of millions of pounds during the transfer window.

"They're such a powerhouse," said the former Blackburn and England striker.

"Chelsea are a good team, but Arsenal always find a way to win. Can you stop Arsenal? I don't think they [other Premier League teams] can."

Arsenal have won their opening three games of a top-flight campaign while conceding fewer than two goals (1) for the third time - after 1924-25, when they finished 20th, and 2003-04, when they went the season unbeaten.

They have also won eight league games in a row stretching back to last season.

Having seen off big-spending Chelsea, their next league match is at Sunderland on Saturday.

Before that Arsenal launch their Champions League campaign at Napoli on Wednesday.

Havertz said Arsenal will head to Italy with confidence high after seeing off his former club Chelsea.

"Chelsea have an amazing squad, but so do we," said Havertz, who scored the winning goal for the Blues against Manchester City in the 2021 Champions League final.

"We knew it was going to be tough. They scored early, so it's not easy for us, but we believed in ourselves and changed the game around."

 ② 核心词汇表（17 个）

高考（4）

1. joy
音标：/dʒɔɪ/
词性：n.
本文义：乐趣，让人愉悦的事物（a joy to watch = 看他踢球是一种享受）
例句：Watching him dribble is a joy for any football fan.
例句翻译：看他带球对任何一个球迷来说都是享受。

2. tough
音标：/tʌf/
词性：adj.
本文义：艰难的，强硬的
例句：It was a tough match, but we believed in ourselves.
例句翻译：这是一场艰苦的比赛，但我们相信自己。

3. amazing
音标：/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/
词性：adj.
本文义：了不起的，惊人的
例句：They have an amazing squad full of international players.
例句翻译：他们的阵容惊人，满是国脚。

4. deserve
音标：/dɪˈzɜːv/
词性：v.
本文义：应得，配得上
例句：They worked hard and deserved the win.
例句翻译：他们拼尽全力，理应获胜。

四级（6）

5. connection
音标：/kəˈnekʃn/
词性：n.
本文义：联系，配合默契（the connection down the right side = 右路连线）
例句：The connection between the two strikers keeps improving.
例句翻译：这两名前锋之间的配合默契不断提升。

6. brilliant
音标：/ˈbrɪliənt/
词性：adj.
本文义：出色的，才华横溢的
例句：He has been brilliant in every game this season.
例句翻译：他本赛季每场比赛都表现出色。

7. unbelievable
音标：/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/
词性：adj.
本文义：难以置信的，好到不真实的
例句：His save in the last minute was unbelievable.
例句翻译：他最后一分钟的扑救简直难以置信。

8. rival
音标：/ˈraɪvl/
词性：n./adj.
本文义：对手，竞争对手（London rivals = 伦敦同城对手）
例句：The two rivals meet again in the cup final.
例句翻译：这对对手将在杯赛决赛中再次相遇。联动：rival（玩游戏学英语第 1 期学过，足球语境二见）。

9. stretch
音标：/stretʃ/
词性：v.
本文义：延伸，延续（stretching back to = 一直回溯到）
例句：Their unbeaten run stretches back to October.
例句翻译：他们的不败纪录一直延续到十月份。

10. launch
音标：/lɔːntʃ/
词性：v.
本文义：启动，开启（launch a campaign = 开启一段征程）
例句：The club will launch its European campaign on Tuesday.
例句翻译：俱乐部将在周二开启欧战征程。

六级（3）

11. precisely
音标：/prɪˈsaɪsli/
词性：adv.
本文义：精准地，恰好（形容词 precise）
例句：He timed his run precisely to meet the cross.
例句翻译：他精准地把握跑动时机去接传中。联动：timed his run perfectly（伊萨克第 1 期学过），一个精准两个说法。

12. squad
音标：/skwɒd/
词性：n.
本文义：（整支）阵容，全队
例句：The squad is deeper than it was last season.
例句翻译：这支阵容比上赛季更厚实。

13. unbeaten
音标：/ʌnˈbiːtn/
词性：adj.
本文义：不败的（go the season unbeaten = 整个赛季保持不败）
例句：No team has gone unbeaten in the league since then.
例句翻译：从那以后再没有球队在联赛中全程不败。

超纲（4，足球黑话，混个脸熟即可）

14. powerhouse
音标：/ˈpaʊəhaʊs/
词性：n.
本文义：强权，巨头（本义"发电站"，体育新闻里指实力碾压的强队）
例句：They have become the powerhouse of European football.
例句翻译：他们已成为欧洲足坛的强权。

15. free role
音标：/ˌfriː ˈrəʊl/
词性：n.
本文义：自由人角色，不固定位置的战术特权
例句：The coach gave him a free role behind the striker.
例句翻译：教练给了他埋伏在中锋身后的自由人角色。

16. the Blues
音标：/ðə bluːz/
词性：n.
本文义：切尔西的绰号"蓝军"（很多球队都有颜色绰号）
例句：The Blues won the trophy in 2021.
例句翻译："蓝军"在 2021 年捧起了奖杯。联动：Spurs（布鲁诺第 2 期）、The Cherries（伊萨克第 2 期）、the Gunners（本期第 1 期），绰号家族又添一员。

17. top-flight
音标：/ˌtɒp ˈflaɪt/
词性：adj.
本文义：顶级的，最高级别的（top-flight campaign = 顶级联赛征程）
例句：It was their best start to a top-flight season.
例句翻译：这是他们在顶级联赛的最佳开局。联动：top flight（伊萨克第 1 期学过）。

 ③ 短语与搭配（8 个）

1. a joy to watch 含义：看着就让人愉快，赏心悦目
原文出处："He's just a joy to watch"
写作拓展：The young dancer is a joy to watch on stage.

2. get on the ball 含义：拿球，控球（足球高频口语）
原文出处：He's exciting when he gets on the ball
写作拓展：The game changes whenever he gets on the ball.

3. take people out of the way 含义：把防守人带开、过掉
原文出处：He goes quickly, takes people out of the way.
写作拓展：His dribbling takes defenders out of the way and opens space.

4. ahead of the rest 含义：领先于其他所有竞争者
原文出处：Arsenal are still ahead of the rest
写作拓展：After three wins, they are clearly ahead of the rest.

5. in a row 含义：连续地（win eight games in a row = 八连胜）
原文出处：won eight league games in a row
写作拓展：She has been late three times in a row this week.

6. see off 含义：击退，送走（本义"送行"，体育语境=淘汰/击败）
原文出处：Having seen off big-spending Chelsea
写作拓展：The holders saw off a tough opponent in the quarter-finals.

7. with confidence high 含义：士气正旺，信心高涨
原文出处：Arsenal will head to Italy with confidence high
写作拓展：The team travel to the final with confidence high.联动：a confidence boost（贝林厄姆第 2 期学过）。

8. change the game around 含义：扭转比赛
原文出处：we believed in ourselves and changed the game around
写作拓展：One substitution changed the game around completely.

 ④ 长难句拆解（3 句）

S1

Arsenal have won their opening three games of a top-flight campaign while conceding fewer than two goals (1) for the third time - after 1924-25, when they finished 20th, and 2003-04, when they went the season unbeaten.

拆解：主干是现在完成时 Arsenal have won... for the third time（第三次做到）。中间 while conceding fewer than two goals 是"while + doing"结构表伴随对比——赢球的同时只丢一球，强调攻守兼备。破折号后面是重头戏：after 1924-25 和 2003-04 两个年份并列，各带一个 when 引导的非限制性定语从句——when 在这里不是"当……时候"的状语从句连词，而是关系副词，修饰年份（"在那个年份里"）。最妙的是句尾 went the season unbeaten：go 在这里不是"去"，而是系动词，相当于 be——go + 形容词表示"进入某种状态"（go unbeaten 保持不败、go mad、go wrong）。

考点：① while + doing 伴随状语；② when 关系副词引导定语从句修饰年份；③ after 介词短语并列两个年份；④ go + adj. 系动词用法。

译文：阿森纳第三次在顶级联赛赛季以"开局三连胜、失球少于两球"的方式起步——上两次分别是 1924-25 赛季（最终名列第 20）和 2003-04 赛季（整季不败）。

S2

Sutton said Arsenal are still ahead of the rest, despite their rivals spending hundreds of millions of pounds during the transfer window.

拆解：主干是 Arsenal are still ahead of the rest（阿森纳依然领先于其他所有球队）。真正的考点是 despite 后面的结构：their rivals spending hundreds of millions of pounds——这不是一个完整的从句，而是"逻辑主语 + doing"的复合结构，作用相当于让步状语从句 despite the fact that their rivals spent...。英语里 despite/in spite of 后面只能接名词性成分，想表达"某人做某事"就得用"代词 + doing"压缩进去。这个结构与第 1 期练过的 with + n. + done 独立主格是近亲：都是"名词 + 非谓语"承载一个完整小句的信息。

考点：① despite + 逻辑主语 + doing 复合结构；② ahead of the rest 固定表达；③ hundreds of millions of pounds 数词叠用；④ 转述句 said 后时态回退（are 保留现状可接受）。

译文：萨顿表示，尽管竞争对手们在转会窗里砸了数亿英镑，阿森纳依然领先于其他所有球队。

S3

"Chelsea have an amazing squad, but so do we," said Havertz, who scored the winning goal for the Blues against Manchester City in the 2021 Champions League final.

拆解：引语的核心是 so do we——"so + 助动词 + 主语"的倒装结构，表示"我们也一样"。用哪个助动词取决于前句谓语：前句是 have（实义动词"拥有"），所以倒装借 do，成 so do we；如果前句是 be 动词或情态动词，则照搬（so are we / so can we）。这个结构在口语和写作里都是加分项。后面 who scored... 是非限制性定语从句补充哈弗茨的履历，the Blues 是切尔西的绰号"蓝军"。

考点：① so + 助动词 + 主语 倒装表"也一样"；② 助动词的选择规则（实义动词借 do）；③ 非限制性定语从句补充人物履历；④ the + 颜色绰号。

译文："切尔西的阵容很惊人，但我们也是，"哈弗茨说——2021 年欧冠决赛，正是他为"蓝军"打进制胜球击败了曼城。

 ⑤ 背景文化注释

● 阿什利·扬（Ashley Young）：前曼联、英格兰边路球员。本系列老熟人——布鲁诺第 2 期里正是他说出"没有布鲁诺，曼联会有一个巨大空洞"（get sb ticking 那一期）。本期他换了个身份点评厄德高，是系列人物的第二次出场。

● 卡拉菲奥里与"自由人"：里卡尔多·卡拉菲奥里是阿森纳的意大利后卫，扬的点评点出他在队中拥有 free role——后卫却可以前插参与进攻，制胜球正是由他的跑动发起。现代足球里"进攻型边后卫"是最热的战术潮流之一。

● 右路连线：厄德高（右中场）+ 萨卡（右边锋）+ 哈弗茨（中锋）的右路三角，是阿森纳近年最稳定的进攻通道。build relationships 指球员之间长期搭档形成的默契。

● 2003-04 不败之师：阿森纳队史传奇——温格率队以 26 胜 12 平的不败战绩夺冠，绰号 The Invincibles（不败之师）。上文提到的 first title for 22 years 指的正是等待这个冠军的 22 年。

● 1924-25 的第 20 名：一个冷幽默——同样"开局三连胜丢一球"的第三个赛季（1924-25）最终只名列第 20。数据彩蛋的反差感是 BBC 体育稿的常见笔法。

● 八连胜：阿森纳联赛八连胜延续自上赛季——卫冕冠军的"惯性"正在成为其他球队的心理阴影。

● 欧冠首轮客战那不勒斯：周三开打。欧冠抽签第 2 期讲过新赛制：联赛阶段每队 8 个对手、主客各 4 场。那不勒斯正是阿森纳的客场对手之一（欧冠抽签第 1 期原文点过名）。

● 哈弗茨的"弑旧主"反差：2021 年欧冠决赛，哈弗茨为切尔西（the Blues）打进制胜球击败曼城；2023 年他转会阿森纳，本期却用进球折磨旧主。足球写作里最爱的"命运轮回"结构——他本人引语里那句 "Chelsea have an amazing squad, but so do we" 分寸感十足。

 ⑥ 题目区

先做题，答案在 ⑧。

Reading Comprehension（阅读 5 题）

1. What does Ashley Young say about Calafiori?
A. He has a free role in the team.
B. He should be sold in the next transfer window.
C. He is the best defender in the league.
D. He often loses the ball in dangerous areas.

2. According to Paragraph 34, what remarkable run are Arsenal currently on?
A. Eight league wins in a row dating back to last season.
B. A whole league season without defeat.
C. Scoring at least two goals in every match this season.
D. Keeping a clean sheet in all three league games.

3. Why does the author mention Havertz's goal in the 2021 Champions League final?
A. To add irony: he once won the cup with Chelsea, and now he hurts them.
B. To suggest he regrets leaving Manchester City.
C. To prove he has never scored in big matches before.
D. To show he is still a Chelsea player at heart.

4. What does "so do we" (Paragraph 38) mean?
A. Chelsea also have an amazing squad.
B. We also have an amazing squad.
C. We do not have a good squad.
D. We will sign the same players as Chelsea.

5. What is the author's overall attitude towards Arsenal's season?
A. Worried that the lack of a new striker will cost them.
B. Positive but measured, noting records alongside tougher tests ahead.
C. Certain that they will win every trophy this season.
D. Critical of Arteta's conservative tactics.

Translation（中译英）

6. 尽管对手们在转会窗砸下了数亿英镑，阿森纳依然领先于其他所有球队。（提示词：despite、rival）

 ⑦ 全文翻译

前曼联和英格兰球员阿什利·扬表示，厄德高的状态将是阿森纳本赛季的关键。

"看他踢球就是一种享受，"扬告诉 BBC 体育。

"他一拿球就让人兴奋，而且他还能让其他球员也拿上球。

"他和布卡约·萨卡、哈弗茨在右路的连线——当看到一群彼此了解、以这种方式建立默契的球员时，就是一种享受。

"里卡尔多·卡拉菲奥里从上赛季开始就一直很出色。在我看来，他是队里拿到自由人角色的那个人。

"制胜球正是源于他的跑动，而且他传得很精准。他推进得快，能把防守人从路线上带走。就是聪明。阿森纳配得上全部三分。"

哈弗茨表示，厄德高已经回到了他的"最佳状态"。

"他是一名难以置信的球员——过去几年我们都见识过了，"这位德国前锋说。

"本赛季他会帮我们很多。"

"阿森纳是一支强权"

萨顿表示，尽管竞争对手们在转会窗里砸了数亿英镑，阿森纳依然领先于其他所有球队。

"他们就是一台强权机器，"这位前布莱克本和英格兰前锋说。

"切尔西是一支好球队，但阿森纳总能找到赢球的办法。你能挡住阿森纳吗？我觉得他们（其他英超球队）做不到。"

阿森纳第三次在顶级联赛赛季以"开局三连胜、失球少于两球（1 球）"的方式起步——上两次分别是 1924-25 赛季（最终名列第 20）和 2003-04 赛季（整季不败）。

他们的联赛八连胜还在延续，一直回溯到上赛季。

击退挥金如土的切尔西之后，他们周六的下一场联赛是客场对阵桑德兰。

在那之前，阿森纳将于周三在客战那不勒斯的比赛中开启欧冠征程。

哈弗茨表示，在击退旧主切尔西之后，阿森纳将带着高涨的信心奔赴意大利。

"切尔西的阵容很惊人，但我们也是，"哈弗茨说——2021 年欧冠决赛，正是他为"蓝军"打进制胜球击败了曼城。

"我们知道这会很难。他们很早就进球了，所以对我们来说并不轻松，但我们相信自己，把比赛扭转了过来。"

 ⑧ 参考答案与解析

阅读

1. A。原文 He seems to me like he's the one that's got a free role in the team——扬明确说卡拉菲奥里拿到了自由人角色，选 A。B、C、D 均无中生有。

2. A。原文 won eight league games in a row stretching back to last season——联赛八连胜延续自上赛季，选 A。B 是 2003-04 的历史，C 无此表述，D 与"conceding fewer than two goals (1)"矛盾（丢过一球）。

3. A。哈弗茨 2021 年为切尔西（the Blues）打进制胜球击败曼城，如今却以阿森纳球员身份折磨旧主——作者点出这段履历正是为了这个"命运轮回"的反讽效果，选 A。B、C、D 均无依据。

4. B。so do we 是"so + 助动词 + 主语"倒装，承接前句 Chelsea have an amazing squad，意为"我们也有惊人的阵容"，选 B。

5. B。全文既列纪录（三连胜、八连胜、历史数据）又明确提示 It is surely too early... bigger tests ahead（第 1 期）和小样本意识，态度是"积极但有分寸"，选 B。A 与"两亿投入后依然强势"的叙述不符，C 过度，D 无中生有。

中译英

参考译文：Despite their rivals spending hundreds of millions of pounds in the transfer window, Arsenal are still ahead of the rest.

踩分点：① despite + 逻辑主语（their rivals）+ doing 复合结构，不能写成 despite their rivals spent...；② hundreds of millions of pounds 数词表达；③ are still ahead of the rest 固定表达；④ in/during the transfer window 皆可；⑤ 转述含义用一般现在时表达现状即可。

 ⑨ 本期一句话

"They're such a powerhouse"

"他们就是一台强权机器。"

powerhouse 本义是"发电站"——源源不断输出力量的地方。体育新闻里用它形容"实力碾压、长期统治"的强队或强人，比 strong team 有画面感得多：发电站不休息，强权也不给你喘息的机会。写议论文夸任何领域的统治者都能用：

● They have been the powerhouse of European football for a decade.

● China has become a powerhouse in table tennis.

● Behind the quiet library is a powerhouse of a study group.

下期预告：阿森纳周三客场挑战那不勒斯，欧冠联赛阶段正式开打——本系列恰好有一期讲过新赛制（欧冠抽签第 2 期），到时候可以对照着看。下一期素材随时递：欧冠首轮赛后报道、周末英超强强对话、或任何一支球队的战术复盘都行。