成人高等教育英語教材3 07

[00:00.00] UNIT 7 [00:29.28]Are You a Football Fan? [00:34.25]Integrated Skills Development [00:39.99]Passage [00:45.27]The Most Dramatic Cup Final Wembley [00:51.23]The Cup Final is still the only football match [00:57.70]guaranteed to attract 100,000 spectators to Wembley Stadium every year, [01:05.15]even though it is also shown on television. [01:10.32]It is a great public event, as much as a game of football. [01:17.45]I was very excited when my father managed to get two tickets [01:23.80]for the Final a few years ago, [01:27.64]though I did not realise then [01:31.48]that it could be the most memorable ever played. [01:36.44]The teams, Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers,both came from the north, [01:43.71]but almost everyone in England wanted Blackpool to win [01:49.48]because the greatest player of his generation,Stanley Matthews, then 40 years old, [01:57.24]was playing for them in what would surely be his last Cup Final. [02:04.08]He had twice reached the Final before, [02:08.52]but each time a cup winner's medal had eluded him. [02:14.77]The atmosphere before the match was traditional, but electric. [02:22.13]The crowd sang songs for an hour, [02:26.70]led by a conductor in the middle of the pitch. [02:31.43]At one end there was a sea of orange, [02:36.29]with Blackpool supporters roaring for their team; [02:41.33]at the other, [02:44.57]there were black and white scarves,hats and banners waving in the air for Bolton. [02:52.04]The game began on a false note for Blackpool. [02:57.89]Farm, their goalkeeper, [03:02.13]had an attack of nerves,and let a simple shot bounce over his outstretched arm in the first minute. [03:10.88]Twenty minutes later, [03:14.85]he made another terrible mistake to give Bolton their second goal. [03:21.09]It looked as if Matthews would be disappointed once again. [03:27.15]But then one of the Bolton half-backs, Bell, [03:32.82]was injured and in those days no substitutes were allowed. [03:39.27]He limped along the wing on one leg, [03:44.34]and Blackpool,inspired by Matthews and the tireless Mortensen at centre forward, [03:52.49]began to recover, and Mortensen scored. [03:58.45]Early in the second half, however, disaster struck again. [04:04.92]The injured Bell bravely headed a goal for Bolton, [04:10.88]and though Mortensen again reduced the arrears, [04:16.24]Bolton were still holding onto their 3-2 lead with four minutes to go. [04:23.18]I can still remember Mortensen placing the ball [04:29.24]for a free kick over 30 metres from the Bolton goal, [04:35.10]just in front of where I was sitting, [04:39.54]as if it were yesterday. He swung his boot. [04:45.10]No one moved, not even Hanson in the Bolton goal. [04:50.95]Then the whole terrace in orange colours to my left went mad with joy. [04:58.61]The ball had travelled so fast that we could hardly believe it had hit the back of the net. [05:06.96]Two minutes later, the old master, Matthews, [05:12.74]made one of his inimitable runs down the right wing, [05:18.20]and centred for Perry to score the winning goal.

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