In the Friday's first match, Brazil will play the Netherlands at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Some are calling this game worthy of a World Cup final.? Both teams seem to be in top form ahead of the game.

周五首戰(zhàn)將在南非伊麗莎白港的曼德拉海灣球場(chǎng)打響，由巴西隊(duì)對(duì)陣荷蘭隊(duì)。有人稱(chēng)這場(chǎng)比賽有世界杯決賽的水準(zhǔn)。大戰(zhàn)當(dāng)前，兩隊(duì)狀態(tài)俱佳。

The Dutch have won all four of their World Cup matches, and Brazil coach Dunga describes them as a very difficult opponent to play against. He says they are a solid team with technical quality and their style of soccer is very similar to South American football.

荷蘭人在本屆世界杯的比賽中四戰(zhàn)全勝，巴西教練鄧加把他們稱(chēng)作是“十分難纏的對(duì)手”。鄧加說(shuō)，荷蘭隊(duì)作風(fēng)強(qiáng)硬，技術(shù)嫻熟，和南美球隊(duì)的打法很相似。

Brazil is one of four South American teams to reach the final eight.

巴西隊(duì)是四支晉級(jí)8強(qiáng)的南美球隊(duì)之一。

The five-time World Cup champions will be without midfielder Elano, who scored in each of Brazil's first two matches.? He has been ruled out of the game against the Netherlands after bruising a bone in his right ankle during a victory over Ivory Coast.? But, the Brazilians have so much talent and depth that Elano's absence is not expected to have much impact.

由于在對(duì)陣科特迪瓦的比賽中傷到了右側(cè)踝關(guān)節(jié)的骨頭，在巴西隊(duì)頭兩場(chǎng)比賽中均有1球進(jìn)賬的中場(chǎng)球員埃拉諾將缺陣本場(chǎng)比賽。但是，預(yù)計(jì)埃拉諾的缺陣對(duì)藏龍臥虎的巴西隊(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)不會(huì)造成太大影響。

They have won three matches and drawn with Portugal, and are coming off a convincing three-nil victory over South American rival Chile.

桑巴軍團(tuán)此前的戰(zhàn)績(jī)?yōu)?勝1平（打平了葡萄牙隊(duì)，并在上場(chǎng)比賽中以3-0大勝南美勁旅智利隊(duì)）。


Notes:
be in top form: 這里的top form 表示“競(jìng)技狀態(tài)良好”。be in top form還可以泛指“狀態(tài)良好”。
例如：
If I'm in top form, I should get rid of 95 percent of the dose in 45 minutes.
如果我的情況良好,我就應(yīng)當(dāng)在45分鐘內(nèi)把95%的注射液清除掉。

rule out: 消除，排除，劃線(xiàn)隔開(kāi)
例如：
Rule out that entry in the ledger, the transaction was cancelled.
那項(xiàng)交易已取消了，請(qǐng)從分類(lèi)帳上劃去那筆帳目。

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