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Hello, I’m Liz Waid. And I’m Rebekah Schipper. Welcome to Spotlight.
你好，我是莉兹·怀德。我是丽贝卡·施佩尔。欢迎收听重点报道节目。
This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting.
本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
It was the ninth of July, 2006.
那是2006年7月9日。
The night was warm.
那天晚上很暖和。
The Olympic Stadium in Berlin was full.
柏林奥林匹克体育场座无虚席。
Everyone was excited.
每个人都很兴奋。
Sixty-nine thousand football fans were there.
共有6.9万足球迷到场。
They had been shouting and waving all night.
他们整晚都在大喊大叫，挥手致意。
But why?
但这是为什么呢？
It was the Football World Cup Final.
因为他们在观看足球世界杯决赛。
Italy were playing France.
意大利队对阵法国队。
But the game was almost over.
但比赛快结束了。
The teams were now playing in extra time.
两队现在在进行加时赛。
And the score remained one goal each.
比分仍然是两队各进了一球。
Suddenly, one of the Italian players fell to the ground.
突然，一名意大利球员摔倒在地。
What had happened to him?
他发生了什么事？
No one watching that game will forget that event.
看那场比赛的人都不会忘记那件事。
They will remember the Italian player, Marco Materazzi.
他们会记住意大利球员马尔科·马特拉齐。
He said something unkind to a French player.
他对一名法国球员说了一些不友好的话。
So the French player then hit Materazzi in the chest.
因此，这位法国球员随后打了马特拉齐的胸口。
But he did not hit him with his hand.
但他不是用手打的。
He hit Materazzi with his head.
而是用头顶的。
And that was not the only surprise.
这并不是唯一令人惊讶的事情。
The French player who did this was Zinedine Zidane.
同样令人惊讶的是，这名法国球员是齐内丁·齐达内。
He was the world’s best footballer.
他是世界上最好的足球运动员。
People were very shocked.
人们非常震惊。
This seemed strange behaviour from Zidane.
对于齐达内来说，这似乎是一种奇怪的行为。
Zidane got a red card.
齐达内得到了一张红牌。
He was sent off the field.
他被罚下了场。
He could not play the rest of the game.
他不能踢完剩下的比赛。
The French team struggled without Zidane.
法国队在没有齐达内的情况下举步维艰。
And finally, they lost.
最后，他们输了。
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