Hip to Be Square 那小子真帅

Beckham scored his first goal for England during the 1998 World Cup in France vs. Colombia. He had somewhat surprisingly been left out of England's two prior games in the tournament, and the outpouring of joy after he netted one of his trademark free kicks was clear for all to see. As he proceeded to thrust his hips, the nation's women swooned (and the men were too busy cheering to notice).

1998年法国世界杯上，小贝在英格兰与哥伦比亚的比赛中打入了他的国家队处子球。而在此前的两场小组赛上，贝克汉姆有些意外地被排除在主力阵容之外。因此当贝克汉姆打入了自己标志性的任意球后，他尽情地宣泄着自己的喜悦。小贝在球场上的飒爽英姿自然引起了全英国女人的关注（而英国的男人们显然是太过专注于庆祝球队的胜利，甚至忽略了女人们对小贝的爱慕）。

Argy-Bargy 沦为罪人

The undoubted low point of Beckham's playing career came when he received his first-ever red card in 1998, for flicking his leg out at Argentina's Diego Simeone during England's World Cup knockout game. After being sent off, England held on for a 2-2 tie but would be eliminated on penalty kicks (an all too common fate for England fans). Beckham escaped the intense media scrutiny back home in England — the Daily Mirror printed a dartboard with a picture of him centered on the bull's-eye — by going to New York to be with his Spice Girl fiancée Victoria "Posh Spice" Adams.

当小贝在英格兰与阿根廷的98年世界杯淘汰赛中吃到他职业生涯第一张红牌后，他职业生涯的第一个低谷不期而至。小贝报复性地抬腿跘倒了阿根廷的迭戈·西蒙尼。在他被罚下后，英格兰人虽然守住了2-2的平局，但最终还是在点球大战中铩羽而归（点球大战一直是英格兰人的死穴）。为了逃避英格兰媒体铺天盖地的职责（《每日镜报》就登出了一张以小贝的照片为中心的飞镖靶的图片），小贝选择与自己的未婚妻——“辣妹”维多利亚·亚当斯前往纽约度假。