学习英语音频：美国在世界杯足球赛中击败伊朗

The United States soccer team defeated Iran and will continue to the elimination stage of the World Cup in Qatar.

美国足球队击败了伊朗队，将继续晋级卡塔尔世界杯淘汰赛。

The team needed a win on Tuesday to continue in the competition. The U.S. will play the Netherlands on Saturday.

球队需要在周二取得胜利才能继续比赛。美国队将在周六对阵荷兰队。

The Americans made up for a loss to Iran at the 1998 World Cup because of a first-half goal from Christian Pulisic.

美国人弥补了1998年世界杯上输给伊朗的一场比赛，因为克里斯蒂安·普利西奇上半场的进球。

The American team did not qualify for the World Cup in 2018 but this time finished second behind England in Group B. Iran needed only a tie to continue in the competition.

美国队没有获得2018年世界杯的参赛资格，但这一次在B组中以第二名的成绩落后于英格兰队。伊朗只需要一场平局就可以继续比赛。

Pulisic was injured in a collision with the Iranian goalie just before the ball crossed the goal line. He stayed in the game after receiving medical help but did not come back after halftime.

普利西奇在皮球越过球门线前与伊朗守门员相撞受伤。他在接受医疗帮助后留在了比赛中，但在中场休息后没有回来。

Pulisic is a member of the Chelsea team in the English Premier League, Britain’s top professional soccer group. It was his first World Cup goal.

普利西奇是英国顶级职业足球联赛英超切尔西队的成员。这是他的第一个世界杯进球。

In the second half, the Americans held off Iran’s push. With minutes to play, Iran came close to scoring. The U.S. defender Walker Zimmerman cleared a loose ball in front of the net as Mehdi Taremi of Iran argued that he had been pulled down.

在下半场，美国人顶住了伊朗的压力。在比赛还剩几分钟时，伊朗队接近进球。美国队后卫沃克·齐默尔曼（Walker Zimmerman）在足球网门前清除了一个松散的球，而伊朗队的梅赫迪·塔雷米（Mehdi Taremi）辩称，他被击倒了。

The U.S. team is the second youngest in the World Cup behind Ghana. Tim Weah said, “No one believed the U.S. could play good football.” Weah is 22 and the son of George Weah, a former top soccer player and current president of Liberia.

美国队是世界杯上仅次于加纳队的第二年轻球队。蒂姆·威阿说：“没有人相信美国能踢出好足球。”威阿今年22岁，是前顶级足球运动员、利比里亚现任总统乔治·威阿的儿子。

Weah scored a goal in the U.S. team’s opening tie against Wales and nearly scored on Tuesday. His goal was called back, however, as he was judged to be offside.

Weah在美国队与威尔士队的首场比赛中攻入一球，并在周二险些进球。然而，他的进球被取消，因为他被判越位。

Iran’s players hoped for a different result. The country has never gotten farther than the group stage.

伊朗球员希望得到不同的结果。这个国家从未超越过小组赛。

“I hope that our fans and our people in Iran forgive us. I am just sorry," Taremi said.

塔雷米说：“我希望我们的球迷和伊朗人民原谅我们。我很抱歉。”。

I’m Dan Friedell.