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打響，由巴西隊對陣荷蘭隊。有人稱這場比賽有世界杯決賽的水準。大戰(zhàn)當前，兩隊狀態(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作是“十分難纏的對手”。鄧加說，荷蘭隊作風強硬，技術嫻熟，和南美球隊的打法很相似。

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

巴西隊是四支晉級8強的南美球隊之一。

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.

由于在對陣科特迪瓦的比賽中傷到了右側踝關節(jié)的骨頭，在巴西隊頭兩場比賽中均有1球進賬的中場球員埃拉諾將缺陣本場比賽。但是，預計埃拉諾的缺陣對藏龍臥虎的巴西隊來說不會造成太大影響。

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

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


Notes:
be in top form: 這里的top form 表示“競技狀態(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,我就應當在45分鐘內把95%的注射液清除掉。

rule out: 消除，排除，劃線隔開
例如：
Rule out that entry in the ledger, the transaction was cancelled.
那項交易已取消了，請從分類帳上劃去那筆帳目。

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