FIFA1 World Cup2 is the most important competition in international football (or soccer), and the most wildly-viewed sporting event in the world. For instance, about 1.1 billion3 viewers have watched the final match of World Cup 2002. If summing over all matches, the cumulative4 audience is estimated to be 28.8 billion. It is almost five times of the earth's population. It is exceeding5 even Olympic Games.6
世足賽是國際足球最重要的競賽，並且也是全世界最多人觀賞的運動項目。例如二○○二年世界盃的最後一場比賽，約有十一億人收看；如果總計所有賽程的累積觀眾更達二百八十八億民眾。這幾乎是地球人口的五倍。更遠超越了奧林匹克大賽。
Most people are interested in the final tournament7 phase. The finals involve 32 national teams to compete each other. The winner will receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy8.
大多數人都對最後的決賽感到興趣。決賽包含了三十二隊國家隊伍互相競賽，獲勝的隊伍可以得到世界盃的獎盃。
The 18th FIFA World Cup games (or World Cup 2006) have been taken place in Germany now. Thousands of tourists flooded9 in Germany; however, most of people choose to turn on their TV on time to watch the splendid games.
第十八屆的世足賽已在德國展開，成千上萬的觀光客湧入德國，然而大部分的人都選擇準時打開電視觀看精采的賽事。
12 German cities have been selected to host the World Cup final tournament. But the final match will be held in Berlin. While approaching the final match, fans are getting more and more excited. In many countries, fans are literally10 acting like mad people. According to history, Brazil, Germany, and Italy are the top three teams. However, which national team is going to take the cup home this year Football fans all over the world will find the answer on July 9.
十二個德國城市被選為主辦世界盃的最後決賽；不過，冠亞軍賽將會在柏林舉行，隨著最後一場比賽的逼近，球迷也愈來愈興奮。許多國家的球迷，表現得就像是發狂一般。根據歷史，巴西、德國和義大利是最強的三支隊伍。不過今年誰將會把獎杯抱回家？全世界的足球迷將會在七月九日找到答案。
單字精解
1.FIFA（F'ed'eration Interna-tionale de Football Associaion） 世足總會
2.World Cup n. 世界盃
3.billion 十億
4.cumulative 累積的
5.exceed 超越
6.Olympic Games 奧林匹克運動會
7.tournament 競賽
8.trophy 獎杯
9.flood 洪水； 湧入
10.literally 不誇張地、簡直地