Name: 為什麼足球充滿了陳詞濫調？| BBC創意 (Why is football so full of cliches? | BBC Ideas)
Uploaded: 2020-10-15T20:01:07.000Z
Duration: 2 min 41 s

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為什麼足球如此充滿了陳詞濫調？

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Broadly speaking, there are two types of football clichés.

廣義上講，足球的陳詞濫調有兩種。

phrases that are so obvious that they're not even worth repeating.

這些短語是如此明顯，甚至不值得重複。

because they are comforting, reliable filler.

因為它們是舒適、可靠的填充物。

talking about the weather with your in-laws.

football phrases that have become accepted as true

When a fan repeats such myths as, "Some people say..."

當一個粉絲重複這樣的神話，"有人說......"

它抓住了他們最原始的恐懼----。

that their team will suddenly and spectacularly let them down.

他們的團隊會突然和壯觀地讓他們失望。

For all that the English language of football has evolved

into something rather ornate over the last 150 years,

在過去的150年裡，變成了相當華麗的東西。

other countries have embraced their more poetic side.

其他國家已經接受了他們更詩意的一面。

that is the extreme top corner of the goal,

the Brazilians might call 'onde a dorme coruja', literally -

巴西人可能稱之為 "onde a dorme coruja"，字面意思是----。

to describe the fundamental act of scoring a goal,

none are quite as evocative as the French -

沒有一個像法國人那樣讓人浮想聯翩

聽起來並不那麼令人印象深刻。

Football commentary is awash with bizarre words and phrases

足球評論中充斥著怪異的詞句。

borrowed from other walks of life, often from decades ago.

從其他行業借來的，往往是幾十年前的東西。

在他們的日常生活中，還有什麼時候

would the average football fan use the words...

一般的足球迷會用這樣的字眼... ...

...that is a goal scored tidily but with a flourish.

......那是一個整齊劃一卻又有聲有色的進球。

...曾是18世紀海盜的用武之地。

but now for a defender who has a habit of suddenly bursting upfield

但現在對於一個習慣於在前場突然爆發的後衛來說

but it has given the occasional word or phrase back

但它偶爾也會給一些詞或短語回敬一下

…some claim originates from the BBC's radio coverage in the 1920s,

......有人聲稱源於BBC在20世紀20年代的廣播報道。

when a commentator would refer to a grid system,

to indicate where the ball was on the pitch at that moment.

以表明當時球在球場上的位置。

They exist to fill gaps, to lubricate debate

它們的存在是為了填補空白，潤滑辯論。

and to act as a conversational leveller between a novice

並充當新手之間的對話平衡器。

So with the saturation of football coverage

spare a thought for the much maligned cliché

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