英文阅读：太太团巴西世界杯遭遇滑铁卢

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英文阅读第一段：

Mario Balotelli headed the decisive goal as Italy emerged 2-1 winners over England in another high quality World Cup match on Saturday.

周六的世界杯竞赛中，马里奥·巴洛特利决定性的一个进球让意大利最终以2:1险胜英格兰。

英文阅读第二段：

Ahead of the game, Italian paper Gazzetta Dello Sport predicted Azzurri win by 2 goals - albeit the prediction was for the war of WAGs (the wives and girlfriends)

.在比赛前，意大利报纸《米兰体育报》就猜测阿祖里会赢得两分，只管这个猜想是针对“太太团”们的战役的。（即球员的妻子或者女友）

The newspaper claims their women outclassed the partners of the England team in an article headlined ‘WAGs absent – Italy triumphs in the battle of the wives.’

该报称意大利女人远胜过英格兰的太太团，并发表题为“太太团缺席——意大利妻子的胜利”的文章。

England played some confident football trying to find the equaliser but Italy's defense buckled down and kept them at bay.

英格兰想要扳回比分，然而意大利严防去世守，英格兰只能作困兽之斗。

英文阅读第三段：

And at bay are the famous English WAGs as well.

同样被困的还有英格兰著名的太太团们。

Alex Curran has been unofficially banned from attending the World Cup!Alex Curran

被非官方地禁止参加世界杯！

Yes, the gorgeous English model and fashion columnist wife of Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard has been barred from turning up at the games because he thinks WAGs are little more than distractions!

是的，这个美丽的英国模特不仅是时尚专栏作家，还是利物浦跟英格兰队长Steven Gerrard的妻子，当初被制止加入世界杯，因为他认为太太团只会让球员分心！

None of the England team is thought to have brought their partners to Brazil - including Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen Rooney - chief WAG.

不英国球员会带他们的妻子或女友去巴西——包括太太团的领导，Wayne Rooney的妻子Coleen Rooney也将不会出现。

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