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第一句： If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006s World Cup tournament you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months. 【讲词】 birth certificate 意为出生证。certificate 的意思是证书;证明书;凭证。对于学生来说，certificate 是指结业证，即完成了某门课程或一段时间学习的证明。相近的单词有diploma(文凭;毕业证书;证明权力、特权、荣誉等的证书或奖状)。大学毕业取得的学位，英语是用degree 来表示，degree 主要有三个：学士学位、硕士学位和博士学位。 noteworthy 表示值得注意，引人注意的。 quirk 意为怪癖;怪事，巧合，在句中表示奇怪的现象。 elite 意为精英，菁华;杰出人士。 第二句： If you then examine the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be even more pronounced. 【讲词】 pronounce 通常表示发音;宣布，而pronounced 显然是过去分词作形容词，表示讲出来的;显著的，断然的，明确的。分析句子，可知表示显然的，明显的。 | 
