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The Red Sox Cannot Be Made to Make Any Sense
Teams get hot, then cold; they get lucky, then unlucky. Records rarely paint a full picture of a season—especially for fans determined to believe in another comeback story.
红袜队无法被赋予任何意义
球队时而火热，时而冰冷；时而幸运，时而不幸。战绩很少能完整描绘一个赛季——尤其是对于那些坚信又一次逆转故事的球迷而言。
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The Mystery of Dark Oxygen
Scientists once thought that life-sustaining oxygen existed only near Earth’s surface. Then they detected it deep underground.
暗氧之谜
科学家曾以为维持生命的氧气仅存在于地球表面附近。后来，他们在深地下探测到了它。
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Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball?
Already the title favorites, Los Angeles acquired the league’s best pitcher at the trade deadline—and may have insured a lockout after the season.
道奇队是否毁了棒球？
已是夺冠热门的洛杉矶队在交易截止日引进了联盟最佳投手——这或许也确保了赛季后的停摆。
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The World Cup Is Not for Sale
Gianni Infantino’s private-equity scheme backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way.
世界杯非卖品
詹尼·因凡蒂诺的私募股权计划适得其反——但足球的商品化早已悄然进行。
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How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic Caterpillars
The oak processionary caterpillar, which is spreading as Europe warms, fills the air with microscopic hairs that inflict excruciating rashes.
如何应对毒毛虫的侵扰
随着欧洲变暖，橡树行军虫正在蔓延，其释放的微小毛发可引发剧烈皮疹。
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LeBron James: An Odyssey
Tell the old story for our modern times.
勒布朗·詹姆斯：一段奥德赛
为我们的时代重述这个古老的故事。
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Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final
Spain stood for Europe, the industrial heart of modern soccer, while Argentina, a great but flawed team, was fuelled by myth.
理性战胜狂热：世界杯决赛的胜利之道
西班牙代表着欧洲，现代足球的工业心脏；而阿根廷，一支伟大但有缺陷的球队，则被神话所驱动。
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How Worldy Is the World Cup?
With every tournament, the possibility of a genuine surprise is shrinking.
世界杯有多“世界”？
每届赛事，真正意外的可能性都在缩小。
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An Idea for Democrats to Keep It Together in 2028
What if a candidate picked a running mate from another faction of the Party right away, and they ran on a unified vision?
民主党2028年保持团结的一个想法
如果候选人立即从党内另一派系挑选竞选搭档，并以统一愿景参选，会怎样？
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Spain’s Beautiful Balance
Lamine Yamal, the team’s wunderkind, is thrilling, but discipline and patience have seen them through to the final.
西班牙的美丽平衡
天才少年拉明·亚马尔令人振奋，但纪律和耐心才是他们闯入决赛的关键。
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The Dynamic, Divergent, Deadly Duo on England’s World Cup Team
Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham are very different off the soccer pitch. On it, they’ve given their country its best chance of glory in sixty years.
英格兰队中那对充满活力、风格迥异、致命致命的双子星
哈里·凯恩和裘德·贝林厄姆在足球场外截然不同。但在场上，他们给了国家六十年来最好的夺冠机会。
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British Grammar Invades the American World Cup
This summer’s tournament has demonstrated the dominance of Britishisms in soccer coverage. Are the U.S. side ready to fight back, or is it not?
英式语法入侵美国世界杯
今夏的赛事展示了英式用语在足球报道中的主导地位。美国队准备反击了吗？还是尚未行动？
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The Story of France vs. Morocco
The match began as a snooze, then became a romp. But the brilliance of the French team, and of its biggest star, Kylian Mbappé, shone through.
法国对阵摩洛哥的故事
比赛以沉闷开场，随后演变为一场狂欢。但法国队及其巨星基利安·姆巴佩的光芒依然闪耀。
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The U.S. Crashes Out of the World Cup
Despite a strong start to the tournament, and an egregious intervention by President Trump into FIFA’s suspension of its star striker, the U.S. men’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with Belgium.
美国队世界杯出局
尽管赛事开局强劲，且特朗普总统对国际足联禁赛其明星前锋一事进行了粗暴干预，美国男足仍未能跟上比利时的步伐。
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A New American Soccer Culture Is Emerging
A decade ago, the fandom around Major League Soccer and the U.S. men’s national team was very white and very imitative. That’s starting to change.
美国足球文化新气象
十年前，美国职业足球大联盟和美国男足的球迷群体非常白人化，且充满模仿痕迹。这种情况正在开始改变。
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How Tourists Are Experiencing Trump’s World Cup
Ahead of its co-hosting duties, the U.S. imposed strict travel restrictions on dozens of countries, including four participating in the tournament. What have millions of visiting soccer fans encountered on their American vacation?
游客如何体验特朗普的世界杯
在联合主办赛事之前，美国对数十个国家实施了严格的旅行限制，其中包括四个参赛国。数百万前来观赛的足球迷在美国度假期间遇到了什么？
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The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Is Rewriting Its History
The Yanks won their first knockout-round match in more than twenty years. But, after a controversial red card, they will be down their breakout star in the round of sixteen.
美国男足正在改写历史
美国队二十多年来首次赢得淘汰赛首轮。但在一张争议红牌后，他们将在十六强赛中失去这位崭露头角的明星球员。
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Serena Williams Returns to Wimbledon
For a moment, it looked like the forty-four-year-old would pull off another stunning comeback in the tournament she has won seven times. Then reality sank in.
塞雷娜·威廉姆斯重返温布尔登
有那么一刻，这位44岁的选手似乎要在她曾七次夺冠的赛事中再次上演惊人逆转。随后，现实降临。
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Australia’s Evolving Appreciation for Soccer
In a country dominated by cricket and rugby, it took a while for the sport to catch on. Now, with the Socceroos making a deep run in the World Cup, the country is fully behind them.
澳大利亚对足球日益增长的热爱
在一个以板球和橄榄球为主导的国家，足球花了些时间才流行起来。如今，随着“袋鼠军团”在世界杯上走得更远，整个国家都全力支持他们。
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Erling Haaland Plays Like a Viking
Norway’s hulking striker brought his country back to the World Cup for the first time in almost thirty years. How far can they go?
埃尔林·哈兰德：维京式前锋
挪威这位身材魁梧的前锋在近三十年后首次将国家队带回世界杯。他们能走多远？
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France Supplies the Spectacle Against Norway
With Erling Haaland watching from the bench, Ousmane Dembélé scored three times as Les Bleus won, 4–1, in a much-anticipated World Cup matchup.
法国对阵挪威的精彩表现
在埃尔林·哈兰德坐板凳的情况下，奥斯曼·登贝莱上演帽子戏法，帮助高卢雄鸡以4比1赢得这场备受期待的世界杯对决。
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The Evolution of Messi
After two decades of dominance at the World Cup, the soccer superstar has proved himself to the Argentinean faithful. Now he has nothing to lose.
梅西的进化
在世界杯上统治二十年之后，这位足球巨星向阿根廷球迷证明了自己。如今他已无所畏惧。
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Can Sonny, South Korea’s Legendary Captain, Deliver in His Final World Cup?
All eyes are on Son Heung-min, the beloved thirty-three-year-old striker, as he attempts to re-create the magic of the country’s 2002 run.
韩国传奇队长孙兴慜能在最后一届世界杯上创造奇迹吗？
所有人的目光都集中在备受喜爱的三十三岁前锋孙兴慜身上，他试图重现2002年韩国队的神奇表现。
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The U.S. Men’s Team Is Building Something, and Marching On
The power of the diaspora is the story of this World Cup—and the U.S. team, which beat Australia 2–0 on Friday, embodies it as well as anyone.
美国男足正在筑梦，继续前行
海外球员的力量是这届世界杯的故事主线——而周五2比0击败澳大利亚的美国队，正是这一力量的最佳体现。
