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World Cup Kicks Off With Rounder, High-Tech Ball

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A revolutionary and controversial new soccer ball grabs the spotlight today as the 2006 World Cup kicks off in Germany 혁신적이고 논란이 많은 새로운 축구공이 2006년 독일의 월드컵이 시작된 오늘 주목을 받고 있다.

World Cup Kicks Off With Rounder, High-Tech Ball Adidas's new soccer ball-called +Teamgeist, German for "team spirit"-grabs the spotlight as the 2006 World Cup kicks off in Germany. The revolutionary ball is being touted as the most technologically advanced soccer ball ever made, but some critics question how well it will perform. The soccer ball features a radical new design that sports just 14 panels-the first departure from the iconic 32-panel ball that's been used in the World Cup for the past 36 years. Adidas, the new ball's designer, touts it as the most technologically advanced-and roundest-soccer ball ever made. 어휘연구 grab 움켜쥐다, 사로잡다 kick off 차다, 걷어차다 tout 손님을 끌다, 강매하다, 몹시 칭찬하다, 크게 선전하다 sport 자랑하며 뽐내다, 몸치장하다, 선보이다 panel (스커트에 가로 세로로 대는) 헝겊 iconic 우상의, 도상의, 문양의 Tournament officials say the ball will lead to more goals, providing extra excitement for the World Cup's billions of spectators. Some star players have endorsed the new design, including England's captain, David Beckham, known for his trademark swerving shots when shooting a goal. "It goes where you want it to go, and that's important," the Adidas-sponsored player said in a press release. But some players and sports scientists aren't so sure about how the new ball is going to perform. Critics say the ball is too light and aerodynamic, and it may behave unpredictably and create problems for goalkeepers. 어휘연구 Tournament 시합, 대회, 승자 진출권 swerving 벗어나는, 굽어지는, 공을 휘어지게 하는 aerodynamic 공기 역학 Goalkeeper Concerns The most common soccer ball design-originated by an Adidas model called Telstar-was introduced at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. It is made up of 20 white hexagons and 12 black pentagons stitched together into a sphere. As well as using fewer panels, Adidas dispensed with any stitching for +Teamgeist, instead using a heating and gluing process to create a watertight seal. The manufacturer says this new feature gives the ball the same feel whatever the playing conditions, rain or shine. The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the organizers of the World Cup, says the polymer-coated ball offers significant improvements to players. 어휘연구 hexagon 6각형 pentagon 5각형 stitch 꿰매다, 감치다 glue 붙이다, 아교 칠하다 seal 봉인, 날인 polymer-coated 중합물, 이량체 +Teamgeist's smooth surface and perfectly spherical shape ensure consistent and reliable movement through the air, FIFA says. FIFA notes that the new ball had to pass a series of stringent laboratory tests before being selected for the 2006 World Cup. But goalkeepers, who are charged with keeping the ball out of their net, are not so complimentary about +Teamgeist's design. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, an England goalkeeper, Paul Robinson, said, "There's a lot of difference-it's very goalkeeper unfriendly. It's very light and moves a lot in the air." He might have a point. 어휘연구 stringent 엄격한, 엄한 complimentary 칭찬하는, 경의를 표하는, 무료의 Ken Bray of the Sport and Exercise Science Group at the University of Bath in England is the author of How to Score: Science and the Beautiful Game. He says there may be occasions when the new ball behaves unpredictably. "Every World Cup we get goalkeepers who say this particular ball moves in a peculiar way," he said. "This year, however, I think there might be something in what they're saying, because we've got a very different ball compared to the standard hexagon-pattern ball." Bray says the reduced number of panels and seams on the +Teamgeist ball could potentially cause problems. "Surprisingly, it's the seams between the panels that gives a soccer ball aerodynamic stability," he said. 어휘연구 compared to 비교해 볼 때 seam 솔기, 꿰맨 줄, 접합 한 곳, 두 천을 이어 붙이다, 꿰매다, 철하다 potentially 매우, 많이 stability 안정성 Baseball Analogy Bray says clues to the new ball's movement may come from looking at a baseball, which has only two panels and one seam. "In baseball," he said, "pitchers occasionally throw a very confusing delivery called a knuckleball, which is thrown with virtually no spin." As the baseball slowly rotates, the limited seam disrupts the airflow at specific points around it, causing the ball to wobble unpredictably. Similar forces may be at work with the +Teamgeist ball, Bray says, but only if it is kicked with very little spin. "This wouldn't happen with a 32-panel ball, because there's enough seam and stitching to ensure regularity," he added. "The 14-panel ball is, in my view, much closer to a baseball as an aerodynamic object." The result, he says, is that more goalkeepers at this year's World Cup could be expected to punch shots away from the goal instead of grabbing the ball safely. 어휘연구 clue 실마리, 단서 confusing 혼란시키는, 혼동시키는 airflow 공기 흐름 wobble 비틀거리다, 흔들거리다

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