新托福阅读材料：NewWordsEnterTheLexicon

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　世界杯上，来自世界各地的顶级足球运动员们带来了一场场精彩绝伦的比赛，而与此同时，许多新名词也诞生在世界杯赛场上，今天我们就来一起关注一下这些新名词的诞生吧。  
+ w4 `& }- }" \2 a, \4 J　　In 2002, the word "metatarsal" suddenly entered the mainstream, such was the focus on David Beckham's broken foot. Four years later, the wives and girlfriends' ostentatious stint in Baden-Baden, Germany, brought the nickname Wag into common parlance.
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3 d! U' ]: u, [( t1 M6 p　　Adrian Beard, author of the Language of Sport, says certain words tend to catch on because of cultural repetition and "playfulness" with language.
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/ ]% u! V0 ^3 o+ s$ H　　"The interesting thing about metatarsal is we had a specialist medical term being applied to a highly non-medical group of people. It got to the stage where Rooney and Beckham were almost defined by the term," he says.

" |+ y* {6 W& T/ y. c　　It's hard to predict which words will spring from the South African tournament as language reacts to, rather than sets, the agenda.

　　"It will probably emerge - in terms of England coverage - from key figures in the team, who they are playing and where they are playing. But sometimes we get quite a creative blend of words. Because the World Cup is in South Africa, words from Afrikaans might come into play too."
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" j7 F- P) b$ R  h% I4 o0 Y) O- r　　But there is a huge repertoire for play, and not just with language.

( k: q4 Z! O* C5 P$ g! e9 b　　"After all, who could predict the Mexican wave in 1986 or Johan Cruyff's famous turn in 1974?"