1·The competition only happens every four years, and the last time the team went, they won the third place in the nation.
这个比赛每四年举行一次。上次这个队去参赛的时候，他们获得了全国第三名。
2·No host nation has failed to reach the second round and South Africa’s national team, Bafana Bafana, which won the African Nations Cup in 1996, will stumble through on home support.
历届东道主均进入第二轮淘汰赛，曾于1996年夺得非洲国家杯冠军，素有“小伙子南非”之称的南非国家队在家乡的支持下将一路坎坷前行。
3·One of the reasons cross-country was so beneficial for me was that our team was consistently one of the best teams in the nation.
使我受益的原因之一是我们的越野队一贯被认为是国家最棒的越野队。
4·The nation, though, demands much less of its men's soccer team.
但，对于他们的男子足球，这个国家的要求则少得多。
5·The team is ranked twelfth in the nation.
该球队目前全国排名第12。
6·Leaving all the hype and headlines behind, David Beckham and his team left for Germany on board a chartered British Airways aeroplane, renamed "Pride of the Nation" for the trip.
远离所有的喧嚣炒作，贝克·汉姆和他的队伍登上英航包机准备飞往德国，此次航班被更名为民族的骄傲。
7·The Chinese national women's volleyball team suffered another blow Saturday, losing 2-3 to Japan in a semifinal at the 4-nation women's volleyball invitational tournament in Italy.
中国女排在20日举行的意大利四国女排赛半决赛中以2:3负于日本队。
8·The sale spreads the nation, some formidable production team.
销售遍及全国，有一支强大的生产团队。
9·Like Lee Kwan Yew said, I rather these talented and driven people be on our team contributing to our nation than against us from their home country.
像李光耀说，我相当的人才和推动这些人在我们的团队贡献我们的国家不是反对我们从本国。
10·The whole nation is looking at the team now - but do you like that?
当前举国上下都在关注国家队，你怎么看？