History relived again: In Super Bowl XLII, February 3, 2008, the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants upset the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and won the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2007 season. That game was called “one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history”, as the wild-card Giants (14–6) won 17–14 over the previously undefeated Patriots (18–1). Had the Patriots won, they would have been the first team to go undefeated in the 16 game regular season format.
If you are a football fan, you might love to learn these important sentence and phrases.
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Mandarin sentence – How to say ” New York Giants defeated New England Patriots and won American football Super Bowl XLVI in 2012″ in Chinese: 二零一二年纽约巨人击败新英格兰爱国者勇夺美式足球第四十六届超级杯 er4 ling1 yi1 er4 (二零一二 number, 2012) nian2 (年 noun, year), niu3 yue1 (纽约 proper noun, New York) ju4 ren2 (巨人 noun, Giants) ji2 bai4 (击败 verb phrase means defeat) xin1 ying1 ge2 lan2 (新英格兰 proper noun, New England) ai4 guo2 zhe3 （爱国者 noun, patriots), yong3 (勇 adverb, bravely) duo2 (夺 verb, capture, win) mei3 (美 mei2 guo2 for short) shi4 (式 noun, style) zu2 qiu2 ( 足球 noun, foot ball) di4 (第 prefix indicating ordinal number) si4 shi2 六 (四十六 number, 46) jie4 （届 classifier for sports event) chao1 ji2 bei1 (超级杯 proper noun, Super Bowl).
Yesterday, February 5, 2012, was Super Bowl Sunday (超级杯星期天 chao1 ji2 bei1 xing1 qi2 tian1）. Did you go to a Super Bowl party （派对 pai4 dui4）and munch away your time while watching the football （足球 zu2 qiu2） game? It is estimated that 6% of Americans call in sick the Monday after Super Bowl. The reason for it might be watching the game was too stressful （有压力的 you3 ya1 li4 de5）, mentally （心理上 xin1 li3 shang4）and physically （生理上 sheng1 li3 shang4）? Antacid sales increase by 20% on the Monday after Super Bowl. You might need to run a lot of miles on a treadmill to get the calories out of your digestive system due to junk food （垃圾食品 le4 se4 shi2 wu4).
It is a Super Sunday tradition to consume guacamole (鳄梨 er4 li2）with tons of chips. It is estimated that 8 million pounds of guacamole is consumed with 14,500 tons of chips on Super Bowl Sunday. Super Sunday is also a good time to grill your meat,and to drink icy cold drinks.
Beside the half time show, some people think the commercials （广告 guang3 gao4）of Super Bowl are the most watchable and meaningful, if you are not that sports orientated. Do you know that they charge $40,000 to $4 million dollars just for a 30 second advertisement spot？
Super Bowl XLVI tickets were sold for anywhere between $800 to $1,400 dollars, depending what location you want. Even if the ticket prices are high, 35% of people who attend the game write it off as a corporate expense.
Speaking of money, let’s talk about how much a Super Bowl trophy really worth. The answer? The Lombardi trophy （奖杯 jiang3 bei1） is a handcrafted Tiffany & Co. item, which retails （零售 ling1 shou4） at roughly 12,500 dollars. The trophy is made of Sterling Silver hardware and it weighs 7 pounds and takes about 4 months to be made.
Since only one Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winning team, the Super Bowl rings are offered to players and team members to keep for themselves to symbolize the victory （胜利 sheng4 li4 ）. These rings are made of yellow or white gold with diamonds. On the rings, the team name, team logo, and Super Bowl number were inscribed. The NFL pays for the cost of 150 rings, at about $5,000 apiece, depending upon the fluctuating （波动 bo1 dong4） cost of gold （黄金 huang2 jin1）and diamonds.
The Super Bowl is a complicated sports event, and it is like the national holiday to many Americans. I hope you had a good time of Super Bowling this Sunday — whether it was watching the Super Bowl itself, or munching a super bowl of chips and dips.
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