My apartment mate explained that everyone in her office, in the US Department of Education, had used the excuse of a birthday party to watch the US-Germany match. On the Tuesday afternoon when the US played Belgium in the knockout round, every bar in Aspen, Colorado, was packed.
在我所在的组织——新美国（New America），几乎所有年轻人都设法收看美国队的小组赛。我的公寓室友说，在她美国教育部的办公室，所有人都借口生日派对翘班收看美国与德国的比赛。美国与比利时进行八分之一决赛的那个星期二下午，科罗拉多州阿斯彭（Aspen）的每一间酒吧都坐满了人。