从「帽子戏法」说起
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今天一早起来，朋友圈又被昨晚的球赛刷屏了，葡萄牙 3:3 战平西班牙，
C罗？「帽子戏法」？拯救了整支球队？一脸懵...
什么是「帽子戏法」？百度百科的解释如下：
帽子戏法，指在足球比赛中，一名队员3次将球踢进对方球门，但不包括在决定比赛胜负的点球大战中的进球，起源于童话《爱丽斯漫游奇境记》。
那么英语怎么说呢？hat trick！
hat trick：an occasion when a player scores three times in the same game, especially in football, or when someone is successful at achieving something three times （尤指足球赛中的）帽子戏法，当然也不局限于足球比赛，通常也用于表达人连续三次成功，如「一人连续三次取胜；一人连续三次得分」等。
例如，After two election victories the government clearly has hopes of a hat trick. 两次竞选胜利后，该政府显然希望能三连胜。
此外，还有一个说法叫「完美帽子戏法」，指的是一场足球比赛中同一个球员分别以左脚、右脚和头顶入球，the perfect hat trick：an occasion when a football player scores one goal with their left foot, one goal with their right foot, and one goal with their head.
值得一提的是，在开场不久的第一个进球后，C罗跑到球场角旗一侧作出了另类的庆祝动作引发了媒体的关注，他撅起了嘴，摸着自己的下巴（见动图）。
随后有媒体解读，C罗是在模仿山羊的动作，究竟什么含义？
原来山羊的英文是「Goat」，与 史上最佳「Greatest of All Time」的首字母缩略词 G.O.A.T 一词相同，显然是用这一动作暗示自己才是球坛上的「历史最佳」，霸气十足！
G.O.A.T, is an acronym for the expression "greatest of all time," which is commonly used in sports when referring to players who are widely considered the most talented. Online, It is often used when referring to someone who is believed to be the best at a certain skill.
这里的「acronym」就是指「首字母缩略词」，英文含义为：an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word.
对于G.O.A.T这一说法的来源，网上众说纷纭。
其中，最早是出现在 1992 年拳王阿里的妻子注册的公司名「Greatest of All Time, Inc. (G.O.A.T. Inc.)」。
The earliest example we could find for “G.O.A.T.” used to mean "greatest of all time" is from September 1992, when Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali's wife, incorporated Greatest of All Time, Inc. (G.O.A.T. Inc.) to consolidate and license her husband's intellectual properties for commercial purposes.
另一种说法则来源于美国说唱歌手 LL Cool J 2000年9月发布的专辑《G.O.A.T.》，并获得了美国公告牌（Billboard）专辑榜冠军。
On September 12th, 2000, rapper LL Cool J released his eighth studio album G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time). The album was a commercial success, reaching the number one position on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
查找资料的时候，发现了 2014 年 Youtube 上很魔性的这首《GOAT》之歌，一起来感受一下：
https://v.qq.com/txp/iframe/player.html?vid=h1342ahpuxq&width=500&height=375&auto=0
On December 29th, 2014, the Animation Domination High-Def YouTube channel posted an animated music video about the acronym titled "GOAT" (shown below). Within two years, the video gained over 589,600 views and 920 comments.
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