奔波千里来现场却忘带票？然后......
【真的球迷敢于直面惨淡的人品】据新华国际报道，英国球迷莫尔顿23日飞到俄罗斯，准备看世界杯英格兰队对战巴拿马队的比赛，结果抵达后才发现忘了带门票。
他逢人就问有没有多余门票，同住一家酒店的英国新闻编辑豪厄尔斯出于同情在社交网站上为他求票，还真通过别人给找到一张。
但不幸再次发生——豪厄尔斯没能在比赛开始前找到莫尔顿。这名英国球迷最终无缘去现场看球。
Supporter misses England's biggest-ever World Cup win after forgetting his ticket
Douglas Moreton travelled 2,000 miles from Bristol to Russia before realising he left his match tickets in a drawer
One hapless[运气不好的；倒霉的] England supporter[1] missed England's biggest-ever World Cup win against Panama after travelling all the way to Nizhny Novgorod without his match ticket.
[1]supporter: someone who likes a particular sports team, and often goes to watch them play〔某一球队的〕支持者，球迷
Manchester United supporters
曼彻斯特联队的支持者
Douglas Moreton made the 2,000-mile journey from his native Bristol to western Russia with plans to attend the game on Sunday, but realised after landing that he had left his tickets in a drawer.
ITV News editor Dan Howells met Moreton in Nizhny Novgorod and launched a Twitter appeal on the stricken fan’s behalf to try and secure[2] him another ticket for the game.
[2]secure: If you secure something that you want or need, you obtain it, often after a lot of effort. 争取到
Federal leaders continued their efforts to secure a ceasefire.
联邦政府的领导人们继续他们争取停火的努力。
"This is Douglas,” he wrote alongside a picture of Moreton. “He was at our hotel in Volgograd. We've just bumped into[3] him in Nizhny Novgorod & he's realised he's left his match tickets in the drawer at home in Bristol.
[3]bump into: to meet someone who you know, when you were not expecting to 巧遇，邂逅，碰见
I bumped into Jean in town.
我在城里碰见了琼。
"If anyone's got a spare on let me know.”
The appeal worked and Howells managed to acquire a spare ticket, but the journalist was then unable to track down Moreton in time to give it to him ahead of the match.
“DOUGLAS UPDATE: The lads from @sport_options have found him a ticket but now we can't find him,” Howells added. “If anyone spots[4] him, tell him I've left a message at his hotel reception.”
[4]spot: to notice someone or something, especially when they are difficult to see or recognize 发现；注意到；看出，认出
I spotted a police car behind us.
我发现有辆警车在我们后面。
spot sb doing sth
Meg spotted someone coming out of the building.
梅格看到有个人从大楼里出来。
He later told his followers: “I'm afraid [Moreton] only got back to his hotel 40 mins before kick-off[开球]. Couldn't get to the stadium in time to pick the ticket up.”
Moreton picked the wrong game to miss, as England routed Panama 6-1 courtesy of a Harry Kane hat-trick[5], two goals from John Stones and a spectacular strike from Jesse Lingard.
[5]hat-trick: A hat trick is a series of three achievements, especially in a sports event, for example three goals scored by the same person in a football game. 帽子戏法 (指运动员连续三次取胜的好成绩)
I scored a hat-trick in my first game.
我在第一次比赛中连进三球。
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来源：The Independent