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Octopus Paul Predicts Germany Will Beat Argentina In Tough Game At World Cup
章魚哥保羅表示:德國將於一番苦戰後擊敗阿根廷

(AP) BERLIN (AP) - Octopus oracle Paul on Tuesday hesitated but ultimately
picked Germany to win - again - this time over Argentina in their
quarterfinal matchup at the football World Cup.
章魚哥遲疑許久，最後仍選了德國。

Paul, who rose to global fame after correctly predicting all four of
Germany's games in this year's tournament, indicated that Saturday's game
will be a tough battle and that it may even end in a penalty shootout.
因準確預測出德國此次世界盃迄今四場比賽結果而聲名大噪的章魚哥保羅，
對於本週六的比賽做出預言：這將會是一場苦戰，甚至可能以點球戰作結。

While English-born Paul made a snappy decision to pick Germany over his
native country, this time it took the octopus about an hour to approach a
water glass containing a mussel marked with a German flag, said Tanja Munzig,
a spokeswoman for Sea Life Aquarium in the western city of Oberhausen.
相較於德英戰的預測，這一次章魚哥猶豫了將近一小時才選了標有德國國旗的盒子。

Paul ignored a similar glass with Argentina's flag, but he also did not reach
inside the German glass with his tentacles to grab the seafood goodie.
雖然保羅忽略了代表阿根廷的盒子，但他也沒有將觸角伸入德國盒子取食。

"Paul kept staring at the German glass and only when we wanted to take out
both glasses, he finally jumped inside the German one and gulped down the
mussel" Munzig said. "All of his behavior indicates that Saturday's game will
be very tough and it may even go into extra time and penalty shootout - but
in the end Germany will win."
水族館發言人解釋保羅的行動含意，這代表德阿之戰將會相當艱難，有機會進入加時賽，
甚至以點球決勝，但最終德國仍會獲得勝利。

ps.感謝批踢踢sanacocoa熱情翻譯
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太棒惹，感謝蟹堡王水族館的主人蟹老板先生及海綿寶寶太太的解釋
以及比利金口發言：「我看好阿根廷跟巴西爭冠」加持
我想賽事結果已呼之欲出惹~

小虎加油!!不可以輸給保羅章魚哥呀!!