世界杯即将到来，想必到时候又有不少足球迷会守着电视机看球赛看得抓狂吧。而在看比赛的时候，我们或许会听到解说员说“xxx上演帽子戏法……”，我们可能都听习惯这样的说法了，但是这种说法是怎么来的，英语又是怎么说的呢？
首先我们来看这句话：
a hat-trick of tries by the winger david vendi was the key to victory.（边锋戴维·温迪的3次射门是胜利的关键。）
在这句句子中，“hat-trick”就是“帽子戏法”的意思。“帽子戏法”是指“to achieve a positive feat in the sport three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes.”简单说来就是一个球员在一场比赛中独中三元。当然“帽子戏法”的应用范围也不限于体育领域，人们还用它来形容任何连续3次的成功。
为什么连进三球要叫做“帽子戏法”呢？
a hat-trick occurs in cricket when a bowler dismisses three batsmen with consecutive deliveries. the deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler. only wickets attributed to the bowler coun