VOA慢速英语:Sports: Butler Scares Duke, Tiger Returns

1.In college basketball, a small school with a young coach nearly defeated a longtime powerhouse team for the national championship.

nearly和almost区别：

(1) 两者都可用来修饰不定代词、形容词、副词、动词、介词短语等，此时两者常可换用：It’s almost [nearly] impossible. 那几乎是不可能的。He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多总是迟到。
He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg. 他摔了一跤，险些摔断了腿。

 (2) almost 可用于 any 以及 no, none, nobody, nothing, never 等否定词之前，但 nearly 一般不这样用：Almost any man can do it. 几乎任何人都会做。Almost no one came to the party. 几乎没有人来参加晚会。但是，两者都可用在否定动词之前：
He almost [nearly] didn’t catch the bus. 他差点没赶上公共汽车。

 (3) nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等词修饰，但 almost 之前不能用这些词：It’s not nearly so difficult as you think. 这远不像你想像的那么难。
【注】not nearly 【注】not nearly 意为“远非”, very [pretty] nearly 意为“几乎”，都是习语。

(4) 有时 almost 可表示十分相似(但又不完全相同)，此时不用 nearly：
I almost wish I’d stayed at home. I almost wish I’d stayed at home. 我真有点后悔没在家里呆着。

with a young coach后置定语

2.In it, a small Indiana high school makes an unlikely run for the state championship.

make an unlikely run for，unlikely是不可能的，这句的意思是说，他们与其他队角逐冠军，原本是不可能的，也就是意外入局，爆冷闯入冠军争夺赛。

3.That was when the stories came out that the seemingly happily married father of two children had cheated on his wife with numerous women.

come out出现

例句：A new model will come out this summer.
      今年夏天将有新的型号问世。

      I came out in cold sweat.
      我出了一身冷汗。

还有下文的come out of由…产生,从…出来

例句：What come out of the meeting?
      会议结果如何？

4.Tiger Woods looks into the camera as his father is heard asking him questions, including "Did you learn anything?"

hear sb see sb doing sth听到，看到某人正在做某人，强调看到听到正在做这件事。