England's players have been warned by the Brazilian referee who will take charge of Saturday's World Cup opener against the United States that he is learning English swear words in order to know whether he is being abused by players。

　　The referee Carlos Simon and his two assistants have revealed that they have been learning from a list of 20 obscenities. It could have a direct effect on Wayne Rooney, a habitual abuser of referees and linesmen, who has already been warned by a South African referee that he could find himself dismissed for bad language。

　　Simon's assistants Altemir Hausmann and Roberto Braatz, both Brazilian, said this week that they had become more familiar with the abuse they could potentially receive from England and US players。

　　Hausmann told the Brazilian broadcaster Globo Sporte that he expected players to swear but that the trio wanted to know the severity of the language being used against them. He said: "We have to learn what kind of words the players say. All players swear and we know we will hear a few 'son of a...'." His fellow assistant Braatz said that it was only English that they were studying. He said: "We can't do this in 11 different languages but at least we have to know the swear words in English."

　　On June 9, FIFA said that it had not instructed the Brazilian officials to learn English swear words. The governing body demands that all referees at the tournament have a good level of English but do not specify anything about bad language。

　　据英国《独立报》10日报道，世界杯比赛拉开帷幕，于周六负责执法英美大战的巴西籍裁判员正在学习英语脏话，以确定自己是否收到球员辱骂，从而做出相应裁断。英国球员无形中受到了警告。

　　裁判卡洛斯-西蒙和他的两个助手日前宣称，他们正在学习二十句英语脏话，这些话全部列在一个单子上面。有人猜测这对经常辱骂裁判的鲁尼会有直接影响，而此前鲁尼就曾因对一个南非裔裁判出言不逊而受到警告。

　　同为巴西裔的西蒙的两位助手——阿尔特米尔-豪斯曼和罗伯托-布拉茨——称他们此周已经对球员可能说出的“不敬言辞”更加熟悉。

　　阿尔特米尔-豪斯曼此前对向巴西广播公司表示，他知道球员都会骂裁判，但是他们更想知道这些脏话的严重程度。他说：“我们得了解球员们说的到底意味着什么。所有的球员都会说脏话，而且我们也可能会听到一些诸如‘....。。娘养的’这样的语言。”另外一个助手罗伯托 -布拉茨则称，他们现在只在学英语。“我们无法学会各队的11种语言，但至少得懂英语脏话，”他说道。

　　先前有消息称，本届世界杯比赛官员都收到过一份脏话清单，本月9日，国际足联对此予以否认。不过，国际足联同时宣称，裁判员及其助手在赛事工作期间必须精通英语。