齐达内任卡塔尔2022世界杯申办大使
卡塔尔申办2022年世界杯委员会日前发表声明，称前法国球星齐达内已经被聘为卡塔尔申办世界杯的形象大使。目前申办2022年世界杯的国家有9个之多，卡塔尔的主要对手将是澳大利亚、日本、韩国和美国。由于2018年世界杯的举办者基本确定将在英格兰、俄罗斯、西班牙和葡萄牙、比利时和荷兰之间产生，所以2022年世界杯将在欧洲之外举办。如果卡塔尔能够成功申办，那他们将是1930年举办首届世界杯的乌拉圭之后最小的申办国。2018年和2022年世界杯的举办国将于12月2日在苏黎世公布。
Former France midfielder Zinedine Zidane has been appointed ambassador for Qatar's attempt to host the 2022 World Cup, said the Gulf 1 Arab state's bid committee.
Qatar's bid is one of nine for the finals but their main opposition 2 is likely to come from Australia, Japan, South Korea and United States.
"Football is for everyone," Zidane said in a statement. "When I think of all the youth of the Middle East, what they're missing is an event like the World Cup.
"We had [the 2010 World Cup] in Africa and now it is time for the Middle East."It is almost certain one of the four European bids from England, Russia, Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Netherlands will win the right to stage the 2018 World Cup, meaning a country from outside Europe will stage the 2022 finals.
Qatar would be the smallest host country since Uruguay held the inaugural 3 tournament in 1930.
The head of a FIFA inspection 4 team hinted on Thursday the Gulf Arab state's size, rather than its fierce summer heat or the fact it is an Islamic country, could rule it out of contention 5 though.
FIFA will announce the venues 6 for 2018 and 2022 in Zurich on Dec. 2.
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
- Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
- The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
- The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。