时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(六)月


英语课

South African President Jacob Zuma, right, laughs as he hands over the trophy 1 to FIFA President Joseph Blatter, left, during the briefing to local and international media on the 2010 Soccer World Cup at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday June 6, 2010. South Africa is hosting the upcoming Soccer World Cup, which gets underway on June 11.




The road to the first football (soccer) World Cup in Africa has been long  for host South Africa, filled with frustrations 2 and challenges. For the country's 45 million people, it is widely seen as an important step in nation building after years of oppression and inequality.


Six years ago, South Africa won its bid to become the first African nation to host a football World Cup.


"The 2010 World Cup will be organized in South Africa," said the head of football's governing body, FIFA's Sepp Blatter, who made the announcement in Zurich.


The country's first post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela, campaigned hard for the prestigious 3 tournament because he saw it as a way to further reconciliation 4 after decades of racial separation and conflict.


The head of the South African Organizing Committee, Danny Jordaan, a former football player and anti-apartheid activist 5, was there from the start.


"After 1990, when Mandela walked out of that prison, we saw it as a beginning of the creation of a new South Africa," he said. "After the elections of 1994, we then had to deal with building a new democratic, non-sexist South Africa."


Jordaan and other officials met during the 1994 World Cup in the United States and decided 6 to bid on hosting the next available World Cup, in 2006.


South Africa lost this first bid to Germany by one vote, but Jordaan says that only strengthened the team's resolve.


"It is been a tough journey, first, just to convince people that we should be regarded as serious candidates.  It is only after, and ironically, when we lost to Germany 12 to 11 [votes], that the world started sitting back and saying, 'South Africa is a worthy 7 cause,'" Jordaan said.


After winning its bid to host the 2010 tournament, the South African government launched a massive effort to build the needed infrastructure 8.


It invested billions of dollars in stadiums, transportation hubs, security and communications.


But along the way organizers constantly faced those who doubted South Africa's ability to organize the tournament, complete the stadiums and transportation links on time and provide adequate security for thousands of foreign fans.


But their confidence never wavered as Blatter remarked during the team draw in Cape 9 Town six months ago. "You are ready.  I am ready.  Africa is ready.  South Africa is ready," Blatter said.


Jordaan says despite the challenges and frustrations the effort has been worth it, given the history of apartheid.


"We are a nation that comes from divided past, a past of conflict, almost of war.  And so the building of new single non-racial South Africa is a critical part of sustainable economic growth," he states, "Of deepening and strengthening democracy in our country."


He says the World Cup, like other major sporting events, has helped foster reconciliation. "This World Cup is beginning to plant the seeds, serving as a glue to bind 10 the nation," he added. "And nation building, social cohesion 11, is an important outcome for us in this World Cup.  And we are quite happy with what we have seen thus far."


The World Cup will also leave a legacy 12 of new infrastructure to buoy 13 economic expansion in the future, football clubs in impoverished 14 communities and world-class stadiums across the country.


And it leaves a sense of accomplishment 15 among a people who never faltered 16 in their belief that Africa deserved a place on the world stage.


 



n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
挫折( frustration的名词复数 ); 失败; 挫败; 失意
  • The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
  • Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬,但是种种挫折也会随之而来。
adj.有威望的,有声望的,受尊敬的
  • The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
  • You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。
n.和解,和谐,一致
  • He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
  • Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬
  • I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
  • He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。
n.团结,凝结力
  • I had to bring some cohesion into the company.我得使整个公司恢复凝聚力。
  • The power of culture is deeply rooted in the vitality,creativity and cohesion of a nation. 文化的力量,深深熔铸在民族的生命力、创造力和凝聚力之中。
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
  • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
n.浮标;救生圈;v.支持,鼓励
  • The party did little to buoy up her spirits.这次聚会并没有让她振作多少。
  • The buoy floated back and forth in the shallow water.这个浮标在浅水里漂来漂去。
adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化
  • the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
  • They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能
  • The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
  • Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标,钱是至关重要的。
(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃
  • He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
  • "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着:“这孩子脑袋真长。”
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active trimming
activity restart cycle
Advertisement Regulation Act
Andaman Islands, Andamans
average-weight
beamtherapy
binomial distribution probability
Boselaphus
break release
break-even price
Bretton Woods Monetary Agreement
Briterlich variable radius technique
Changsando
channel address half word table
choga
cigar wrapping
Cinnopropazone
cluster spring
coal storage yard
contractual forum
coriandrol
Cremanthodium angustifolium
cross software
crownhills
crucilly
diagnoser
docuhistory
Donghai
double venturi tube
driving motion
ease someone out
epigenetic mineral
every two years
fate of particles
functional density
GDP dissociation inhibitor
general inquiry
General of the Army
grays in silicon
h. h. munroes
Hanke-Koessler's tests
heldover
heteromorphous combination
hormonagoga
HTML
image-motion compensator
instantaneous error of rotation
Itapicuru
kemmons
kertzmen
kroeng
lanagan
lasta
letter stock
Lord High Chancellor
lubricating oil starting pump
mark of the beast
Mitreola
morphoanatomically
negative viscosity
noninterlocked area
only the good die young
options tariff
oral bundle
parenchyma strand
pecornut
Pedicularis siphonantha
pennorth, pennorth
phosphor laser
placodes
plant colo(u)ring matters
plug-ins
Pyrularia sinensis
reacton turbine
receiving-departure yard
reindustrialising
remote readout
rosies
rotary cultivator
s phenomenon Bordet
schmoozer
scumbered
sideelevation
sight feed siphon lubricator
single-chip
solar satellite
solvd
spot trading
Strait of Hormuz
superior phrenic arteries
tensile
tubular resistance
tyre building
ultraphysical
under-the-counters
uniform divergence
uraeotyphlids
wood-hen
Working Tax Credit
X car
xylariopsis uenoi