Qatar’s Hot World Cup 卡塔爾世界杯預冬天辦
Qatar’s Hot World Cup 卡塔爾世界杯預冬天辦
By Alex Capstick, BBC Sports News
The Al-Rayyan stadium will be expanded for use during the World Cup 2022
媒體英語會帶大家一起學習BBC撰稿人在報道世界大事時常用到的單詞和短語。
Background: 亞足聯前任高級官員維拉潘近日表示說他認為2022卡塔爾世界杯應放在當地冬季 1月份或2月份舉行。他還說歐洲足聯可能不會同意2022年卡塔爾世界杯在當地最炎熱的6月和7月舉行。
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Qatar won the right to host the World Cup in 2022 despite its scorching temperatures which often exceed 40 degrees celsius.
The super-rich Gulf state promised to install solar-powered cooling systems in the stadiums, and fan zones. But Peter Velappan, who led the development of Asian football for three decades until he left the AFC in 2006, has suggested a different solution.
He said no one would want play in those conditions and has strongly recommended that FIFA reschedule the tournament for January or February.
Germany's former captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer, a member of FIFA's Executive Committee, has made a similar proposal. But Mike Lee, who worked as a consultant on Qatar's bid campaign, insisted moving the event from its traditional place in the calendar was never a consideration, and Qatar has the means to make it a comfortable experience for players and supporters.
Changing the dates of the World Cup would be complicated. It would disrupt the European league seasons. And calls to shift the tournament to earlier in the year would be resisted by FIFA. It's a debate which is likely to run for the next 12 years.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- scorching灼熱的
- solar-powered太陽能的
- tournament比賽
- Fifa's Executive Committee國際足聯執行委員會
- to insist堅持
- a consideration深思熟慮
- the means方法，手段
- to disrupt打亂，中斷
- to shift移動
- to resist拒絕，阻止
