2014世界杯开幕赛即将打响

时间：2014-06-12 07:34:51

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The 2014 Fifa World Cup begins on Thursday as hosts Brazil open the tournament against Croatia.

2014年世界杯将于周四开赛，开场赛由主办国巴西对战克罗地亚。

The month-long tournament sees 32 nations compete for a place in the final in Rio on Sunday, 13 July.

The opening match will be preceded by a ceremony in Sao Paulo that pays tribute to nature, people and football.

"Let me tell you the time has arrived. We are going together. This is our World Cup," said Brazil coach Luis Felipe Scolari on Wednesday.

Last year more than a million people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities to protest against what they see as excessive spending on the World Cup.

The host country's government is keen to prevent a repeat of some of the violence seen at those protests, and Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has said she will not allow violent demonstrations¹ to mar² the World Cup.

Thousands of extra police and soldiers will be deployed³ to ensure the matches get under way smoothly⁴.

England open their World Cup campaign against Italy on Saturday, 14 June - a game you can see live on the BBC in the UK.

Roy Hodgson's team will also play Uruguay and Costa Rica in their Group D fixtures⁵.

Hosts Brazil start as favourites to win the World Cup for a sixth time, while holders⁶ Spain are aiming to win a fourth major tournament in a row after winning the European Championships two years ago.

The other seeded teams are Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Argentina, Germany and Belgium.

Match of the Day presenter⁷ Gary Lineker believes there are four teams with a realistic chance of winning the tournament.

"I have a feeling it will come down to four countries, although unfortunately I do not think one of them will be England," said former England striker Lineker.

"I'm going for Germany, Spain, Argentina or Brazil but I feel that the pressure may well be a little too much for the host nation."

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1 demonstrations
证明( demonstration的名词复数 )；表明；表达；游行示威
参考例句：
Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。 The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 mar
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。 Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

3 deployed
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )；施展；部署；有效地利用
参考例句：
Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。 The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

4 smoothly
adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地
参考例句：
The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。 Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

5 fixtures
（房屋等的）固定装置( fixture的名词复数 )；如（浴盆、抽水马桶）；固定在某位置的人或物；（定期定点举行的）体育活动
参考例句：
The insurance policy covers the building and any fixtures contained therein. 保险单为这座大楼及其中所有的设施保了险。 The fixtures had already been sold and the sum divided. 固定设备已经卖了，钱也分了。来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

6 holders
支持物( holder的名词复数 )；持有者；（支票等）持有人；支托（或握持）…之物
参考例句：
Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。 It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

7 presenter
n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者
参考例句：
Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。 The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。