SPEND any time in Brazil and you will get used to hearing the impending football World Cup (in 2014) and Olympics (in 2016) used as justification for all manner of boondoggles.
巴西只要是花钱的时候,你会逐渐习惯听见世界杯足球赛(2014)及奥运会(2016)即将来临,为各项开销提供了合理化的理由。
That Rio is hosting the final of the 2014 football World Cup and the 2016 Olympics has concentrated minds, too.
里约热内卢已集中全力举办2014年世界杯足球赛冠军战,以及2016年夏季奥运会。
With Brazil scheduled to host the football World Cup in 2014, Paulistas joke that Cariocas, as Rio's residents are called, are planning to take 2015 off.
由于巴西预定2014主办世界杯足球赛,圣保罗市民嘲笑里约市民正在计划2015休假一整年。
The 2014 football World Cup, to be held in Brazil, should provide an opportunity for the hosts to show what they can do, both on and off the pitch.
2014年将在巴西举办的世界杯向东道主提供了一个展示他们在球场内外能有何作为的机会。
The Argentine Football Association said it will offer Maradona a new 4-year contract that would keep him in charge of the national team through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
阿根廷足协表示,将向马拉多纳提供一份为期4年的续约合同,这意味着老马可以带队征战2014年巴西世界杯。
The world football governing body, Fifa, announced last month that Brazil will be the country to host the World Cup in 2014.
上个月,世界足球最高机构国际足联对外宣布2014年世界杯的主办国是巴西。
Former Brazil football star Romario has said Fifa must not be allowed to dictate changes to Brazilian law ahead of the World Cup in 2014.
前巴西球星罗马里奥称,2014年世界杯以前国际足联不应该被允许改变巴西法律。
It appears he was trying to escape the area before police moved in. The planned operation is the latest stage in a programme to reduce violent crime in Rio before the football World Cup in 2014.
显然他是想在警察来之前逃离此地,这次有计划的行动,是在2014年世界杯之前减少里约暴力犯罪行动的最新举措。
It appears he was trying to escape the area before police moved in. The planned operation is the latest stage in a programme to reduce violent crime in Rio before the football World Cup in 2014.
显然他是想在警察来之前逃离此地,这次有计划的行动,是在2014年世界杯之前减少里约暴力犯罪行动的最新举措。
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