世界杯的大惨败揭露了“法国社会的过量：金钱，个人主义”。
revealed “the excesses of French society: money, individualism”.
2013年因太多大预算大惨败而有点声名狼藉。庆幸的是，这种趋势今年有所减退。
2013 became somewhat notorious for its wealth of big-budget flops. Thankfully, that trend receded a bit this year.
但结局的可能范围已大大缩小：一头是干脆取消，另一头是绝非一场成功的运动会，而是一场无论如何都可能发生的大丢颜面的惨败。
The range of possible outcomes has been truncated. At one end is total cancellation; at the other, not a successful games, but a fiasco that, despite everything, manages to happen.
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