South African construction workers ended a week-long strike over pay that had threatened to derail preparations for the 2010 soccer World Cup championship.

南非工人结束了为期一周的由工资引起的大罢工，这次罢工威胁到了2010年南非足球世界杯的筹备工作。

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He also knows that South Africa can't hold a truly successful World Cup [soccer championship] in 2010 if its neighbor to the north is engulfed in chaos.

他也明白如果北边的邻国一片混乱，南非不可能成功举办2010年世界杯足球赛。

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But he says Mr.Zuma is also here to raise the profile of the World Cup football (soccer) championship, which kicks off this June in South Africa.

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Throngs of tourists visited during the World Cup soccer championship, and the international press coverage was fantastic.

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The country will grab international headlines in 2014, when it hosts the World Cup soccer championship, and again two years later, when the 2016 Summer Olympics comes to Rio de Janeiro.

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