Arsenal to play Man City in "Bird's Nest"

 　　BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- England Premier¹ League club Arsenal² announced Wednesday that the team will travel to Beijing to play Man City this July in the bird-nest-shaped National Stadium³.

　　"Arsenal Football Club is delighted to announce that the first-team squad⁴ will be travelling to China in July to play Manchester City in the famous Beijing National Stadium," said the announcement on the Gunners' website.

　　It will be the second straight year for Arsenal to travel to China following the club's successful summer tour in Asia last year, during which the Gunners played a match in Hangzhou, the capital city of China's Zhejiang Province.

　　The clash⁵ between the two Premier League giants will be a one-off match to be played on July 27 in the "Bird's Nest", where the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games was held.

　　"We enjoy huge support in Asia and by playing a match in Beijing, we will once again be bringing the Club close to our local fans in China,"said Arsenal Chief Executive⁶ Ivan Gazidis. "The players and staff had an amazing time in China last year and we are all looking forward to visiting this great country again in July."

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

3 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

4 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

5 clash   

vi.冲突，不协调，砰地相撞；n.冲突，不协调

参考例句：

• There is a clash between two classes at 2 p.m. on Thursday.星期四下午两点有两堂课是冲突的。
• The pot came down on the stone floor with a clash.锅“当”地一声掉到石地上。

6 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。