Only 5% of Brazil World Cup's projects completed

 　　RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government informed on Wednesday that only five percent of the infrastructure¹ projects of 2014 FIFA World Cup had been completed.

　　The projects include construction or renovation² of football stadiums, so they can be adapted to FIFA's regulations for international matches; urban infrastructure projects, such as the construction or expansion of ports and airports; and urban mobility³ projects.

　　According to the government, 41 percent of the projects have yet to start. Fifteen percent have not even undergone a public bidding process, and 17 percent are currently undergoing the bidding process.

　　Among the urban mobility projects, 45 percent have not been started. Renovations have not begun in 13 of the 31 airports which will be used in the Cup. The expansion of Rio's port area, the largest port project in the Cup, is expected to be finished in May 2014, just before the competition.

　　Despite the lateness, the Brazilian government remains⁴ optimistic. According to Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo, the stadiums' renovations are following the schedule and all the projects will be ready before the World Cup.

　　"The projects will be completed before the deadline," he said.

　　The government estimates that 52 percent of the World Cup projects will be delivered in 2013 and 16 percent in 2014. The rest is either already finished or will be done by the end of this year.

1 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

2 renovation   

n.革新，整修

参考例句：

• The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
• The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。

3 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。