2014世界杯签仪式将在12月6日举行

 　　ZURICH, March 19 (Xinhua) -- World football governing body FIFA announced Tuesday that the draw for the 2014 World Cup finals will be made on December 6 at Costa do Sauipe, Brazil.

　　"It was confirmed¹ at the meeting that the draw for the 2014 World Cup finals would take place at Costa do Sauipe, in Bahia State, at 1300 local time (1600GMT) on December 6 2013," FIFA said in a statement².

　　FIFA president Blatter said he's confident that Brazil would be ready in time to host the finals.

1 confirmed   

adj.确认的；坚定的；根深蒂固的v.批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词)；证实

参考例句：

• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
• The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report. 新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。

2 statement   

n.陈述；声明；综述

参考例句：

• The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
• Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。