万花筒 2010-03-04&03-05 世界杯倒数一百天

There was a lot of hype and excitement as South Africa marked a 100 days to kick off. All the local organizers are saying the country may not be ready right now to host the FIFA World Cup, but come the 11th of June, everything will be ready.

And FIFA president Sepp Blatter was here in Durban at the Moses Mabhida stadium where the main celebrations took place. And of course for him it was a dream come true because he has long been campaigning for an African World Cup.

He said that critics should just support South Africa as the first African country to host this much anticipated¹ tournament and that Africa has given a lot to the world and that's what Africa deserves², a lot of support from the world.

But of course there are still a few things that need ironing out to the venue³ for the opening and closing games of the tournament is still not ready yet; that soccer city in Johannesburg, and there's also another world cup stadium that does not yet have a pitch. But FIFA has said,you know this can be compared to a cake that does not have cherries, that at the moment South Africa may not be ready but it will be come kick off.

Nkepile Mabuse, CNN, Derban, South Africa.

1 anticipated   

adj.期待的

参考例句：

• A bumper wheat harvest is anticipated [expected] this year. 今年小麦可望获得丰收。
• They have anticipated us and seized the bridge. 他们抢在我们之前占领了那座桥。

2 deserves   

v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的第三人称单数 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

参考例句：

• A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon. 不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is the only poet in this country that deserves the name. 他是这个国家唯一的一位名副其实的诗人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。