2006年VOA标准英语-Germany Prepares for 2006 World Cup

By Catherine Drew
Berlin
06 June 2006
 
watch World Cup Preview report

With just days to go before the World Cup kicks off in Germany, preparations have entered the final stages. Twelve German cities will host 63 football matches, and more than four million fans are expected to visit Germany during the month-long event. 

----------------------------------------------

Berlin stadium  
  

Workers are putting the finishing touches on a $300 million facelift at Berlin's stadium, for its biggest sporting event since the 1936 Olympic Games.
 
Up to 60,000 fans will see each match live, including the World Cup final on July 9.

Berlin, as with other German cities, is hosting a three-week-long football party. The government has set aside many viewing areas where supporters without tickets can gather to cheer on their teams.

Other private enterprises¹ will host fan parties for the duration² of the championship, featuring live music from the countries of the competing teams. Bjorn Doring is one of the party organizers.
 
“Football itself is more than football; everywhere it's cool to go out and watch the games and celebrate the culture,” Doring said.  

World Cup fans shopping for suitable attire   
  
Of course, fans must be suitably attired³, and store manager Eva Prokop has some suggestions.

"We have glasses and sweet things, t-shirts, back packs, bags for shopping,” Prokop said. “I didn't even think there were so many things to promote the World Cup.”
 
Berlin is preparing for hundreds of thousands of visitors, and transportation planners say they are well prepared. The train, trolley⁴ and bus networks are monitored and controlled around the clock. Officials say they can move up to 50,000 people to the stadium each hour.

Hartmut Reupke, who heads the main control center, says visitors will get help navigating⁵ the system.

“We have a lot of information in English, Spanish, German; we have city volunteers at station, to explain how to get there, how to get a ticket, we hope we have good information for the visitors and the fans,” Reupke said.

memorabilia  
  
Berlin is football-crazy. The city's old TV tower -- now a restaurant -- has been newly⁶ redecorated, becoming a soccer ball you can visit for a drink. For those with no head for heights, there's another just outside the historic⁷ Brandenburg Gate. If fans want to delve⁸ into history while in the city, Berlin is a perfect place to learn about the old divisions⁹ of Europe. Memorabilia from the Soviet¹⁰ days of East Germany is still available and Checkpoint Charlie, the most famous border crossing of the Berlin Wall, is a tourist attraction.

Normal life for Berliners will certainly be put on hold to the regret of some.
 
“I'm not the biggest fan of football… I think I am interested in the World Cup, but I think it is exaggerated,” said one Berlin resident¹¹.  “I will observe it. I will not be with football everyday.”

Another resident said, “It's something special, I'm not a fan who watches every week but it happens in Germany and I have to take part.”

Whether you're a football fan or not, the waiting will soon be over, and the fun -- or frustrations¹² -- of the 2006 World Cup, will begin.

1 enterprises   

事业( enterprise的名词复数 )； 事业心； 企[事]业单位； 企业发展

参考例句：

• In capitalist society,big enterprises always try to freeze out the smaller ones. 在资本主义社会，大企业总是千方百计地排挤小企业。
• Big transcontinental enterprises jostle with one another for world markets. 巨大的跨国公司[企业]互相争夺国际市场。

2 duration   

n.持久；期间；持续时间

参考例句：

• For the duration of the strike we will remain closed.罢工期间，我们将停业。
• He was prepared to do this for the duration of the campaign.他准备好在选举期间做这件事。

3 attired   

adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服，使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bride was attired in white. 新娘穿一身洁白的礼服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is appropriate that everyone be suitably attired. 人人穿戴得体是恰当的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 trolley   

n.手推车，台车；无轨电车；有轨电车

参考例句：

• The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
• In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆，书籍是放在台车上搬动的。

5 navigating   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网

6 newly   

adv.新近，最近；重新，再度；以新的方式

参考例句：

• Have you reviewed for this newly published novel?你给这本新出版的小说写书评了吗？
• It is a newly planted tree and it has not established yet.这是一颗新栽的树，还没有扎下根来。

7 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

8 delve   

v.深入探究，钻研

参考例句：

• We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
• We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。

9 divisions   

n.分开( division的名词复数 )；分界线；分歧；分离

参考例句：

• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。
• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。

10 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

11 resident   

a.居住的，居留的；住校的，住院的

参考例句：

• I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
• They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。

12 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。