小贝领衔豪华阵容 助英国申办世界杯

Looking relaxed and upbeat, this was the moment yesterday when Three Lions came together to bring the World Cup back to England. Prince William, David Cameron and David Beckham met to discuss bid tactics in Switzerland, where football’s world governing body Fifa will tomorrow decide where the 2018 tournament will be held。

随着申办世界杯时间的临近，关于世界杯的话题持续不断升温。从BBC揭露国际足协受贿丑闻开始，广大球迷的目光又被英申办世界杯的“代言人”们华丽丽地晃了晃眼睛。据悉，英国为了申办2018年的世界杯主办权“使出浑身解数”，派出了最强大的申办阵容：威廉王子、首相卡梅伦以及万人迷贝克汉姆。日前，3人齐聚瑞士进行申办2018年世界杯的最后一搏。

England are believed to be lagging behind Russia and a joint bid from Spain and Portugal but Mr Cameron will press his case with each of the 22 members of the Fifa executive committee over the next 24 hours。

虽然，英国仍是中标大热门，然而与英国一同竞争申办权的俄罗斯、葡萄牙与西班牙也具有较强的实力，申办成功的压力不容小视。英首相卡梅伦会在接下来的24小时之内“马不停蹄”地与国际足协执行委员会成员磋商，争取英格兰申办机会。

Mr Cameron pointedly deflected questions about the impact of the Panorama investigation yesterday, insisting: ‘I’ve only got one focus here and that’s trying to bring the World Cup home for England.’

据悉，BBC的Panorama节目相继抛出重磅炸弹，继续指证国际足联高层官员的腐败问题，此举引起轩然大波，不禁让人担心腐败会影响申办结果。英首相卡梅伦对此回应：“我的目的只有一个，就是把足球带到英格兰。”

Vocabulary：

tactics n. 策略；战术；用兵学