【经济学人视译解读】如何赢得世界杯？

马小二南京策马翻译 2022-10-02

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How to win the World Cup

Though tainted by corruption, the tournament rewards liberalism, internationalism and open markets

“FOOTBALL is a simple game,” explained Gary Lineker, formerly the captain of

England’s team.

“Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.”

Billions of fans will nonetheless pour their hopes into the World Cup, which begins in Russia on June 14th.

Many people will join in even if their countries have not made it to the competition.

Bangladeshis follow the World Cup fervently, ignoring killjoy officials who have tried to stop them flying flags.

The flags of Argentina and Brazil, that is—Bangladesh’s national team is ranked 197th out of 207 in the world and has never

qualified for the World Cup.

The Economist is looking forward to the competition, too.

Not because we think the country that hosts our head office has much of a chance of winning it—

we are too rational for that.

But because, first, improbable athleticism, drama and heroism can elevate the game to the level of art.

And, second, because we see in the World Cup the fulfillment of some of our most cherished values.

Admittedly, much about the tournament is distasteful.

Its governing body, FIFA, has a woeful history of cronyism and corruption.

This year's competiton will be a fillip for Vladimir Putin's kleptocratic regime.

(In March, after Russia tried to murder an exile and his daughter in the city of Salisbury, England briefly considered withdrawing from the World Cup,

but then decided to express its disapproval by—horrors!—instructing Princes William and Harry to boycott the tournament.)

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词汇

✅ tournament 锦标赛

A tournament is a sports competition in which players who win a match continue to play further matches in the competition until just one person or team is left.

✅ Liberalism 自由主义

Liberalism is the belief that people should have a lot of political and individual freedom. (主张个体拥有广泛的政治和个人自由的)自由主义

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