Million-dollar bonus for Women's World Cup

时间：2006-10-19 06:30:15

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BEIJING, Oct. 17 - The team that wins the 2007 Women's World Cup will now receive a cool 1 million U.S. dollar bonus1 from FIFA, football's international governing body.

 

On Monday, FIFA announced it plans to give a total of 6 million dollars in bonuses2 to the 16 teams at next year's women's tournament3, scheduled to run from Sept. 10th to 30th in China.

 

The tournament is set to be exciting, with defending champions Germany and hosts China seeded in separate4 groups. FIFA rankings will be used to decide the other seeds.

 

The draw is expected to take place in the central Chinese city of Wuhan next March.

 

FIFA officials, including President Joseph S. Blatter, have praised China's preparations for the tournament.

 


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1 bonus wtEzR     
n.奖金，红利
参考例句：
  • The workers expected to share out a year-end bonus.工人们期望年终分红。
  • The staff got a a special bonus payment.员工得到一笔特别发放的奖金。
2 bonuses eb785387660ce72d8dadf0189b300e8f     
n.奖金，红利( bonus的名词复数 )；额外令人高兴的事情
参考例句：
  • He threw out a hint regarding bonuses at the end of the year. 他暗示了有关年终奖的事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Then all additional spare time is so many bonuses. 这样所有其它的空闲时间就都是额外收获了。 来自辞典例句
3 tournament TnSwg     
n.比赛，竞赛，锦标赛
参考例句：
  • He was the best boxer in the tournament.他是本届联赛的最佳拳手。
  • The Council resolved that the next tournament should be held in Shanghai.理事会决定下次比赛在上海举行。
4 separate hzewa     
n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居
参考例句：
  • Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
  • Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

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