2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
World Cup: it's time to cheer [1] on the team!
From June 12 until July 13 the World Cup will dominate the social
networks[2] and newspaper headlines around the world. Maganews brings you
eight pages about the biggest sporting event of the year
The match between Brazil and Croatia on June 12 in São Paulo, starting at 5:00 PM, will open the twentieth edition of the World Cup. On June 17, Brazil will play Mexico, in Fortaleza, and Cameroon on June 23. This game will be in Brasília and will be watched by Prince Harry, of England. He will also go to the match between England and Costa Rica, which will be played on June 24, in Belo Horizonte. The World Cup will be covered by nearly 20,000 journalists, 20% of them Brazilian. Brazil expects 700,000 tourists from abroad. The security for this event will involve 157,000 people. Among the 32 teams vying [3] for the World Cup, Bosnia is the only one playing for the first time. The Brazilian government is expecting 20 heads of state [4] during the event. Russia's President Vladimir Putin will attend [5] the Final on July 13, at 4:00 PM, at the Maracanã. Russia is hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Brazil has spent about R$ 26 billion to put on the World Cup. This money has been invested in airports, ports, stadiums, transport, security, telecommunications and tourism. A lot of the work, including the stadiums, was delivered late [6].
Vocabulary
1 to cheer –
torcer
2 social networks –
redes sociais
3 to vie –
competir
4 heads of state –
chefes de Estado
5 to attend –
estar presente
6 delivered late – entregue com atraso
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