BBC News:FIFA對巴西世界杯有信心

President of football's world governing body FIFA Sepp Blatter has said that he expected the upcoming World Cup in Brazil to be a success. He was speaking in Sao Paulo. Katy Watson reports from Sao Paulo.

世界足球管理機構(gòu)國際足球聯(lián)盟主席賽普·布拉特曾說他期待即將到來的巴西世界杯獲得成功。他當(dāng)時是在圣保羅發(fā)表這一言論的。凱蒂·沃森在圣保羅報道。

At a press conference in Sao Paulo on Thursday, FIFA insisted that the World Cup would be a success.

周四在圣保羅舉辦的新聞發(fā)布會上，國際足球聯(lián)盟堅持認為這次的世界杯會獲得成功。

We have listened to all the reports. It's not up to me now to comment on that. But I can tell you, listening to the report, we are confident, we and FIFA, we are confident.

我們聽取所有的報道，這些并不是我現(xiàn)在說什么就能改變的。但是我想告訴你的是，聽了這個報道你就會知道，我們都很有信心，我們和國際足球聯(lián)盟都很有信心。

But even some of its executives couldn't avoid reality as they sat in traffic jams for hours trying to get across the city during the strike. Union leaders on Sao Paulo's metro system have asked for a double digit pay rise and better conditions. They deny it has anything to do with the World Cup and everything to do with needing higher salaries to keep pace with the inflation.

但是當(dāng)一些國際足球聯(lián)盟高管們在罷工期間通過這個城市時，遭遇了幾個小時的堵車，他們也不得不面對這種現(xiàn)實。圣保羅的工會領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人們要求工資再增加兩位數(shù)，還要求要有更好的工作條件。他們聲稱這次漲工資與世界杯無關(guān)，他們想要漲工資所做的一切都是為了適應(yīng)通貨膨脹。

The state-owned underground company was locked in negotiations with Union leaders on Thursday afternoon. And the government is under a huge amount of pressure. The only viable way for fans to reach Sao Paulo Stadium is on public transport. If that fails, it won't just be a huge inconvenience for visitors but a huge embarrassment for the government, too. Katy Watson, our reporter in Sao Paulo.

星期四下午，國有地鐵公司一直致力于和工會進行談判。政府壓力很大。對于那些想趕著來圣保羅體育場觀看比賽的足球迷們來說，唯一可行的辦法就是公共交通。如果公共交通出現(xiàn)癱瘓，不僅會給游客帶來極大的不便，還會使政府顏面盡失。我臺記者凱蒂·沃森在圣保羅報道。

Now Eimear McBride took 6 months to write her first novel, 10 years to find a publisher, but she was rewarded this week when she won a top literary prize in London worth 50,000 dollars. Her book A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing tells us the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumor. It's set in Ireland in the time of religious oppression and sexual abuse. Here is an extract.

艾米爾·麥克布萊德用了六個月寫了她的第一本書，卻用十年去找一個出版者，但是這周她在倫敦贏得了獎金高達50000美元的最高文學(xué)獎。她的書《女孩是半成品》講述了一個青年女子與她哥哥的關(guān)系，以及她哥哥因童年所患腦瘤而產(chǎn)生的長期心理陰影的故事。故事發(fā)生在愛爾蘭宗教壓迫和性虐待時期。下面這段話就是摘錄于這本書。

See here this party. It's a mad. I'd never been. I've only seen on top films.Yeah, absolutely it was a huge surprise and you know, a great honor, and you know, not something that I was expecting.

看看這個聚會，這太瘋狂了，我從來都沒有參加過這樣的聚會。我只是在電影上看過這樣的畫面。是啊，你知道的這對于我來說絕對是一個巨大的驚喜，也是一種榮耀，這些都不是我能想到的。

And to win a prize with a book that you found such a difficulty in finding a publisher for.

書獲獎了，但你卻發(fā)現(xiàn)找一個出版商這么難。

Yeah, that's right. I mean, that's certainly felt like a vindication for me. You know, I wrote the book in 2004 in 6 months and then that it took me most of the next decade to find a publisher for it.

是啊，沒錯，這次獲獎就是對我的證明，對我的肯定。2004年，我花了6個月寫了這本書，但是卻花費了我十年的時間去找一位愿意出版這本書的出版商。

You say vindicated, what do you think the problem was that publishers had with the book?

你說這是證明，那你認為出版商們?yōu)槭裁床辉敢獬霭孢@本書呢?

Well, what they told me was that while they admired the writing, they found that the subject was interestingly dealt with, they didn't feel that the book fell into any kind of need, marketing niche.

出版商們告訴我他們很欣賞這本書，并且認為此書巧妙的寫作手法使主題更加生動有趣，但是他們認為這本書不能滿足市場需求。