黃立平

2022年4月，國際足聯(lián)和卡塔爾公布了2022年卡塔爾世界杯足球賽的吉祥物L(fēng)a'eeb，這吸引了很多人的注意。La'eeb在阿拉伯語中的意思是“技藝高超的球員”。La'eeb是青春永駐的，來自“吉祥物宇宙”的它將把足球的快樂帶給每一個人。

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FIFA and Qatar have revealed La'eeb as the official mascot for this year's FIFA World Cup 2022?. La'eeb is an Arabic word meaning a super-skilled player. He belongs to a parallel （平行的）mascot universe that is indescribable—everyone is invited to interpret what it looks like. La'eeb encourages everyone to believe in themselves as “Now is All”. He will bring the joy of football to everyone.

The adventurous， fun and curious La'eeb was revealed during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022?Final Draw， which took place in Doha.

Khalid Ali Al Mawlawi， Deputy Director General， Marketing， Communications and Tournament Experience， Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy， said， “We are delighted to unveil La'eeb as the official mascot for the first FIFA World Cup?in the Middle East and Arab world.”

“We are sure fans everywhere will love this fun and playful character. La'eeb will play a vital role as we engage fans young and old in Qatar's FIFA World Cup?experience，”added Al Mawlawi.

The courageous and uplifting La'eeb has attended every previous FIFA World Cup?tournament （錦標(biāo)賽）and has contributed to some of the most famous moments in football history， including a number of iconic goals. La'eeb will be known for his youthful spirit， spreading joy and confidence everywhere he goes. La'eeb comes from a parallel world where tournament mascots live. It is a world where ideas and creativity form the basis of characters that live in the minds of everyone.

La'eeb will be everywhere—welcoming the world， inspiring young fans and cheering the action during the tournament， which will take place from 21 November to 18 December. In addition， fans will soon be able to download GIFs and stickers of La'eeb via a host of social media channels， including Facebook， Instagram， Twitter， TikTok， WhatsApp and Snapchat. La'eeb screensavers and filters will also be available for people to download.

Reading Check

1. What do we know about La'eeb from paragraph 1？

A. It's an English word.

B. It means a football fan.

C. It looks like a different football.

D. It has different images in different people.

2. What's Al Mawlawi's attitude toward La'eeb？

A. Negative.

B. Satisfied.

C. Unclear.

D. Mixed.

3. What does the fifth paragraph mainly talk about？

A. La'eeb's origin.

B. La'eeb's future.

C. La'eeb's contributions.

D. La'eeb's development.

4. In which section of the newspaper can we find this text？

A. Sports.B. Education.

C. Entertainment.D. Advertisement.

Language Study

I. Difficult sentence in the text

It is a world where ideas and creativity form the basis of characters that live in the minds of everyone.在這個世界里，想法和創(chuàng)造力構(gòu)成了每個人腦海中的人物的基礎(chǔ)。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復(fù)合句，where引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞a world;that引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞characters。

II. Text-centered chunks

belong to 屬于

look like看起來像

take place發(fā)生;舉行

play a vital role起關(guān)鍵作用

contribute to捐獻;有助于;投稿

a number of 一些;許多

be known for因……而著名

in addition此外

be available for可供……利用的