外刊精读25/ 经济学人/ 卡塔尔举办世界杯亏了吗？/ 双语精读 外刊表达 雅思

Is the World Cup a giant waste of money?-Host countries are growing wary?

Related words:

1. host n 主人，主办方 v主办 E.g. Thank for this incredible event and to our wonderful hosts.
2. tight-fisted =stingy adj 吝啬，小气的 E.g. The company is pretty tightfisted when it comes to bounses.
3. buoy v 维持，提振 E.g. A post-pandemic cushion of savings(应急储蓄） buoyed consumption, and the risk of unemployment remains low.
4. return on investment 回报率
5. take home = win some kind of award or achievement E.g. The star took the gold medal home in the last Winter of Olympics.
6. Venue n 举办地点，举办场所，会所 E.g. sports/ conference/ venue
7. spark = stimulate = promote = boost 激发，刺激
8. go unused = sit unused/ idle 闲置 相同的造词法还有go unanswered, go unpublished
9. bid v&n 投标，出价 bidder 出价者，投标者
10. bank the prestige 积累声望

Vocabulary：

1. spree 作乐，狂欢 e.g.Elon Musk Twitter take over Begins with Firing spree. 疯狂裁员
2. whizzy 采用最新技术的 E.g. That primitive method has since been replaced by whizzy programmes.
3. dud = a thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatifactory or worthless. E.g. In fact, it seems that he was fed some dud information.
4. rack up 获得 E.g. The movie racked up a head-spinning $253m in US and Cannadian ticket sales over the weekend.
5. Chunky adj 厚实的，沉甸甸的
6. from scratch 从头开始 E.g. Ben built the shed from scratch.
7. lead up to = the run-up to 重大时间的“前期，准备阶段” E.g. In the lead-up to Singles Day, business have begun to stock up in large quantities.
8. not it is cracked up to be 名不副实 I am simply not the genius I'm cracked up to be.