7.16 热门：英格兰主帅马甲成网红

Winter World Cup confirmed 
下届世界杯在冬季举办

FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed the 2022 Qatar World Cup will take place from November 21 to December 18, which will be the first-ever winter tournament in the northern hemisphere.

国际足联主席因凡蒂诺证实，2022年卡塔尔世界杯将于11月21日-12月18日举行，这将是世界杯首次在北半球冬季举行。

Infantino said FIFA decided on the date to avoid the extreme heat of Qatar in summer, which sees temperatures hit 40 C on a regular basis. FIFA has scheduled the event for the end of the year despite scheduling conflicts for league clubs.

因凡蒂诺表示，国际足球这一决定是为了避开卡塔尔夏季的高温，卡塔尔夏季气温可达40摄氏度以上。国际足联将世界杯举办时间定在了年底，而这一时间与各大联赛的时间冲突。 

FIFA expects domestic leagues will be able to adjust their schedules to accommodate the global event. Infantino also says FIFA has yet to decide whether the tournament in Qatar will feature 32 or 48 teams.

对此，国际足联表示，希望各大联赛的时间会因此进行调整。因凡蒂诺还表示，关于卡塔尔世界杯参赛队伍是32支还是48支的问题，国际足联还未作出决定。

Alternative Nobel planned

瑞典文人成立新文学奖

107 Swedish intellectuals, including authors, artists and journalists, have joined forces to form a new prize-giving body in protest after the Swedish Academy was plunged into sex scandal. 

近日，包括作家、艺术家和记者在内的107名瑞典知识分子参与到成立一个全新颁奖机构的队伍中，抗议瑞典文学院陷入性丑闻。

The new literature award, which carries a prize of around $113,000, will be handed out at a Dec 10 ceremony. The winner, who may come from anywhere in the world and must have published at least one literary work in the last 10 years, will be announced on Oct 14. 

此项新文学奖将在12月10日的典礼上揭幕，奖金约为11.3万美元。参选者不限国籍，须在过去十年里至少出版过一部文学作品，获奖者将于10月14日揭晓。

But some observers are skeptical about whether the New Academy can compare with the Nobel Literature Prize's history of recognizing distinguished author like Ernest Hemingway. Others are indifferent to the initiative.

不过一些观察人士怀疑，新文学奖能否与曾甄选出海明威这样优秀作家的诺贝尔文学奖媲美。另一些人则对这一奖项反应冷淡。

The waistcoat revival

英格兰主帅马甲成网红

England football manager Gareth Southgate is launching a revival. Not only has he rejuvenated an England side that had previously not reached a World Cup semi-final in 28 years, but he's also brought back the waistcoat from the dead.

英格兰队主帅盖雷斯·索斯盖特带动了一波复兴潮。他不仅率领已28年无缘世界杯半决赛的英格兰队成功打入四强，还带火了已经在时尚圈沉寂已久的马甲。

British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) says its waistcoat sales have doubled since the World Cup began on June 14, and searches for the garment on its website are up over 100%. Some customers even reported that M&S waistcoats had sold out in some sizes. 

英国玛莎百货称，自从世界杯6月14日开赛以来，马甲销量已经翻倍，官网上马甲搜索量也已经翻番。还有些顾客说玛莎百货一些码的马甲已经缺货。

So popular is the manager's sartorial look, though, that the craze has transcended English buyers. "I saw him at England versus Colombia and I thought: 'He looks good,'" Ivan Novikov, a Moscow tax consultant, told The Telegraph. "I don't even know his name."

索斯盖特的马甲着装也让英国之外的人们着迷。莫斯科一位税务顾问伊万·诺维科夫告诉《每日电讯报》说："英格兰对阵哥伦比亚的比赛中我就注意到他了，我当时就想，'他看上去太帅了'。我连他的名字都不知道。"

Assad's son in maths test

叙总统之子也在拼奥数

The son of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad competed in the International Mathematical Olympiad, where he asked to be treated like any normal student, an education official said. Hafez al-Assad, 16, was one of 615 students participating in the annual competition, which this year was held in the central town of Cluj-Napoca in Romania until Saturday. 

一位教育官员称，叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德的儿子参加了国际奥林匹克数学竞赛，他要求自己被当作普通学生对待。今年的国际奥数竞赛在罗马尼亚中部城市克卢日－纳波卡举行，已于上周六（14日）闭幕。16岁的哈菲兹·哈萨德是615名参赛学生的其中一名。

"He wants to be treated like a normal student and he acts like one. He checked into a hotel alongside students from 18 countries," Valentin Cuibus, head of the town's schools inspectorate, said.

当地教学总监锡比乌称："他希望自己被当作普通学生对待，他自己也表现得像一名普通学生。他和其他来自全球18个国家的参赛学生一起入住酒店。"

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