Over 9,000 volunteer candidates for Euro 2012

 　　WARSAW, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Over 9,000 candidates from 71 countries and regions have applied¹ for voluntary work during the 2012 European Championship in Ukraine and Poland, local media reported on Tuesday.

　　Euro 2012 volunteers are recruited both by championship-hosting cities and European soccer ruling body UEFA. UEFA volunteers will help out at stadiums, competitor accommodation centers and hotels, and those employed by cities will mainly work at so-called fan zones set up for off-stadium fans.

　　The recruitment will end in late September.

　　The championship, slated² for June 8-July 1, 2012, will take place in four Polish cities of Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Poznan as well as four Ukrainian cities of Kiev, Lvov, Donetsk and Kharkov.

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。