中国足球改革方案正式出台

 　　Authorities have now published the football reform plan approved last month by the central planning commission.

　　Goals set-out in the plan include returning the women's national team to world-class status as a mid-term goal.

　　Priorities for the men's national team have been made a longer-term project.

　　The new plan also includes aspirations¹ for China to host a forthcoming World Cup at some point.

　　中国足球改革方案正式出台

　　Cai Zhenhua, head of the Chinese Football Association, says one of the first things to be done is to eliminate the bureaucracy from Chinese football.

　　"It's pretty clear that the Chinese Football Association should be spun² off as a separate entity³ from the General Administration for Sport so it can rebuild itself. We feel there should be minimal⁴ bureaucracy when it comes to guiding Chinese football development."

　　The Chinese Football Association is already being given more autonomy.

　　CFA officials are now being allowed to set up their own internal structures, work plans, financial priorities and international exchanges.

　　The football reform plan laid out by the central planners doesn't just cover the national teams.

　　It covers virtually every aspect of the sport, including professional clubs, professional leagues and grassroots soccer.

　　CFA President Cai Jianhua says their long-term development goals also include making football a sport children play in school.

　　"Nurturing⁵ young football talent is one of the key points of the whole reform plan. The total number of schools specializing in football will rise from the current figure of around 5-thousand to around 20-thousand by 2020. That number will rise to 50-thousand by 2025."

　　The Ministry⁶ of Education has already made football a compulsory⁷ part of the national curriculum.

　　New text books are to be issued to children to help them better understand football fundamentals.

　　Even though China has a population of over 1.3-billion people, as well as an increasingly popular professional football league, the national teams continue to struggle to move up the rankings.

　　China's men's national team currently ranks 83rd in the world rankings, and 7th in Asia.

　　China's women's team currently has much more global promise, currently ranked 13th in the world and 4th in Asia.

　　For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

2 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

3 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

4 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

5 nurturing   

养育( nurture的现在分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• These delicate plants need careful nurturing. 这些幼嫩的植物需要精心培育。
• The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants. 这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。

6 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

7 compulsory   

n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的

参考例句：

• Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
• Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。