世界名牌博览：曼彻斯特联队

曼彻斯特联足球俱乐部位于英国英格兰西北区曼彻斯特郡曼彻斯特市，英文名Manchester United Football Club，简称ManUtd或MUFC，中文简称曼联，其前身“牛顿·希斯”于1878年由兰开夏郡和约克郡铁路公司的工人在牛顿希斯工地上成立。1902年球队改组并改名曼联，现为英格兰足球超级联赛俱乐部，曼联的球队主场为“梦剧场”老特拉福德球场，1910年启用至今。

曼联是英格兰足球史上最为成功的俱乐部之一，也是欧洲乃至世界最具有影响力最成功的的球队之一，共获得20次英格兰顶级联赛冠军，12次英格兰足总杯冠军，4次英格兰联赛杯冠军（除英格兰联赛杯外均为最高纪录）。在欧洲赛场上，曼联共获得3次欧洲冠军联赛冠军，1次欧洲优胜者杯和1次欧洲超级杯冠军。

2016年5月27日，曼联官方宣布葡萄牙主教练何塞·穆里尼奥将入主老特拉福德，他将成为弗格森爵士退休后曼联所任命的第三任主教练。

 

Manchester United Football Club is the biggest brand in world football and the world’s richest club. The English Premier¹ League club was founded as Newton Heath in 1878 and changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. It is one of the most successful clubs in English football and perhaps the most widely-supported in the world, with as many as 350 million fans. In 2010, Forbes magazine ranked Manchester United second to the New York Yankees in its list of the world’s most valuable sports team brands. The club has always managed to secure lucrative² sponsorship deals and regularly receives the highest share of TV rights. United manage its worldwide exposure well through its own TV channel, MUTV. It also has a financial services arm and a foundation to help poorer children succeed.

 

 

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。