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The wave of contract hiringhas also providednew opportunities for workers who might have a more difficult time competing for a full-time role, Wilke at Gusto said, including those who are older or lack traditional qualifications such as a college degree.

古斯托的威尔克表示，合同制招聘的浪潮也为那些可能在竞争全职职位时遇到更大困难的员工提供了新的机会，包括那些年龄较大或没有大学学位等传统条件的员工。

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Theremay neverbeanotherWorldCupasintimateasthisone.Since1998each tournamenthasfeatured32teams.In2026,48willcompete.Noteveryoneiskeen: manyfansandpunditsfearthattheexpansionwilldilutequality;othersquestion howtheentrantscanbe fairlywinnoweddownwithoutmakingthetournament too long. FIFA, football’s global governing body, says it is still considering the structureofthecompetition.Howcoulditdesigntheperfecttournament?

或许再也不会有哪届世界杯能像本届这样紧凑的了。自1998年以来，每届世界杯的参赛球队都是32支。2026年将会增加到48支。并非人人都乐见世界杯扩军：许多球迷和专家担心这会降低比赛质量；还有人质疑如何才能让参赛队伍公平晋级而又不会把赛程拉得过长。全球足球管理机构国际足联表示现在仍在考虑下一届世界杯的赛制。它怎样才能设计出完美的世界杯？

The first problem is deciding which teams can compete. The primary goal of the World Cup is to find the best team. But FIFA also sees it as an opportunity to develop the game. That is why Europe has only 13 of the 32 current spots, despite having 16 of the world’s top 32 teams. In the expanded line-up the balance will tilt further towards global representation, with the number of Asian and African teams nearly doubling. Europe will get three more spots, but its share willfall fromaround 40% to a third.

首先是决定哪些队伍可以参赛。世界杯的首要目标是选出最好的球队，不过国际足联也认为这是个发展足球运动的机会。这就是为什么在本次世界杯的32支参赛队伍中，欧洲只有13支，而它们在今年世界排名前32的球队中却有16支。扩充后的阵容将更加注重全球参与，届时亚洲和非洲球队的数量差不多会翻一番。欧洲将增加三个席位，但其所占席位将从40%左右下降到三分之一。

Next FIFA mustdecidehowtodeterminethebestteamamongthe48.Thefairest solutionistheround-robinsystemusedindomesticfootballleagues:everyteam plays every other, yielding a full ranking from first to last. But that would be impractical for a one-month competition: 48 teams would play 1,128 matches (meaning36eachday).Itwouldalsodenyfansthedramaofamarqueefinal.

接下来，国际足联必须决定如何从48支球队中决出冠军。翻译划线句，长按文末小程序码打卡，答案下期公布~但这对于为期一个月的比赛来说不切实际：48支球队要踢1128场比赛（意味着每天要安排36场）。而且这样也无法为球迷安排最重要的决赛大戏。

The other extreme, a straight knockout tournament, would require far fewer matches. A 32-team event would need 31 matches to identify a champion (comparedwith64gamesinthisyear’scup,includingthethird-placeplayoff).But itwouldwastetimeandmoneyforhalfoftheteams—andtheirfans—totravelto the tournament toplayasinglematch.Andgreat teams thathavebadmatches early on deserve areprieve.

另一个完全相反的办法是直接进行淘汰赛，这样比赛场次就会少得多。照此办法，32支球队只需31场比赛就能决出冠军（今年的世界杯包括三四名决赛在内有64场比赛）。但这样一来，就有一半的球队耗时费钱前去参赛却只能踢一场比赛，它们的球迷也一样。而且，在刚开赛时表现不佳的强队应该有暂缓出局的机会。

One of this year’s finalists, Argentina, lost their opening game to Saudi Arabia. That is why World Cups in most sports feature a group stage, where teams are sorted into mini-leagues, with a certain number then qualifying for knockout matches. This reduces randomness while allowing scope for upsets (see Morocco’s run to the semi-final at this year’s World Cup).

比如今年入围决赛的阿根廷队就在首场比赛中输给了沙特阿拉伯队。这就是为什么大多数体育项目的全球性赛事都设有小组赛——球队被分到不同的小组，之后一定数量的球队晋级淘汰赛。这减少了随机性，同时也保留了爆冷的空间（如摩洛哥在今年世界杯冲进了半决赛）。

本文节选自：The Economist（经济学人）

发布时间：2022.12.24

作者：The Economist explains

原文标题：How to design a perfect World Cup

词汇积累

1.pundit

英/ ˈpʌndɪt /美/ ˈpʌndɪt /

n.专家；博学者；梵文学者

2.entrant

英/ ˈentrənt /美/ ˈentrənt /

n.进入者；新会员；参加竞赛者；新工作者

3.marquee

英/ mɑːˈkiː /美/ mɑːrˈkiː /

n.选取框；大天幕；华盖

4.reprieve

英/ rɪˈpriːv /美/ rɪˈpriːv /

v.取消（或缓期）执行……的死刑；取消关闭，暂缓终止

n.缓刑，赦免；暂缓，暂时解救

词组搭配

1.winnow down 筛选;挑选

2.fall from 从……落下

3.round-robinsystem 循环制

写作句总结

原句：But that would be impractical for a one-month competition: 48 teams would play 1,128 matches (meaning 36 each day).

结构：But that would be impractical for sth.

例句：It would be great to have a robot to do all the housework, but that would be impractical for most people.

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