▍原文 FIFA officials are reportedly flying to China in a bid to get the country's state broadcaster to buy the television rights to this year's World Cup, and are offering to slash the asking price by more than 50 per cent. From an original asking price of US$300 million, the drop to between US$120 million and US$150 million is still some way above the US$80 million CCTV had said it would pay. Five weeks out from a World Cup, that is really unusual. ▍語言點 1. FIFA 國際足球聯合會（簡稱“國際足聯”） 2. reportedly /rɪˈpɔːtɪdli/ adv. 據報道，據稱 3. in a bid to do something 試圖做某事；為了做成某事 4. state broadcaster 官方電視臺，國家廣播公司 5. television rights 電視轉播權 6. slash /slæʃ/ v.（本文）大幅削減；猛降（價格、數量）；揮刀猛砍 7. asking price 要價，報價 8. some way above something 高出不少，遠高於…… 9. 時間 + out from something 距離某個事件還有多長時間 · two days out from the election 距離大選還有兩天 - 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序，收聽晨讀...