CET4看世界杯：社会变迁与和谐足球赛
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A team of Israeli and Palestinian boys and girls, called the Peace Team, battles against a squad from Rwanda, called Hope, in the Football for Hope tournament.
The participants are from disadvantaged communities, many of which have been scarred by conflict and poverty. There are teams from Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia as well as from Australia, Britain and the United States.
There are no referees in the tournament. The players must ttle any fouls or disputes themlves.
The matches have attracted thousands of fans from this struggling Johannesburg community, to celebrate hope and social change.
The football governing body -- FIFA -- sponsors the program, in partnership with 50 civic groups.
战争歌词 "The purpo of Football for Hope is that of using the power of the game, football, in order to address social challenges around the world," explained Federico Addiechi, FIFA's head o
香蕉台f Corporate Responsibility. "It's a movement that was created back in 2005 in order to address tho social challenges, in order to make a concrete contribution with the game of football."
On a field nearby, neighborhood children kick footballs into a net in exchange for prizes.
The "football for hope" program eks to promote education on health and children's rights, peace-building, anti-discrimination, HIV/AIDS and the environment.
Sello Mahlangu, 18, is the coach of Team Alexandra, which is hosting the tournament. A local volunteer, he lives with his mother and three siblings in Alexandra.
"This event has done a lot for me," he said. "I've been to many places, done many interviews. It has given me opportunities to showca my potential."
This is the first tournament FIFA has held as part of its 'Football for Hope' program. Addiechi says there will be more becau FIFA wants the World Cup to leave a legacy.
"The Football for Hope movement is our permanent activity," he explained. "It's part of our social responsibility and has been going on now for five years. And it will continue long after 2010 and even 2014 [the next World Cup]."
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FIFA has pledged to build 20 Football for Hope Centers across Africa this year. Each center is to contain sports fields as well as facilities for education and health care.
Addiechi says FIFA wants to show that football can be a powerful force to unite communities and improve the lives of less fortunate people.
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An online company has begun marketing an "Anti Vuvuzela Filter" that promis to silence the sound of the controversial plastic trumpets that have become the trademark of South Africa's World Cup.
The company's web site, , lls an MP3 audio file for 2.95 euros (3.60 dollars) that the company says will cancel the vuvuzela noi for TV viewers by producing a sound wave similar to the horn's that cancels the noi.
你瞒我瞒歌词 "Just download our specially designed vuvuzela noi cancellation MP3 and play it back on your home stereo system, computer, iPod, iPhone, etc.," the website says.
"Depending on the circumstances, the resulting soundwave may be so faint as to be ina
五指袜udible to human ears."
But Anthony Sullivan, a physicist at South Africa's Rhodes University, called the idea "a marketing hype and a waste of money."
"Noi cancelling depends on specific positions. You're not going to get that cancelling," he said.
His advice to tho who don't like hearing the vuvuzela?
"Mute the TV."
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