Qatar is spending almost $500m a week on major infrastructure¹ projects as it prepares for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, its finance² minister has said

卡塔尔财政部长日前表示，为迎接2022年世界杯的到来，卡塔尔将在大型基础设施建设中每周花费约5亿美元。

Ali al-Emadi expected spending to continue at that level for three to four years as new stadiums, motorways³, rail links and hospitals are built.

财政部长阿里·阿尔·伊马迪预计，未来三到四年卡塔尔都会保持这样一个支出水平，以支持新场馆、高速公路、铁路以及医院的建设。

More than $200bn will be spent in total by the gas-rich emirate.

这个石油丰厚的国家预计会为此次盛会投入两千多亿美元。

But Mr Emadi denied that the plans would make the 2022 tournament the most expensive World Cup yet.

但是伊马迪先生表示，此举不会使2022年世界杯成为历史上最“昂贵”的一次世界杯。

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is reported to have cost $11bn to host, while Russia increased government spending on the 2018 World Cup by $321m to $10.7bn.

据报道，2014年巴西世界杯共花费了110亿美元。此外，俄罗斯政府对2018年世界杯的投入也将上升至107亿美元，比原来多了3.21亿美元。

Brazil struggled to get many of its stadiums ready, but Mr Emadi told reporters in Doha that Qatar had already awarded 90% of the contracts for 2022 projects and that two-thirds would be delivered within the next 24 months.

巴西政府曾为了按时完成场馆建设而费尽周折，但伊马迪先生告诉记者，卡塔尔方面已经在首都多哈签订了2022年90%的工程合同，其中三分之二都会在未来两年内完成。

"We are giving ourselves a good chance to deliver things on time," he added. "We don't want to be in a place where we start painting when people are coming to the country."

他补充说道：“这样可以使我们尽可能地按时交工，我们不希望等到游客纷至杳来的时候才开始着急忙活。”