注释：

1.favourite：
n.受欢迎的人
2.head-to-head:
n.肉搏战, 白刃战
3.neck and neck:
adv.并驾齐驱
4.abstention:
n.放弃；弃权

Sepp Blatter hands the World Cup to Franz Beckenbauer 布拉特将世界杯交给贝肯鲍尔

Germany will host the 2006 World Cup after beating favourite South Africa in a head-to-head vote at Fifa headquarters in Zurich.
　　The surprise announcement was made by Sepp Blatter, president of world football's governing body.
　　After two rounds of voting South Africa and Germany were neck and neck with 11 votes each.
　　But in the third and final ballot, Germany claimed 12 votes, with South Africa receiving 11. There was one abstention.

德国赢得世界杯举办权

　　昨晚在苏黎世国际足联总部进行的2006年世界杯举办权投票中，德国经过一番激烈的争斗，以一票的优势击败大热门南非，获得了世界杯举办权。

　　这个令人吃惊的投票结果是由世界足联主席布拉特宣布的。

　　在两轮投票之后，南非和德国各自得到11票，双方打成平手。

　　在第三轮也是最后一轮投票中，德国得到12张选票，南非只得到11张，还有1票弃权，德国最终以一票优势获胜。