本期内容：

The value of World Cup sponsorship has dropped between the 2014 event in Brazil and this year's in Russia, according to Nielsen Sports' research.

Chinese sponsors stepped into the breach after a number of long-term Fifa backers, such as Johnson & Johnson, Castrol and Continental, ended their association after the corruption scandal at football's world governing body in May 2015.

sponsorship: n. 赞助
sponsor: n. 赞助商 vt. 赞助；资助
drop: vi. 下跌（decrease）
breach: n. 缺口
backer: n. 支持者；赞助商
back: vt. 支持
corruption: n. 贪污；腐败
scandal: n. 丑闻
body: n. 机构

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