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。
Qatar is spending almost $500m a week on major infrastructure projects as it prepares for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, its finance minister has said
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。
Ali al-Emadi expected spending to continue at that level for three to four years as new stadiums, motorways, rail links and hospitals are built.
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。
More than $200bn will be spent in total by the gas-rich emirate.
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。
But Mr Emadi denied that the plans would make the 2022 tournament the most expensive World Cup yet.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。”
"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."