VIENNA (Reuters) - Organisers of the 2008 European football championship unveiled two spiky-haired twins as the tournament's official mascots on Wednesday but said the pair were yet to be named.
2008年欧锦赛组委会周三揭晓了大赛的官方吉祥物——一对拥有钉子状发型的双胞胎，但这对双胞胎的名字目前还未确定。
The pair, whose haircuts are intended to resemble the mountains of host nations Austria and Switzerland, will be christened next month following a naming competition among supporters.
这对双胞胎的发型是为了象征主办国奥地利和瑞士的山脉。下月，吉祥物的名字将最后确定，为吉祥物举行的命名会将在球迷中展开。
Fans in the two countries can choose from the names "Zagi and Zigi", "Flitz and Bitz" or "Trix and Flix".
来自主办国的球迷可以从“扎吉和吉吉”、“弗里茨和比茨”和“特里克斯和弗里克斯”这三对名字中挑选。
However, one newspaper has already pointed out that "Zigi" is a slang word in the Swiss German dialect for "cigarette".
不过，一家报纸已经指出“吉吉”是瑞士的俚语，意思是香烟。
"Trix" is also more commonly used as a girl's name in Switzerland (an abbreviation for Beatrice or Beatrix), prompting one journalist to ask about the gender of the mascots.
而“特里克斯”在瑞士通常被用于女名，这让一名记者弄不清这对吉祥物的性别。
"They are both boys -- I assume," was the hesitant reply of Austrian football association president Friedrich Stickler.
奥地利足协主席Friedrich Stickler表示：“我猜，他们两个都是男孩。”
Organisers said the merchandising for the championship would begin in the middle of next year, with the mascots set to feature on around half of the 2,000 planned products.
欧锦赛主办方表示，欧锦赛商品将从明年年中开始销售，而2000件计划上市的大赛商品中与吉祥物有关的大约占了一半。
The tournament is due to kick off in Basel's St Jakob stadium on June 7, 2008, with the final being staged in Vienna's Ernst Happel stadium on June 29.
08年的欧锦赛将于08年7月7日在巴塞尔的圣约科布体育场拉开帷幕，而决赛将于7月29日在维也纳的恩斯特-哈普尔球场举行。
The Swiss cities of Bern, Geneva and Zurich will also host matches along with Austria's Salzburg, Innsbruck and Klagenfurt.
瑞士的伯尔尼、日内瓦和苏黎士以及奥地利的萨尔茨堡、因斯布鲁克和克拉根福都将承办此次赛事。
