The Race Is Back On? 竞赛又回来了?

时间:2009-06-08 06:19:46

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The race for the Premiership title hotted up 越来越激烈 this weekend as Liverpool demolished1 沉重击败 Manchester United 4-1 at Old Trafford.

Wins for Chelsea and Arsenal2 saw both London sides also close the gap 比分接近/拉近距离 on the title holders3 头衔持有者.

Manchester United now have a lead of only four points at the top of the table, although they have one more game to play than their rivals 竞争对手.

Speculation4 揣测 in the media is rife5 广泛流传 that Manchester United could be cracking 败阵 under the pressure, and that their manager Sir Alex Ferguson is feeling the strain 压力.

Cracks 裂痕 have started to appear in the Manchester defence – once thought of as virtually impregnable 几乎是坚不可摧的.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez believes that his team’s massive victory will inspire 激励 other sides to believe they can beat Ferguson’s players.

"We have shown the way. United have been playing with so much confidence. At least people will now see that they can lose," said Benitez.

Benitez’s opinions were echoed 认同(某人的观点) by Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink, whose team are also just four points behind the leaders, after winning 1-0 at Manchester City.

"When you are in the driver's seat 处于主导地位 and someone else is coming, you can get a little bit nervous. It is a little bit open now," said Hiddink, meaning that sometimes leading the race is the most nerve-wracking 令人感到极度紧张的 place to be.

Both Benitez and Hiddink think that the increased pressure on United will benefit fans of English football.

"If we want to track 跟踪/追赶 them, we have to keep on winning," said Hiddink, "that will give tension to the end of the season, which is good for everyone."

However, it would be unwise 不明智的 to write off 排除 Manchester United just yet, as Sir Alex has promised his team will come back fighting.

"It is a hard one to take because I thought we were the better team and the score does not reflect that," said Ferguson.

"Now the thing is to respond 做出回应. It always is at this club - you lose a game and you respond. We always do," he continued.

With just nine or ten matches left for the teams to play, it looks like an exciting finish to the season is well on the cards 可能发生的.


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1 demolished 3baad413d6d10093a39e09955dfbdfcb     
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光
参考例句:
  • The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
  • They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来,为了不让拆除他们的房子,他们一直在进行最后的努力。
2 arsenal qNPyF     
n.兵工厂,军械库
参考例句:
  • Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
  • We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。
3 holders 79c0e3bbb1170e3018817c5f45ebf33f     
支持物( holder的名词复数 ); 持有者; (支票等)持有人; 支托(或握持)…之物
参考例句:
  • Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
  • It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识,才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事,同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。
4 speculation 9vGwe     
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
参考例句:
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
5 rife wXRxp     
adj.(指坏事情)充斥的,流行的,普遍的
参考例句:
  • Disease is rife in the area.疾病在这一区很流行。
  • Corruption was rife before the election.选举之前腐败盛行。

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