Bayern Munich narrows gap to front-runner Dortmund-英语课

时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻

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　　BERLIN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- German record champion and second positioned Bayern Munich narrowed gap at the Bundesliga standings following a neat 1-0 win over Nuremberg at the 28th round on Saturday.

　　At the southern derby, Jupp Heynckes side carved out a hard earned 1-0 win over dedicated 1 Nuremberg to utilize 2 Dortmund's draw to narrow the gap to three points at the standings.
　　Nuremberg made life difficult for unimaginative German record champion throughout the match. It had to come to the 70th minute when Bayern midfielder and Dutch international Arjen Robben slotted home a clearance 3 attempt into bottom right.
　　After the lead, Bayern retracted 4, thus Nuremberg sniffed 5 the chance for a late equalizer but all their efforts remained unrewarded. Bayern stays on second position with 60 points including a three-point gap to front-runner Dortmund. Nuremberg slips from 11th to 12th position with 31 points.
　　Bremen suffered a 3-0 loss against Mainz to suffer a setback 6 at the battle for international competitions as Mainz staged a faultless performance at Weser stadium. Mainz opened the scoring with 19 minutes into the match as striker Adam Szalai slotted home from 11 meters.
　　After interval 7, Mainz substitute striker Eric Maxim 8 Choupo Moting donated a brace 9 to seal the deal for his side at the 74th minute. Bremen resides on seventh position with 40 points whereas Mainz jumps from 12th to 10th position with 33 points.
　　Leverkusen suffered the fourth consecutive 10 loss at the league owing to a harmless performance against Freiburg that wrapped a deserved 2-0 win at BayArena.
　　Freiburg midfielder Julian Schuster and midfielder mate Daniel Caliguri scored the goals to inflict 11 Leverkusen an unexpected loss in front of home crowd. Both sides stay on their positions, Leverkusen on sixth position with 40 points and Freiburg on 13th position with 31 points.
　　At the other matches on Saturday, struggling Hamburg edged bottom team Kaiserslautern with a neat 1-0 win due to the winner by midfielder Marcell Jansen. Wolfsburg came from behind to crush relegation 12 threatened Berlin 4-1 while Augsburg overpowered Cologne 2-1.
　　On Sunday Hannover encounters stunner Monchengladbach and Hoffenheim hosts third positioned Schalke to complete the 28th round of Bundesliga.

1 dedicated

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

2 utilize

vt.使用，利用

The cook will utilize the leftover ham bone to make soup.厨师要用吃剩的猪腿骨做汤。
You must utilize all available resources.你必须利用一切可以得到的资源。

3 clearance

n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理

There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

4 retracted

v.撤回或撤消( retract的过去式和过去分词 )；拒绝执行或遵守；缩回；拉回

He made a false confession which he later retracted. 他作了假供词，后来又翻供。
A caddy retracted his statement. 一个球童收回了他的话。来自辞典例句

5 sniffed

v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说