AC Milan pull away with win over Napoli

    MILAN, Feb. 28 (Xinha) -- AC Milan scored three goals in the second half to beat Napoli 3-0, building up their lead in the Italian Serie A to five points.
    Napoli(那不勒斯) went into Monday's eagerly-awaited tussle¹ at the San Siro looking for a vital win which would have taken them level with Milan at the summit of the table.
    The pivotal moment arrived four minutes into the second half when Salvatore Aronica handled in the area to concede a penalty(罚点球) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic stepped up to fire the Rossoneri ahead.
    Napoli battled hard in an effort to get back into the game but any hopes they had of overturning the deficit² were extinguished in a two-minute period as Milan struck twice more.
    Former Portsmouth midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng made it 2-0 on 77 minutes before Alexandre Pato found the target to add gloss³ to the scoreline.
    The result takes Milan five points clear of Inter⁴ Milan, who climbed above Napoli over the weekend by virtue⁵ of a win against Sampdoria.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 tussle   

n.&v.扭打，搏斗，争辩

参考例句：

• They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.他们互相扭打起来，抢夺那支手枪。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

2 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

3 gloss   

n.光泽，光滑；虚饰；注释；vt.加光泽于；掩饰

参考例句：

• John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点，但是没有用。
• She rubbed up the silver plates to a high gloss.她把银盘擦得很亮。

4 inter   

v.埋葬

参考例句：

• They interred their dear comrade in the arms.他们埋葬了他们亲爱的战友。
• The man who died in that accident has been interred.在那次事故中死的那个人已经被埋葬了。

5 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。