Finnish Veteren soccer defender Hyypiae to retire

     BERLIN, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Finnish(芬兰) soccer veteran defender¹ Sami Hyypiae is going to quit his active career after the season 2010/2011 at his current club Leverkusen, aiming to start a professional coach schooling², Hyypiae announced on Monday.

    Sami Hyypiae, 37, will start his coaching certificate（证书执照） as co-trainer of the Finnish national team in addition he agreed shadowing at Liverpool, his former club.

    "My time as a player in Leverkusen was wonderful and it will end perfectly³ if we qualify for Champions League. I have enjoyed the last two years as a professional in a fantastic team and a great club that gave me the opportunity to enter into coach business," Hyypiae said.

    The 105-time Finish national player receives from July 2012 a two year contract to co-coach the professional team of Leverkusen.

    Due to the leaving of defender Hyypiae at the end of the season the club singed⁴ Freiburg youngster defender Oemer Toprak, 21, to equip him with a five-year contract. Both side agreed to keep muting on contract details.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

2 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

3 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 singed   

v.浅表烧焦( singe的过去式和过去分词 )；（毛发）燎，烧焦尖端[边儿]

参考例句：

• He singed his hair as he tried to light his cigarette. 他点烟时把头发给燎了。
• The cook singed the chicken to remove the fine hairs. 厨师把鸡燎一下，以便去掉细毛。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》