Sharks still top South African rugby log

    JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Sharks rugby（英式橄榄球） team from Durban remained eight points clear with 41 points at the top of the log after the 10th week of South Africa' s Currie Cup rugby competition on Sunday.
    Their nearest rivals, Western Province from Cape¹ Town, scored a 59-17 victory over the Leopards² from South Africa's North West province at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday night.
    Both Allister Coetzee and Anton van Zyl, the Western Province coach and captain, described their win as "satisfying"（令人满意的） although they told Sport 24 they felt the nine-try performance was not as polished as they would like.
    In an earlier game at Bloemfontein, hosts Free State Cheetahs³ beat the Currie Cup defending champions（冠军）, the Blue Bulls 20-14. The result left Cheetahs third on the log with 32 points.
    Fourth spot is taken by the Lions from Johannesburg, who hosted Griquas from Kimberley on Saturday afternoon. Notching⁴ up their fifth consecutive⁵ victory, the Lions won 40-29, giving them 30 log points.
    The Sharks beat the Pumas⁶ 30-14 in an away game at Witbank in South Africa's Mpumalanga province on Friday.
    In order to defend their title in the playoffs, the Blue Bulls must finish in the top four. Currently they are fifth on 29 log points.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
 

1 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

2 leopards   

n.豹( leopard的名词复数 )；本性难移

参考例句：

• Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats. 狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight. 例如，飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 来自英语晨读30分（初三）

3 cheetahs   

n.（奔跑极快的）非洲猎豹( cheetah的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Unlike lions or cheetahs, leopards are secretive, solitary cats. 花豹不像狮子或印度豹，是属于较神秘而隐居的大猫。 来自互联网
• Among this lot are cheetahs, lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, spotted hyenas and elephants. 印度豹、狮子、花豹、犀牛、斑点土狼、大象等，都是此地的居民。 来自互联网

4 notching   

adj.多级的（指继电器）n.做凹口，开槽v.在（某物）上刻V形痕( notch的现在分词 )；赢得；赢取；获得高分

参考例句：

• Results are very linear and free from phase notching. 结果非常线性，没有相位凹口。 来自互联网
• This means that the system only improves, always notching forward, never backsliding. 这意味着系统只能够被改进，总是向前的，从不会倒退。 来自互联网

5 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

6 pumas   

n.美洲狮( puma的名词复数 )；彪马；于1948年成立于德国荷索金劳勒(Herzogenaurach)的国际运动品牌；创始人：鲁道夫及达斯勒。

参考例句：

• Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. 美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。 来自新概念英语第三册
• But forget that for the pumas and lynx at the Queens Zoo. 而皇后动物园的美洲狮和猞猁却完全不吃这一套。 来自互联网