Mourinho: Next season should be even better

     ADRID, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho began looking to the future after watching his side win 6-3 away to Valencia on Saturday.

    Madrid's win was their second triumph¹ in the Mestalla stadium（体育场） in four days and follows on the heels of their Copa del Rey win over FC Barcelona. Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick and Kaka netted twice as a side with nine changes from Wednesday's side cruised² to an easy win.

    Madrid will face Barcelona in the semi-final of the Champions League, but although Mourinho was unwilling³ to discuss those matches, he did look further ahead into the future and promised further success for his club.

    The second season at a club tends to be better than the first. That is when we should see what the coach and the team have all learned⁴ and with two or three changes during the summer," said Mourinho.

    "That is what I hope to see from Real Madrid, but we have already won a title, we are in the semi-finals of the Champions League and still fighting for the league title," he added.

    Madrid's win took them momentarily to within five points of league leaders FC Barcelona whose match against Osasuna kicked off later in the day. It looks an almost impossible gap⁵ to close with just five matches left in the season, but Mourinho refused to give up on the title.

    "We can end this season well, with the feeling that we can win in any ground and with a huge amount of confidence. Barca will have to win points to take the league title, because we are not going to give it away," commented Mourinho, who was delighted with the performance of players who have not been first team regulars.

    "We are all delighted with the performance," he said.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 triumph   

n.胜利，成功；vi.获胜，成功；击败

参考例句：

• The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。
• I could detect no triumph in his eye.我不能在他的眼里看出胜利的喜悦。

2 cruised   

v.乘船巡游( cruise的过去式和过去分词 )；以快而平稳的速度长距离行驶；巡航；轻而易举赢得（或获得）

参考例句：

• They cruised along in top gear . 他们驾车高速行驶。
• The coastguard cutter cruised along the coast looking for smugglers. 水上警察缉私船沿海巡逻搜寻走私犯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

5 gap   

n.缺口；间隔；差距；不足，缺陷

参考例句：

• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。