Dortmund and Bayern win at German Bundesliga

 　　BERLIN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Juergen Klopps side wrapped the 20th win of the season at Wolfsburg while Bayern craved¹ out a 2-1 win against Augsburg at the opener of the 29th round on Saturday.

　　Defending champion and Bundesliga front-runner Borussia Dortmund extended their unbeaten run to 23 matches as they defeated the "Wolves" 3-1 at away Volkswagen Arena².

　　The defending champion cleared the way for the win within the first half as striker Robert Lewandowski and midfielder Ilkay Guendogan doubled the lead although Wolfsburg shocked the guests when striker Mario Mandzukic shortened the score to 1-2 by header six minutes into second half.

　　The host kept it bowling³ to press Dortmund into defence but six minutes before final whistle Wolfsburg defender⁴ Alexander Madlung weakened his side when he booked his second yellow of the match for repeated foul⁵ play. Consequently "BVB" striker Lewandowski slotted home the 3-1 lead to score his 19th goal of the season.

　　Dortmund stays on first position with 66 points while Wolfsburg remains⁶ on ninth position with 40 points. The defending champion encounters chaser Bayern next week to brawl⁷ for first position of the standings.

　　The German record champion Bayern Munich maintains pressure on front-runner Dortmund owing to a brace⁸ by top striker Mario Gomez to seal 2-1 win over Augsburg.

　　With only thirty-nine seconds into the match Gomez shocked the guests from Augsburg with a follow up shot to bring his side the lead.

　　Bayern retracted⁹ and was punished by the visitors as midfielder Ja Cheol Koo nutmegged Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from close distance to level the score with twenty-three minutes on the clock.

　　With beginning of the second, half Bayern started powerful to put things right at the sixty minute as Gomez tapped in from very close range to extend his tally¹⁰ at the goal getter standings to 25 goals.

　　The 2-1 lead by the German giant took the stem out of Augsburg sails thus Bayern wrapped their ninth consecutive¹¹ win in all competitions. Bayern resides on second position with 63 points, three points behind front-runner Dortmund, while Augsburg sticks on fourteenth position with 30 points.

　　Stuttgart came from behind to overrun Mainz 4-1 due to a double by striker Vedad Ibisevic at outsold Mercedes Benz Arena. The visitors from Mainz opened the scoring with only three minutes into the match as midfielder Andreas Ivanschitz converted an awarded foul play penalty.

　　The "Schwaben" remained unfazed and equalized the score through midfielder Tamas Haijnal at the eighth minute. After interval¹² Stuttgart took the 2-1 lead as striker Vedad Ibisevic headed home a cross four minutes into second half.

　　Stuttgart extended the lead to 3-1 as midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic converted a penalty into bottom right. Finally, at the eighty-fifth minute, Vedad Ibisevic sealed his brace and the final 4-1 score.

　　Stuttgart climbs from sixth to fifth position with 43 points, which gives them a UEFA Europa League berth¹³ whereas Mainz stays on eleventh position with 33 points.

　　At other matches on Saturday, Cologne shared points with Bremen after a 1-1, bottom team Kaiserslautern lost 1-2 to Hoffenheim, Freiburg ties with Nuremberg 2-2 and Monchengladbach versus¹⁴ Berlin ended goalless after ninety minutes.

　　The following fixtures¹⁵ are set for Sunday: third positioned Schalke encounters Hannover and Hamburg faces Leverkusen.

1 craved   

渴望，热望( crave的过去式 )； 恳求，请求

参考例句：

• She has always craved excitement. 她总渴望刺激。
• A spicy, sharp-tasting radish was exactly what her stomach craved. 她正馋着想吃一个香甜可口的红萝卜呢。

2 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

4 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。

5 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

8 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

9 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

参考例句：

• 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

10 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

11 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。

12 interval   

n.间隔，间距；幕间休息，中场休息

参考例句：

• The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
• There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。

13 berth   

n.卧铺，停泊地，锚位；v.使停泊

参考例句：

• She booked a berth on the train from London to Aberdeen.她订了一张由伦敦开往阿伯丁的火车卧铺票。
• They took up a berth near the harbor.他们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。

14 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

15 fixtures   

（房屋等的）固定装置( fixture的名词复数 )； 如（浴盆、抽水马桶）； 固定在某位置的人或物； （定期定点举行的）体育活动

参考例句：

• The insurance policy covers the building and any fixtures contained therein. 保险单为这座大楼及其中所有的设施保了险。
• The fixtures had already been sold and the sum divided. 固定设备已经卖了，钱也分了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹