Corinthians' Paulinho could sign for Manchester City

SAO PAULO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- English champions Manchester City have sent director of football Txiki Begiristain to negotiate the transfer of Cornthians and Brazil midfielder Paulinho.
It is reported City will offer in the region of 18 million dollars for the deep-lying playmaker, who was instrumental in Corinthians' 2012 Libertadores success and their defeat of Chelsea last weekend in the Club World Cup.
With Yaya Toure set to miss January playing in the African Cup of Nations, the Manchetser club are under pressure to bring in a big name, with the Brazilian considered an ideal fit.
Paulinho is not the only Brazil international currently on the English outfit¹' s radar². While in Sao Paulo, it is believed Begiristain will take the opportunity to discuss with Santos a possible bid for 20-year-old sensation Neymar.
Whilst the striker has repeatedly confirmed his happiness at the Brazilian club, and reputedly set to stay with Santos until the 2014 World Cup at the very least, a huge offer from Manchester City' s Abu Dhabi owners may tempt³ Neymar to move earlier than he had previously⁴ planned. A host of clubs are sniffing⁵ around the prodigy⁶, including Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
As of yet, however, no figures have been discussed concerning possible move for Neymar.

1 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

2 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

3 tempt   

vt.引诱，勾引，吸引，引起…的兴趣

参考例句：

• Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.什么都不能诱使他去那样做。
• The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 sniffing   

n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
• They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 prodigy   

n.惊人的事物，奇迹，神童，天才，预兆

参考例句：

• She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
• He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。