The Brazilian football star Leonardo has been named as the new manager of the current European champions Inter Milan. He replaces Rafael Benitez, whose contract was

terminate

d after just six months. Last season, Leonardo was manager of Inter's local rival AC Milan, but his contract ended abruptly after reported clashes with the club's owner, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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1.notch n.水平,等级;档次；位阶

2.communique n.公报,官报

3.intervention n.介入, 干涉, 干预

例句：The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.

政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。

4.denounce vt.公开指责，谴责，斥责

例句：We should denounce a heresy.

我们应该公开指责异端邪说。

He denounced her as traitor.

他指责她是叛徒。

5.recognition n.认识; 认出; 识别; 承认; 认可

例句：She hoped she would avoid recognition by wearing dark glasses and a hat.

她戴上墨镜和帽子, 希望人们认不出她来。

Their recognition of the new law is unlikely.

这项新法律不大可能获得他们的承认。

6.simmer v.充满势将爆发的(怒气等)

7.repress v.镇压,平息;制止

例句：The military government repressed the striking workers.