Argentine Riquelme to be inactive for 3 weeks

     BUENOS AIRES, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Argentine soccer player Juan Roman Riquelme will be inactive for at least three weeks due to an injury in his abdomen¹.

    He was injured on Sunday during a match between Boca Juniors and Tigre for the 10th date of the local Clausura tournament（锦标赛）.

    Riquelme said on Tuesday that he believes he will be ready for the match against Independiente on April 29 in La Bombonera stadium of Buenos Aires.

    "I think against Independiente I will make everything possible to be in the field with my mates," he told sports TV channel Fox sports.

    Riquelme, 32 years old, is a key player in the club coached by Julio Falcioni.

    "It even hurts me when I go to the toilet," Riquelme said and added that "perhaps there will pass two months" and will continue feeling "pain when doing a movement."In the last years, Riquelme has been constantly injured, which has made him to be inactive 16 months since March 2008 to the date.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 abdomen   

n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)

参考例句：

• How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？
• He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。