Corinthians cautious about Pato debut

 　　RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians coach Tite admitted Sunday he does not know when Brazil international striker Alexandre Pato will make his debut¹ for the club.

　　Pato joined the reigning² FIFA Club World Cup champions last week after five years with Italian Serie A giants AC Milan.

　　The Sao Paulo-based outfit³ has prescribed a special training program designed to nurture⁴ the 23-year-old back to full fitness following a sequence of injuries that has restricted him to just 25 matches in the past two years.

　　"Pato is progressing but he is still in the process of reaching match fitness," Tite said on Sunday after his team's 1-0 victory over Mirassol in the Campeonato Paulista.

　　"Until the physical trainers give me permission to select him I am going to be on their case. I will be doing my best to make sure that he is playing sooner rather than later."

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

3 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。

4 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。