Deco joins Fluminense

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Fluminense soccer team officially announced the arrival of star midfielder Deco on Saturday.
    The negotiation¹ and liberation² of the player with England's Chelsea took nearly two months to conclude.
    The vice-president of soccer at Fluminense, Alcides Antunes, made the announcement（公告）. After the club received the official liberation（释放,解放） of the player from Chelsea on Saturday, the club immediately signed the athlete to a two-year deal.
    The 33-year-old Brazilian native previously(以前) declared his wish to move closer to family. He then said that the only team he would play with in Brazil was Fluminense. Since the player fell out of the plans of Chelsea, the player demanded his release, facilitating³ his return to Brazil.
    Deco will receive his official presentation to the media and fans on August 9. In his professional career, Deco has played in 594 games, scoring 108 times.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

2 liberation   

n.解放，解放运动（为获得平等权利和地位的行为）

参考例句：

• We should help those who are still struggling for liberation.我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。
• Many people died during famines every year before liberation.解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。

3 facilitating   

促进( facilitate的现在分词 )； 使便利； 推进； 帮助（某人）进步

参考例句：

• Ironically, much of the labor-facilitating industrialization came from the rural areas themselves. 出人意外的是，这些节省劳力的工业化，多数是从农区本身开始的。
• Combining the maintenance of the economic order with facilitating commodity circulation. 维护经济秩序和便利商品流通相结合。