Real Madrid confirm Adebayor signing

    MADRID, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho finally got the center forward he has spent the past season asking for as the club confirmed（确证） a signing of Manchester City forward Emmanuel Adebayor on Tuesday.
    The Togo international has joined Real Madrid on a loan deal for which the Spanish side will pay a fee of around 2.5 million US dollars. Madrid also has the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season for a fee of around 20 million dollars.
    Adebayor will fill the role of the number 9 that Jose Mourinho asked for before the start of the current season. The back injury suffered by Gonzalo Higuain in November saw Mourinho redouble his efforts to convince the club to sign a new forward and helped cause the breakdown¹ of his relationship with General Director, Jorge Valdano.
    Adebayor has not been without his moments of controversy（争论） in recent years. The 26-year-old has been a fringe² player at Manchester City this season and last year was suspended after charging down the pitch to celebrate a goal in front of his former club, Arsenal³ as well as stamping on former teammate Robin⁴ Van Persie.
    On his return to action he soon picked up a further ban after being sent off against Stoke City in the FA Cup.
    Adebayor scored a total of 15 goals in 34 appearances for Manchester City and before that he netted 46 times in 104 games for Arsenal.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

2 fringe   

n.边缘；（窗帘）缘饰，额前垂发；vt.饰...的边

参考例句：

• The girl wears her hair in a fringe.那女孩留着刘海。
• This is an enormous field of which l can touch only the fringe.这是一个很广阔的领域，我在这里只能谈个大概。

3 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

4 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。