Angola to play friendly against Real Madrid

     LUANDA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Cristoffer Laurens Komen, an envoy¹ from Spain's La Liga team Real Madrid, is expected to check the pitch conditions for a possible friendly match here with the Angolan national team, Angolan sports official said here on Monday.

    The envoy(使者) will check the facilities of the 11 November Stadium in southern Luanda to prepare for the match on May 25, according to Pedro dos Anges, representative of Angola's IPA International Company which sponsors the friendly.

    The friendly match is part of the preparations of the Angola national team for the qualifying² match against Kenya on June 6 for the finals of African Cup of Nations "CAN2012" to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 qualifying   

使具有资格的

参考例句：

• players who fail at the pre-qualifying stage 在预选赛中淘汰掉的选手
• A doctoral candidate is required to pass a qualifying examination. 考博士需通过一个资格考试。