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BBC Learning English: World Cup English Clubs: 02

Welcome to the second of four BBC World Cup English Club meetings!

1. Welcome the newcomers!

Do you remember all your team-mates’ names and at least three details about them?

a newcomer = somebody who has just arrived for Introduce a team-mate to the rest of the group and the first time especially to any newcomers to your English Club. If you are a newcomer, introduce yourself!

Q. Which team has been most impressive so far? A. I think Argentina and Spain are looking very strong.

Q. What do you think of Brazil's performance? A. They weren't at their best. They need to raise their game. (= improve)

Q. How do you rate France? A. I think they are getting on a bit. (= they are getting old) 2. The World cup so far…

Q. Who do you think is Talk to one another about the World Cup games going to go through in that you have already watched this year. Group A? (= qualify for the next round) Some ideas for questions and answers are on the Q. Who's been the star left. player so far? (= the best player)

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3. Match commentaries

Look at the phrases on the left-hand side of this

And Ronaldinho… page.

…blocks Kewell's shot Then complete the commentary below: He puts his body in the way of Kewell's shot.

…picks out Ronaldo… Beck ham looks up, ready to pass the He spots and passes the ball to Ronaldo. ball. Can he ______Michael Owen?

…flicks the ball on to Oh it’ s a beautiful pass! And Owen just Robinho… He passes the ball to ______the ball on to Wayne Rooney, Robinho with a quick, but

subtle movement of the who’s making a run towards the eighteen foot or head.

...gets past Tudor… yard box. Unbelievable! He ______dribbles past Kovac… He moves past Tudor and Emer son and Cafu - and this is a chance! Kovac without losing the ball. He aims, shoots – no! The ball ______

…puts in a great tackle! ______. It comes back but Lampard’s He takes the ball off another player. on it and – GOAL! My word, what a

…tracks Cahill's run… treme ndous ____- _____ shot from He runs with Cahill in order to defend and Lam pard, from at least 25 yards out! doesn't give him any space. a yard = 0.91 metres (answers on page 5) …crosses the ball from the left… He passes the ball from

the left side of the pitch into the attacking penalty area.

…rattles the post with a long-range shot…. He strikes the ball hard from a long distance and hits the post.

…curls the free kick into the top corner! He kicks the ball so that it flies in a curve and hits the top corner of the net - GOAL!

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Tell the world!

Now imagine you are sitting in the

commentary box at a world cup match.

Which tense do we 1. As a team, choose a memorable moment from the generally use for match W orld Cup, possibly from a game you have just commentaries in English? watched. 2. W orking together, write up the match commentary for The Present that scene in the Answer Pack. Continuous 3. If you want, you can record yourself giving the commentary. Or

The Present Simple? BBC Lea rning English will publish your match commenta ries on our site here: (answer on page 5) /www.bbclearningenglish.com/radio/specials/1126_world_cup/.

The commentary which is most popular with our visitors

will get voiced by the BBC and played on our webcast!

If you liked this exercise, you can test your listening with football commentary and interviews here: http://www.bbclearningenglish.com/quizzes/football/

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4. Su pporting your team – football chants

Football fans all over the world support their team and players during a football match by singing and chanting.

to chant A chant is often about things that are typical in a country, to repeat or sing a word and it ve ry often contains words that rhyme as well as a or phrase to a simple certain r hythm, also called meter. tune

Look at this famous England chant. What are the two words to rhyme that rhyme? to sound alike because the last sound is the same e.g. ‘could’ and ‘stood’. We lov e you Beckham,

Because you've got long hair, We love you Beckham, Because you're everywhere,

We love you Beckham.

What do you think is the missing word in the following chant? It rhymes with “roll”…

Meat pie, Sausage Roll Come on England

GIVE US A ______! (The answers are on page 5)

What chants do you have in your country and language?

Are ther e any chants that should not be heard around football grounds, e.g. chants that are racist or make fun of a hooligan the oppo sition? a person who acts in a violent way without thinking and causes Do you think there could be a connection between football (criminal) damage chants an d football hooliganism?

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Tell the world!

Now write a football chant in support of your team or favourite player in the Answer Pack.

Working together, include words that rhyme and that make up a simple rhythm (possibly to be sung to the tune of a particular song!). Feel free to make it funny. You can record yourselves singing it if you like.

BBC Learning English will publish your football chants on our site and we will record our visitors’ favourite chants.

Don’t forget to arrange a time to meet next week!