Unit 14 - The World Cup - Reading

Unit 14 THE WORLD CUP READING... Only ____ teams competed in the first World Cup.2.. Today the final tournament of the World Cup has ____ teams.. The final match of the 2002 World Cup at

Welcome!

Wayne Rooney

England

Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal Real Madrid

Park Ji Sung

Korea

Manchester United

Mario Balotelli

Italia

AC Milan

Lionel Messi

Argentina Barcelona

Unit 14 THE WORLD CUP

READING

• ‘passionate (adj) 

• ‘governing body (n)

• ‘championship (n)

• ‘champion (n)

• host (v)

• ‘witness (v)

cuồng nhiệt

cơ quan quản lý giải vô địch

nhà vô địch đăng cai chứng kiến

• elimi’nation game (n)

• ‘continent (n)

• ‘finalist (n)

•  ‘honoured (adj)

•  ‘title (n)

• FIFA ( Fédération Internationale de 

Football Association)

vòng loại lục địa đội cuối cùng cao quý

danh hiệu

Liên đoàn Bóng đá Thế giới

Argentina /ˌɑrdʒənˈtiːnə / Korea /kəˈriːə /

Uruguay /ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ/

Brazil /brəˈzɪl/

Germany /ˈdʒɜrməni/

Japan /dʒəˈpæn/

A B

1. Jointly

2. The globe

3. Tournament

4. Host nation

5. Trophy

a. A competition in which players compete against each other in a series of games until there is a winner

b. Involving two or more people or groups

c. The world

d. A prize for winning a competition

e A country that provides the necessary space, facilities, etc for a special event

1 Only teams competed in the first World Cup.

2 Today the final tournament of the World Cup has teams.

3 The team which was defeated in the first World Cup final was _.

4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over

_ billion viewers.

5 After FIFA’s first meeting, years had passed before the first World Cup was

held Uruguay.

one

26

13

32

Argentina

1 The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1904.

2 The World Cup is held every two years.

3 The World Cup is regarded as the world championship of the sport.

4 Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup.

5 Brazil is the country that has played five times in the World Cup.

True True

False False

False

=> has won the trophy five times

=> in 1930

=> every four years

Time or Number Event

1904

13

1930

17

32

2002

is the year when FIFA was set up

is the number of teams playing in the first World Cup

is the year when the first World Cup was held

is the number of the World Cup tournaments up to 2002

is the number of teams playing in the World Cup today

is the year when the World Cup was held in Asia and hosted by two countries

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