3 BModule English Toolkit 1 - Language & Culture Hooligans and sports have always seemed to go hand in hand like bread and butter.. Hooliganism generally refers to disruptive and aggress
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3 BModule
English Toolkit 1 - Language & Culture
Hooligans and sports have always
seemed to go hand in hand like bread
and butter Hooliganism generally refers
to disruptive and aggressive behaviour
commonly associated with different
sports, especially football
Why do these people perform
barbarous acts?
When hooligans go to football matches,
they are generally looking for trouble
by getting into violent fights before,
during and after the match, which may
often end in deaths
Hooligans even get into fights in the
streets, breaking windows, cars and
committing other acts of vandalism
When trying to find a cause for this
behaviour, it is not easy to come up
with an answer However, one of the
reasons may be that they are generally
under the influence of alcohol or drugs
It is also true that the rivalry between teams is sometimes more than fierce and that these frantic supporters turn their loyalty to their team into an obsession that can manifest itself in tremendous violence
Although hooligans seem to be generally associated with England, this is a worldwide problem that has existed for more than 200 years As
a matter of fact, one of the earliest acts of vandalism and violence in a sporting event took place in Ancient Greece during a chariot race The teams involved got into a massive combat which ended in riots that lasted for almost a week!
It is a real shame that the average football fan cannot enjoy his favourite sport because attending a match in a stadium is not safe
Hooligans
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2 Match and make sentences.
4 In pairs, write a set of rules you think
could be implemented in stadiums to
make them a safer place Turn these
into a leaflet that can be distributed at
stadium entrances
3 Find in the text words that mean:
Activities
1 Scan the text and answer the questions.
a What are hooligans?
b What could be the cause of their behaviour?
c How long has hooliganism existed?
d Do they behave this way only in the stadiums?
e Where is hooliganism more common?
1 .the excessive use of drugs and
alcohol
2 .have become a very dangerous place
3 .violent behaviour in sporting events.
4 .for over 200 years.
a Hooliganism is generally associated with
b Sometimes the reason for this behaviour
can be
c Hooliganism has existed
d One of the main problems is that
stadiums
a The crime of deliberately damaging
things, especially public property:
b A situation in which two or more people,
teams or companies are competing for
something, especially over a long period
of time, and feeling the tension of the
competition:
c Extremely hurried and using a lot
of energy, but not very organized:
d A situation in which a large crowd of
people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something:
e Causing problems and preventing
something from continuing in its usual way:
You should not enter the stadium under the effects of alcohol….