Unit 14. The world cup

R4: Which team was the champion at the 2006 World Cup in Germany?. • Elimination games n / I l I m I 'nei∫n geimz/ is a game that decides which team or player will take part in the next

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Unit 14: The World Cup

R4: Which team was the champion at the 2006

World Cup in Germany?

R5: What do we use to play football? Key: This is one of the most popular sports R6: Who is this?

in the world?

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Unit 14: The World Cup

Where was the 2002 World Cup held?

Which team became the champion then?

Which team was the runner-up?

Champion (n) /'t∫æmpiən/

Nhà vô địch

VOCABULARY

Host nation (n) /həʊst 'neiʃn/

Trophy (n) /'trəʊfi/:

Nước chủ nhà

Cúp

E.g: Vietnam was the host nation of the 22nd Sea Games

runner- up(n) : /'rʌnəʌp /

Continent (n) /'kɔntinənt/:

one of the large landmasses of the earth

Lục địa

Globe ( n) /gləʊb / : Địa cầu, thế giới

• Elimination games (n) / I l I m I 'nei∫n geimz/

is a game that decides which team or player will take part in the next stage of a particular competition

vòng loại

Jointly (adv) /dʒɔɪnt.li/

cùng nhau

Ex: The Channel Tunnel was jointly funded by the

French and British

1 champion (n) /'t∫æmpIən/

championship (n) /'t∫æmpIən∫ Ip/

• runner – up (n) /'rʌnə(r) ʌp/

• jointly (adv) /'ʤɔintli/

• host nation (n) /həʊst 'neiʃn/

Unit 14: The World Cup

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 3

2 5 4

The words in A appear in the reading passage

Match them with their definitions B.

England Germany

Japan Brazil Portugal

South Korea Italy Switzerland

Argentina

1 FIFA was set up in ………

2006

D

1930 1904

2002

C

B

A

2 Only …… teams competed in the first

17

C

B

A

3 The team which was defeated in the first

World Cup final was….

3 The team which was defeated in the first

World Cup final was….

Brazil

D

Uruguay Italy

Argentina

C

B

A

4 The world had witnessed ………World

32

C

B

A

5 The 2002 World Cup was held by…

5 The 2002 World Cup was held by…

6 After FIFA’s first meeting, … years had passed before the first World Cup was held

C

B

A

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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

1 The first World Cup was held in Uruguay

(… It was not until 1930 that the first World

Cup was held…)

in 1904.

in 1930

T F

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2 The World Cup is held

(…World Cup, the international football

tournament, is held every four years…)

every two years.

every 4 years

T F

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3 The World Cup is regarded as the

world championship of the sport.

(… FIFA, the governing body for football,

… planned to organize a world

championship …)

T F

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4 Germany and Brazil played in the final

match of the 2002 World Cup.

(… With the victory over Germany in the

final match, Brazil became the first

team…)

T F

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5 Brazil is the country that has

in the World Cup

(… Brazil became the first team to win the

trophy five times…)

played five times

won the trophy five times

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Unit 14: The World Cup

Talk about the events mentioned in the passage

using the cues below

The year when the FIFA

was set up.

The year when the first World Cup was held.

The number of nations that

took part in the first

The year when the

World Cup was

jointly held by two

countries, Japan and

Korea.

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