Unit 14 World Cup, English 10

• consider v, to suppose/ regard E.g.: World Cup is considered the most popular event... Brazil is the host nation of the World Cup 2014... Today the final tournament of the World Cup h

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 Unit 15: The World Cup

→competitor (n) → competitive (a)

• tournament (n) a competition

• consider (v,) to suppose/ regard

E.g.: World Cup is considered the most popular event.

• passionate (a) enthusiastic

• champion (n) a winner of a

competition

→ championship (n)

• gain a victory (v) to win a competition

• witness (v, n) to see sth happen

• eliminate (v) to remove

→ elimination game (n)

• final (a, n) the last of a series of game

→ finalist (n)

• jointly (adv) together

• trophy (n) a cup / a prize

• host nation (n)

e.g Brazil is the host nation of the World Cup 2014.

• honored title (n)

Vocabulary

• compete (v) competition (n)

• gain a victory (v)

• eliminate (v) elimination game (n)

• final (a) finalist (n)

• jointly (adv)

A B

1 Champion a. a competition in which players compete against each other in a

series of games until there is a winner.

2 The globe

b a team or person that has won a competition.

3 Tournament c. the world

4 Host nation d. a prize for winning a competition

5 Trophy e. a country that provides the necessary space, facilities, etc for a

special event

Match the words in A with their definitions in B

Choose the correct answers

1 How often is the World Cup held?

a Every year b Every 4 years c Every 2 years

2 Where was the 2002 World Cup held?

a In Japan b In Argentina

c In Uruguay d In Japan and South Korea

3.………was the champion of the 2002 World Cup

a Italy b Germany c Brazil d Japan

4.………was the runner-up of the 2002 World Cup

a Italy b Germany c Holland d Japan

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 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 in Uruguay

13

32

Argentina

one 26 Scan the text and complete each of the following sentences with a word or a number.

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.

(line 2)

(lines 16- 17)

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

F

T

T

1930 four years

won the World Cup five times.

Read the text again and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) Correct the false ones

- 1904 is the year when FIFA was set up.

- 13

- 17

- 32

- 1930

- 2002

is the number of the teams took part in the first tournament.

is the number of World Cup tournaments that the world

is the number of national football teams become the

is the year when the first World Cup was held.

is the year when World Cup was jointly held by Japan and South Korea.

Talk about the events mentioned in the passage, using the figures below.

had witnessed by 2002

finalists.

-First jointly held by 2 (4)………….

(5)…… teams

Champion:

(6)………

runner-up:

(7)………

1930

(1)………

was set up

Events

Years

ev

y ye s

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Second level

Third level

Fourth level

Fifth level

Argentina Uruguay

nations 32

Brazil

Germany

Complete the chart

Activity 4:

First World Cup Champion:

(2)……….

runner-up:

(3)………

He sits

talks laughs sounds nice

tell jokes

seems like

a girlfriend