Unit14-reading/10cb

In 2002 Brazil defeated Germany and became the .... Only_____ teams competed in the first World Cup.. Today the final tournament of the World Cup has_______ teams.. The final match of th

Before you read

A Germany B France C Japan & South Korea

1 The World Cup is held

A every year B every two years C every four years

2 The 2002 World Cup was held in

3 In 2002 Brazil defeated Germany and became the

4 The first World Cup took place in

5 The world’s organization, , is responsible for football.

Multiple choice:

* Vocabulary:

- championship (n):

- witness (v): see - witness (n):

- elimination game:

- continent (n):

- honoured title:

Before you read

A B

1 jointly

2 the globe

3 tournament

4 host nation

5 trophy

other in a series of games until there is a winner

facilities, etc for a special event

While you read

Task 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B.

While you read

Task 2: Scan the text and complete the sentences.

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

Answers: 1-13 2- 32 3- Argentina 4- one 5- 26

While you read

Task 3: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

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 Brazil and Germany 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 F (1930) 2 F (every four years) 3 T 4 T Answers:

After you read

Complete the table below and then talk about the events.

(1) FIFA was set up

1930 The first World Cup was held and only (2) teams took part

in the tournament.

(3) The world witnessed (4) World Cup tournaments.

Up to now National football teams must compete in elimination game

within their own region before becoming one of the (5) (6) The World Cup was held in Asia by the two nations, Japan and

South Korea.