Unit 14 The world cup

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WHO IS THIS?

Manuel

Neuer

Cristiano Ronadol

James Rodriguez

Neymar Di Maria Lionel Messi

Lavezzi

Gareth Bale

Pique

David Beckham Thomas Mueller

Luis Suarez

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

FIFA: F ederation I nternational F ootball A ssociation

VOCABULARY

Liên đoàn bóng đá thế giới

Victory (n) /'viktəri/: Chiến thắng

E.g.: Brazil gained a victory over Germany in the final match of the 2002 World Cup

So Brazil was the champion and Germany was the

runner- up of the 2002 World Cup.

champion /'t∫æmpiən/ (n): Nhà vô địch

VOCABULARY

Runner – up: Á quân, đội nhì

 Jointly /'ʤɔintli/ (adv):

E.g.: The 2002 World Cup final was jointly held by Japan and South Korea

Host nation /həʊst 'neiʃn/ (n):

 Globe /gləʊb / (n):

VOCABULARY

Quả địa cầu, trái đất

 Trophy /'trəʊfi/ (n):

Cúp, chiến lợi phẩm

E.g.: By 2002, the world had witnessed 17 World Cup

tournaments

Tournament : ( n) /'tuənəmənt/ :

contestants play a series of games to

decide the winner

VOCABULARY

Giải thi đấu

 Witness /'witnis / (v): Chứng kiến

 victory: /'viktəri/: Chiến Thắng

champion /'t∫æmpiən/ (n): Nhà vô địch

Runner – up: Á quân, đội nhì

 Jointly /'ʤɔintli/ (adv): cùng nhau, chung nhau

Host nation /həʊst 'neiʃn/ (n): Nước chủ nhà

 Globe /gləʊb / (n): Quả địa cầu, trái đất

 Trophy /'trəʊfi/ (n): Cúp, chiến lợi phẩm

 Witness / 'witnis / (v): Chứng kiến

Tournament /'tuənəmənt/ (n): Giải thi đấu

ˈtiː.nə/ South Korea :/ˌsaʊθ kəˈriː.ə/

Brazil : /brəˈzɪl/ Uruguay /ˈjʊə.rə.ɡwaɪ/

Japan /dʒəˈpæn/

Germany /ˈdʒɜː.mə.ni/

The words in A appear in the reading passage Match them with their definitions in B

A B

1 Jointly a A competition in which players

compete against each other in a series of games until there is a winner.

2 The globe b Involving two or more people or

groups

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.

Matching ( Pair work)

A READING

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 in Uruguay.

Task 2: Scan the text and complete each of the

following sentences with a word or a number

1 Only …… teams competed in

the first World Cup.

1 Only …… teams competed in

the first World Cup.

2

D

32 13

2 Today the final tournament of the

World Cup has …… teams.

2 Today the final tournament of the

World Cup has …… teams

42

D

12 22 32

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

4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted

a television audience of over …… billion viewers

4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted

a television audience of over …… billion viewers

four

D

one two

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

was held in Uruguay.

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

was held in Uruguay.

26

D

6 16

1 Only 13 teams competed in the first World Cup.

2 Today the final tournament of the World Cup has

32 teams.

3 The team which was defeated in the first World

Cup was Argentina

4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over one billion viewers.

5 After FIFA’s first meeting, 26 years had passed

before the first World Cup was held in Uruguay.

Task 2: 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.

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



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



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



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



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



Task 3 : Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

Correct the false ones

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.

Up to now National football teams must now compete in the

elimination games within their own religions before coming one of the finalists.

It was the first time the World Cup was played

in Asia/ hosted by 2 nations.

Complete the table below

- 1904 is the year when FIFA was set up.

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.