Unit 14
THE WORLD CUP
UNIT 14: THE WORLD CUP
A. READING:
BEFORE YOU READ:
There are some picture about some national teams that have took part in World Cup. Try you best to guess who they are:
Italy national team. They were the champion at World Cup 2006
Brazil national team. They were the champion at World Cup 2002
UNIT 14: THE WORLD CUP
READING:
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Spain national team at World Cup 2006
Brazil national team at World Cup 2006
France national team at World Cup 2002
Argentina national team at World Cup 2006
VOCABULARY:
runner-up (n)
champion/`tʃæmpjən/ (n)
tournament/`tuənəmənt/ (n)
passion/`pæʃn/ (n)
FIFA/`fi:fə/
governing body (n)
organize/`ɔ:gənaiz/ (v)
(n) organization
(n) organizer
host /həust/
Host nation
Host Sth (v)
gain a victory over SO = defeat SO
(n)championship
→
someone who has won first place in a competition
the competitor who finishes second
a strong feeling or emotion
International Federation of Association Football
a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
→
(a)passionate
hold
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his/her own home)
final (n)
semi-final, quarter-final
witness/`witnis/(v)
elimination games
joint/ʤɔint/
trophy
honour
(a) honourable
(n) honour
title
competition
(v) compete with SO
hold-held-held (v)
(n) competitor
(a) competitive
the last game or match in a series of competitions
see an event happen and reports what happened
Of two and more people
a large cup
Sth that give pride and pleasure
→
finalist
→
→
(n) witness
→
(v) eliminate
(adv)jointly
→
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
A
jointly
the globe
tournament
host nation
trophy

B
a competition in which players compete against each other in the series of games until there is a winner
involving two or more people or groups
the world
a prize for winning a competition
a country that provides the necessary space, facilities,etc. for a special event
Task 2: Scan the text and complete each of the following sentences with a word or a number
Only ______ teams competed in the first World Cup
Today the final tournament of the World Cup has ______ teams
The team which was defeated in the first World Cup final was __________
The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over ______ billion viewers
After FIFA’s first meeting, ______ years had passed before the first World Cup was held in Uruguay.
13
32
Argentina
one
26
Task 3. Read the text again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1. The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in
T F
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2. The World Cup is held every years.
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3. The World Cup is regarded as the world championship.
4. Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup.
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5. Brazil is the country that has
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1930
four
won the
World Cup five times.
1904
two
played five
times in the World Cup.
AFTER YOU READ: There are some picture about some footballers that have took part in World Cup 2006. Try you best to guess who they are:
1
2
3
4
Lucas Poldonski (Germany)
Zinedine Zindane (France)
David Beckham (England)
Ronaldinho (Brazil)
Thanks for paying attention