UNIT 14
THE WORLD CUP
Friday, March 21, 2008
READING
Before you read
PAIRWORK: 1mn to ask – answer about the World Cup.
Runner-up:
The person/team that comes second in a competition.
Who was the runner-up of the 2006 World Cup?
France
PRACTICE (2sts)
Any more questions?
The last World Cup:
Where?
The champion?
The runner-up?
The next World Cup:
Where? (S.A.)
The champion?
The runner-up?
While you read
Listen
TASK 1: 1mn to read again and do Task 1.
Jointly:
Involving 2 or more people/gr.
The globe:
The world
Tournament:
competition
Host nation:
The organizing country
Trophy:
A large cup for winning a competition
FIFA
WORLD
CUP
TROPHY
Any new words?
The governing body:
A group of people who control sthg
Elimination games: (book)
Witness:
see sth happen
Finalist: (book)
Victory (n) over...
success in winning a competition.
Title:
position of being the winner
EXERCISE
The finalists are the winners of the _________ ______.
elimination
games
UNICEF is a respected _____ working for the children welfare.
body
A ________ ____ is a group of people who manage an organization.
governing
body
Zidane could not lead his team to _____ in the ___ match in the 2006 World Cup.
victory
final
BEIJING-CHINA
China will be the ____ _____ of the Olympic Games in 2008.
host
nation
Colosseum-Rome
Italy will have to play at their best to defend their ___ in the 2010 World Cup.
title
Did you ______ the attack?
Only ___ teams compete in the first World Cup.
witness
13
Today the final tournament of the World Cup has ___ teams.
32
The team which was defeated in the first World Cup final was ________.
Argentina
Argentina team.
The most famous football player of Argentina is ________.
Maradona
Maradona
Over ___ billion TV viewers watched the final match of the 2002 World Cup.
1
10
one
It ___ __ until _ years after FIFA’ s first meeting that the 1st World Cup was held.
26
was
not
TASK 3: 1mn to read again and do Task 3: T – F
Correct the false statements.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
F
1930
F
Every 4 years
T
T
F
Won 5 times
Do you know?
BRAZIL
URUGUAY
FRANCE
GERMANY
ARGENTINA
After you read
GROUPWORK:
2 mns to talk about the events.
(Book)
To help you:
1904 is the …
But it was not …
There were only...
The greatest fan..
Today over 100 national teams…
In 2002, …Asia, Brazil ...trophy…
Suggestion:
1904 is the year when FIFA was set up. But it was __ ___ 26 years
not until
___ that the first World Cup was held in _______, South America with the partici-
later
Uruguay
pation of __ teams only. The greatest football fan could have wi_______ 17
13
tnessed
World Cup ___________ from 1930 to 2002. Today over 100 national
tournaments
_____ play at their ____ to become one of the 32 ______. Before 2002, all
teams
finalists
best
the World Cup finals ___ ____ held in either ______ or America. In the
had been
Europe
2002 World Cup final held in ____ for the first time, _____ won the _____ for the
Asia
trophy
Brazil
the ___ time.
fifth
Review the lesson. Prepare SPEAKING.