ITALY
Germany
England
The World Cup
Unit 14:
LET’S TALK
1.Where was the 2002 World Cup held?
2.Which team became the champion then?
3. Which team was the runner-up?
I. Before you read
Answer the questions:
Work in pairs
Vocabulary
 A governing body:
Cơ quan điều hành
 To set up:
Thành lập
 To gain a victory over:
= To establish
Chiến thắng
= To win
 An elimination game:
Trận đấu loại
 To eliminate:
 A finalist:
Đội vào vòng chung kết
- FIFA is the governing body for football.
- Bill wants to establish his own company.
- Before entering the final round, every team must play in ...........
Loại bỏ
- The team that plays in the final round is ...........
ITALY
FRANCE
Italy gained a victory over France
in the World Cup 2006.
Italy won in the World Cup 2006.
- Italy gained the trophy in the 2006 World Cup.
So, Italy was the champion in the 2006 World Cup.
champion

Vocabulary
 A governing body:
Cơ quan điều hành
 To set up:
Thành lập
 To gain a victory over:
= To establish
Chiến thắng
= To win
 An elimination game:
Trận đấu loại
 To eliminate
 A finalist:
Đội vào vòng chung kết
 A champion
Nhà vô địch
= championship
 To compete
Thi đấu
= a competition
trận đấu lọai
đội vào vòng
chung kết
A finalist
An elimination game
To gain a victory over
A competition
tournament
To establish
A governing body
To
set up
VOCABULARY:
trophy
World Cup, the international football tournament, is held every four years. It is considered the most popular sporting event in the world. The World Cup is followed with passionate interest around the globe – the final game of the 2002 World Cup tournament attracted more than one billion viewers.
In 1904, FIFA, the governing body for football, was set up. At its first meeting, FIFA planned to organize a world championship. But it was not until 1930 that the first World Cup was held. Only 13 teams took part in the first tournament. The host nation, Uruguay, gained a victory over Argentina in the final and became the first champion in the history of the World Cup. By 2002, the world has witnessed 17 World Cup tournaments. National football teams must now compete in elimination games within their own regions before becoming one of the 32 finalists. The 2002 World Cup final was jointly held by Japan and South Korea. It was the first time the World Cup was played in Asia and the first time it was hosted by two nations. With the victory over Germany in the final match, Brazil became the first team to win the trophy five times. Although Europe and South America are the only continents to have produced World Cup champion, countries on other continents hope that one day they will win the honoured title.
While reading
Task 1: The word in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
jointly
a competition in which players complete against each other in a series of teams until there is a winner
2. the globe
b. involving two or more people or groups
3. tournament
4. host nation
5. trophy
c. the world
d. a prize for winning a competition
e. a country that provides the necessary space, facilities, etc. for a special event
(n)
(adv)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(P.1)
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 sentence with a word or a number.
Task 3: Read the text again 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. In 2002, the World Cup final was held in Asia by Japan.
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.
True
False
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1930
four
and South Korean.
won
Work in groups. Talk about the events of the World Cup, using the figures below.
1 1904
(The number of teams that
took part in the first World Cup

) The year that the first World Cup was held.
32
(The year that World Cup was jointly held by Japan and South Korea
First World Cup 1930 Uruguay
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