CLASS 2 GROUP 11 UNIT 8

NAME: 1. Lê Hoành Lam Chi 2. Phan Trần Bảo Ngân

3. Bùi Bảo Ngọc 4. Nguyễn Thị Thảo Thuận
I. VOCABULARY ( page 192 ) : Choose the correct definition.
1. the sport I love the most
2. the things you must and must not do
3. easy
4. in the game
5. foot
6. play sports outside
7. play
8. game
9. scored more goals
10. watch

II. PREVIEW ( page 193 )

© Listen to the beginning of a radio show called The Sports File. Today's show is about soccer. What
will you hear on the show?
Check the items.
_X_ opinions of people who love soccer
_X_ Americans talking about American football
_X_ why soccer is so popular
___ how to become a professional soccer player
 III. MAIN IDEAS ( page 193, 194 )
@ Listen to the radio show again. Circle the correct answer.
1. The main question that Jane Tuttle wants to answer is __ .
a. Do Americans love soccer?
b. Why are so many people watching soccer at Paolinho's?
c. Why do people from most countries love soccer?
( To understand why people outside the U.S. love soccer so much, we went to Paolinho's Pizza
Restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to watch the first match of World Cup soccer. )
2. The four people she talked to are all __ .
a. soccer fans from around the world
b. sports fans from the U.S.
c. soccer players on U.S. teams
( GILBERTO: in Brazil, soccer is our life. It is an art./ ERNESTO: I'm Ernesto from Mexico City. I
don't LIKE soccer- I LOVE soccer!/ Anders-he's from Germany. We both love soccer./ Marta. She's
from Spain. )

IV. DETAILS ( page 194 )

@ Listen again. Check two correct details about each person on The Sports File.
1. Gilberto
a. is Brazilian.
b. doesn't understand Jane's question.
c. thinks soccer is beautiful.
( I'm Gilberto, and I am from Brazil. Soccer is our life. It is an art. )
2. Ernesto
a. thinks soccer brings people together.
b. is very close friends with Anders.
c. thinks there are two countries in the world.
( Soccer is like an international language./ Anders-he's from Germany. And I don't really know him, we both
want the team from Italy to win. I'm Mexican, he's German, but we both love soccer. It's like there are really
only two countries: the country that loves soccer and the country that doesn't understand.)
3. Anders
a. is from Italy.
b. thinks people in the U.S. don't understand soccer.
c. likes soccer because it is a simple game.
( United States - the country that doesn't understand!/ Soccer is a sport for everyone. You don't need a lot of
special things to play it. It's simple. So everyone can play soccer.)
4. Marta
a. thinks American football is hard to understand.
b. has read books about football.
c. thinks soccer is very exciting.
( Everyone can understand soccer-not like American football. You have to read books to understand all of the
rules in American football! Soccer is simpler-and it's also more exciting to watch.)
V. COMPREHENSION ( page 197 )
America Talks is a radio call-in show in the U.S. Listeners call the show and give their opinions.
@ Listen to America Talks. Read the sentences. Write T (true) or F (false). Correct the false
information.
_F_ 1. Most American sports fans watched the World Cup.
Correction: Most American sports fans didn’t watch the World Cup.
( Many Americans, even big sports fans, did not even know that the World Cup was happening.)
_T_ 2. Bob thinks Americans prefer sports with high scores.
(Why isn't soccer popular in this country?/ Mostly because of the low scores. You can have a great
soccer match, but the final score can be 0 to 1/ Americans like sports with higher scores. )
_T_ 3. Americans like sports that always have a winner.
( Ties are a problem for sports fans in the U.S. Americans really like one team to win and one team to
lose.)
_F_ 4. America has two traditional sports.
Correction: America has three traditional sports.
( Our traditional sports in the U.S. are baseball, football, and basketball.)
_T_ 5. Drew thinks that the U.S. needs an American soccer superstar.
( If you ask me, we need an American superstar-someone like Michael Jordan.)
_F_ 6. David and Victoria Beckham helped a lot of people in the U.S.
Correction: David and Victoria Beckham helped soccer in the U.S a lot.
( He WAS a superstar, and so was his wife, Victoria. I think they helped soccer in the U.S. a lot.)
_F_ 7. Drew wants Michael Jordan to play American soccer
VI. LISTENING SKILL ( page 173, 174 – track 109 )
© Listen to the excerpts from the radio show. Pay attention to the signal words that introduce reasons and
results. Choose the reason or result that each speaker explains.
Excerpt One
In Bob's opinion, why isn't soccer popular in the U.S.?
a. because Americans don't like their team to lose
b. because Americans don't like games with tie scores
( ties are a problem for sports fans in the U.S. Americans really like one team to win and one team to lose.)
Excerpt Two
Linda says that most Americans didn't grow up playing and watching soccer. What's the result of this today?
a. Soccer isn't as popular as other sports in the U.S.
b. American soccer teams aren't on TV.
( There were no professional soccer teams, so we couldn't watch it on TV.)
Excerpt Three
In Drew's opinion, why isn't soccer popular in the U.S.?
a. because Americans don't love big soccer superstars
b. because there aren't any American superstar soccer players
( The reason is that Americans love superstars. But we haven't had any really big American soccer stars yet.)
 VII. CONNECT THE LISTENINGS ( page 200 )
Write the number of each sentence in the correct column. Use the information from Listening One and
Listening Two. The first one has been done for you.

WHY SOCCER IS POPULAR IN MOST COUNTRIES WHY SOCCER IS NOT POPULAR IN THE US

1 People from all countries can understand the rules of soccer. 3. Most adults in the U.S. never learned to play soccer
2. Soccer is an art. well.
4. People can play soccer without a lot of expensive things. 5. Soccer doesn't have high scores.
9. Soccer brings people from many countries together. 6. Americans have other traditional sports.
7. Soccer sometimes ends in a tie.
8. There are no soccer stars from the U.S.
10. People in the U.S. did not grow up watching
soccer on TV.