Unit 14 - The World cup - Speaking

- One student in one group goes to the board, pick up a piece
of paper and explains this word to the others in the group.
- The other students listen to the explanation then go to the
board to write the word.
- Which group has the right word in the shortest will be the
winner.
a trophy
a national
flag
a stadium
a golden
ball
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Germany Italy
France England
Task 1: Work in groups and discuss about these
national football teams

Discuss about:
- Its results in the World Cup tournaments.
- Its results in the previous World Cup
tournament.
- The present coach
- The captain in the previous World Cup
tournament.

- The present goal keeper ...

- take part in 16
World Cup
tournaments
win the trophy
3 times:
1954, 1974,
1990
result in the
nearest World cup:
the third prize
Present coach: Mr.
Joachim Loew
The captain:
Michael Ballack
The goalkeeper:
Oliver Kahn

- take part in 16
World Cup
tournaments
result in the
nearest World cup:
the champion
The captain:
Fabio Cannavaro
The goalkeeper:
Gianluigi Buffon
win the trophy

4 times:
1934, 1938,
1982, 2006
Present coach:
Roberto
Donadoni

Task 2: Make a dialogue, using the information from the table
Example:
A: Where was the first
World Cup held?
B: (It was held) in
Uruguay
A: Which teams played
in the final match?
B: Uruguay and
Argentina
A: Which team became
the champion?
B: Uruguay
A: What was the score
of the match?
B: 4 - 2
Time Year Host
country
Winner Scor
e
Runner -
up
11 1978 Argentina Argentina 3 - 1 Netherlan

ds
12 1982 Spain Italy 3 - 1 West
Germany
13 1986 Mexico Argentina 3 - 2 West
Germany
14 1990 Italy West
Germany
1 - 0 Argentina
15 1994 The USA Brazil* 0 - 0 Italy
16 1998 France France 3 - 0 Brazil
17 2002 South
Korea &
Japan
Brazil 2 - 0 Germany
18 2006 Germany Italy* 1 - 1 France
Brazil won the game 3-2
in a penalty shoot - out
Italy won the game 6-4
in a penalty shoot - out