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A Greek football player has been banned from playing for his country for life after making a Nazi salute on the pitch. AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the gesture after scoring the winning goal for his team on Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted swiftly in administering its punishment. An EPO statement read: "The player's action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi cruelty and injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game." The player will face a disciplinary hearing next week in which he will have the opportunity to explain his side of the story. It is possible he can continue playing at club level.
Mr Katidis, a former captain of the Greek Under-19 team, admitted that his actions were "stupid". He told reporters: "I made the mistake so I will be the one to pay for it. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have decided to put myself out of the team because I have now realized how much I have offended the history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take the clock back, but I want to clarify that I am not a fascist or neo-Nazi or racist." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has backed Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency: "Giorgos is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most likely saw such a salute on the Internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means." Sources:
WARM-UPS 1. SOCCER PLAYER: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about soccer players. Change partners often and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. SOCCER PLAYER CONDUCT: How bad are these things? What is the appropriate punishment? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
4. ROLE MODEL: Students A strongly believe players who are not good role models should leave the game; Students B strongly believe that's a stupid idea. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. PUNISHMENT: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best punishment for a soccer player at the top. Change partners often.
6. BANNED: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'banned'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
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BEFORE READING / LISTENING 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
GAP FILL
LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps A Greek football player has been banned from playing for his country for life after making a Nazi (1) _____________________. AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made (2) _____________________ the winning goal for his team on Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted swiftly in (3) _____________________. An EPO statement read: "The player's action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi cruelty and (4) _____________________ and human character of the game." The player (5) _____________________ hearing next week in which he will have the opportunity to explain his side of the story. It is possible he can (6) _____________________ level. Mr Katidis, a former captain of the Greek Under-19 team, admitted that his actions were "stupid". He told reporters: "I made the mistake so I will be the (7) _____________________. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have decided to put myself out of the team because (8) ____________________ much I have offended the history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take the clock back, but (9) _____________________ I am not a (10) _____________________." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has backed Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency: "Giorgos is a young kid who does not (11) _____________________. He most likely saw such a salute on the Internet or somewhere else and (12) ____________________ what it means."
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
AFTER READING / LISTENING 1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'fascist' and 'racist'.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
SOCCER PLAYER SURVEY Write five GOOD questions about being banned in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
SOCCER PLAYER DISCUSSION STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - LANGUAGE A Greek football player has been banned from (1) _____ for his country for life after making a Nazi salute on the pitch. AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the (2) _____ after scoring the winning goal for his team on Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted (3) _____ in administering its punishment. An EPO statement read: "The player's action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a (4) _____ provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi cruelty and injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game." The player will (5) _____ a disciplinary hearing next week in which he will have the opportunity to explain his (6) _____ of the story. It is possible he can continue playing at club level. Mr Katidis, a former captain of the Greek Under-19 team, (7) _____ that his actions were "stupid". He told reporters: "I (8) _____ the mistake so I will be the one to pay for it. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have decided to put myself out of the team because I have now realized how much I have (9) _____ the history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take the clock back, but I want to (10) _____ that I am not a fascist or (11) _____-Nazi or racist." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has backed Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency: "Giorgos is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most (12) _____ saw such a salute on the Internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means." Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
SPELLING
PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER Number these lines in the correct order.
PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER
CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS) A Greek football player has been binned / banned from playing for his country for life after dealing / making a Nazi salute on the pitch. AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the gesture / gesticulate after scoring the winning goal of / for his team on Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted swiftly / swift in administering its punishment. An EPO statement read: "The player's action to / of salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severance / severe provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi cruelty and injures / injuries the deeply pacifist and human character of the game." The player will face / head a disciplinary hearing next week in which he will have the opportunity to explain his side of the story. It is possible he can continue playing in / at club level. Mr Katidis, a former captain / general of the Greek Under-19 team, admitted that his actions were "stupid" / "stupidity". He told reporters: "I made the mistake so I will be the one to spend / pay for it. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have decided to put mine / myself out of the team because I have now realized how many / much I have offended the history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take / rake the clock back, but I want to clarify / clearly that I am not a fascist or neo-Nazi or racist." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has balked / backed Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency: "Giorgos is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most / much likely saw such a salute on the Internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing / known what it means." Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u) _ Gr__k f__tb_ll pl_y_r h_s b__n b_nn_d fr_m pl_y_ng f_r h_s c__ntry f_r l_f_ _ft_r m_k_ng _ N_z_ s_l_t_ _n th_ p_tch. __K _th_ns m_df__ld_r G__rg_s K_t_d_s, 20, m_d_ th_ g_st_r_ _ft_r sc_r_ng th_ w_nn_ng g__l f_r h_s t__m _n S_t_rd_y. Th_ Gr__k F__tb_ll F_d_r_t__n (_P_) _ct_d sw_ftly _n _dm_n_st_r_ng _ts p_n_shm_nt. _n _P_ st_t_m_nt r__d: "Th_ pl_y_r's _ct__n t_ s_l_t_ t_ sp_ct_t_rs _n _ N_z_ m_nn_r _s _ s_v_r_ pr_v_c_t__n, _ns_lts _ll th_ v_ct_ms _f N_z_ cr__lty _nd _nj_r_s th_ d__ply p_c_f_st _nd h_m_n ch_r_ct_r _f th_ g_m_." Th_ pl_y_r w_ll f_c_ _ d_sc_pl_n_ry h__r_ng n_xt w__k _n wh_ch h_ w_ll h_v_ th_ _pp_rt_n_ty t_ _xpl__n h_s s_d_ _f th_ st_ry. _t _s p_ss_bl_ h_ c_n c_nt_n__ pl_y_ng _t cl_b l_v_l. Mr K_t_d_s, _ f_rm_r c_pt__n _f th_ Gr__k _nd_r-19 t__m, _dm_tt_d th_t h_s _ct__ns w_r_ "st_p_d". H_ t_ld r_p_rt_rs: "_ m_d_ th_ m_st_k_ s_ _ w_ll b_ th_ _n_ t_ p_y f_r _t. __K _s n_t r_sp_ns_bl_, s_ th_t _s why _ h_v_ d_c_d_d t_ p_t mys_lf __t _f th_ t__m b_c__s_ _ h_v_ n_w r__l_z_d h_w m_ch _ h_v_ _ff_nd_d th_ h_st_ry _f th_ cl_b." H_ _dd_d: "_nf_rt_n_t_ly, _ c_nn_t t_k_ th_ cl_ck b_ck, b_t _ w_nt t_ cl_r_fy th_t _ _m n_t _ f_sc_st _r n__-N_z_ _r r_c_st." __K's G_rm_n c__ch _w_ld L__n_n h_s b_ck_d K_t_d_s. H_ t_ld th_ R__t_rs n_ws _g_ncy: "G__rg_s _s _ y__ng k_d wh_ d__s n_t h_v_ _ny p_l_t_c_l _d__s. H_ m_st l_k_ly s_w s_ch _ s_l_t_ _n th_ _nt_rn_t _r s_m_wh_r_ _ls_ _nd d_d _t w_th__t kn_w_ng wh_t _t m__ns." PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS a greek football player has been banned from playing for his country for life after making a nazi salute on the pitch aek athens midfielder giorgos katidis 20 made the gesture after scoring the winning goal for his team on saturday the greek football federation (epo) acted swiftly in administering its punishment an epo statement read "the player's action to salute to spectators in a nazi manner is a severe provocation insults all the victims of nazi cruelty and injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game" the player will face a disciplinary hearing next week in which he will have the opportunity to explain his side of the story it is possible he can continue playing at club level mr katidis a former captain of the greek under-19 team admitted that his actions were "stupid" he told reporters "i made the mistake so i will be the one to pay for it aek is not responsible so that is why i have decided to put myself out of the team because i have now realized how much i have offended the history of the club" he added "unfortunately i cannot take the clock back but i want to clarify that i am not a fascist or neo-nazi or racist" aek's german coach ewald lienen has backed katidis he told the reuters news agency "giorgos is a young kid who does not have any political ideas he most likely saw such a salute on the internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means" PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE
FREE WRITING Write about being banned for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ACADEMIC WRITING Any public figure who makes a Nazi salute should be banned from their position for life. Discuss. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK 1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. BANNED: Make a poster about banned sports stars. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. GESTURE: Write a magazine article about Giorgos Katidis' gesture. Include imaginary interviews with people who think he should be banned for life and those who think otherwise. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles. 6. LETTER: Write a letter to the head of FIFA. Ask him three questions about Giorgos Katidis' gesture. Give him three of your opinions. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERS TRUE / FALSE (p.4)
SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)
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