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Argentina 4 South Korea 1 (17th June, 2010)

Argentina got into gear in this match and sent out a warning to their rivals. Maradona’s team mean business. The Argentinians put on a quality display of attacking football. Although Lionel Messi did not get on the score sheet, he thrilled the crowd with his delicate footwork. Messi’s curled free kick from the edge of the box resulted in the first goal – an own goal from S.Korea’s Park Chu-young after 16 minutes. Hat-trick hero Gonzalo Higuain opened his account on 33 minutes with a close-range header. A defensive error let Korea’s Lee Chung-yong in to make it 2-1 just before half time. Messi was instrumental in setting up Argentina’s third and fourth goals for Higuain, who tapped in a shot off the post and headed in a lovely Messi chip.

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Argentina _________________________ this match and sent out _________________________. Maradona’s team mean business. The Argentinians put on a quality _________________________ football. Although Lionel Messi did not _________________________, he thrilled the crowd with his delicate footwork. Messi’s curled free kick from _________________________ resulted in the first goal – _________________________ S.Korea’s Park Chu-young after 16 minutes. Hat-trick hero Gonzalo Higuain _________________________ on 33 minutes with a close-range header. _________________________ Korea’s Lee Chung-yong in to make it 2-1 _________________________. Messi was instrumental in setting up Argentina’s third and fourth goals for Higuain, who tapped in a shot off the post and _________________________ Messi chip.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about the World Cup 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.

 

STUDENT 1

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WORLD CUP DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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 WRITING

Write about this game for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.

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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. MY REPORT: Write a newspaper report about yesterday’s games. Read your report to your partner(s) in your next lesson.

3. WATCH TODAY’S GAMES IN ENGLISH: Write down all the new words you hear below. Bring them to class tomorrow to share with your classmates.

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