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7th July, 2010

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Spain booked their place in their first ever World Cup final by beating Germany in a thrilling match in
Durban. The 1-0 score line does not reflect how Spain dominated the Germans throughout the game. Their trademark one-touch football was classy and entertaining. It’s a shame their skill and continued efforts to score were not matched by more goals. The only goal of the game came with 17 minutes remaining. It was a powerful header by defender
Carles Puyol from a Spain corner. The ball blasted into the back of the net so quickly Puyol must have used all his neck muscles to the max. Germany had a few chances but were largely left chasing the ball. Every time they got possession, Spanish players were quick to close them down and get the ball back. Spain meet the Netherlands in Sunday’s final. Neither team has won the trophy before.
Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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Spain _____________________ their first ever World
Cup final by beating Germany _____________________
Durban. The 1-0 score line does not reflect how Spain dominated the Germans _____________________. Their trademark one-touch football was classy and entertaining. It’s _____________________ continued efforts to score were not matched by more goals. The
_____________________ came with 17 minutes remaining. It was a powerful header by defender Carles
Puyol from a Spain corner. The
_____________________ back of the net so quickly
Puyol must have used all his _____________________.
Germany had a few chances but were largely left chasing the ball. Every _____________________, Spanish players _____________________ down and get the ball back. Spain meet the Netherlands in Sunday’s final.
Neither team _____________________.
Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/germany_spain.html
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Every time they got opesissosn , Spanish players were quick to close them down and get the ball back. Spain meet the Netherlands in Sunday’s final. Neither team has won the oyptrh before.
Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/germany_spain.html
Spain in first booked place their ever their World Cup final by beating Germany in a thrilling match in Durban.
The 1-0 does line score how reflect not Spain dominated the Germans throughout the game. Their trademark onewas football touch entertaining and classy. It’s a shame their skill and efforts score not continued to were matched by more goals. The only goal of the game came with 17 minutes remaining. a was It by header powerful defender Carles Puyol from a Spain corner. The ball into blasted so net the of back the quickly Puyol must have used all his neck muscles to the max. Germany had a few chances but chasing left largely were ball the. Every time they got possession, Spanish players were quick to close them get and down back ball the. Spain meet the
Netherlands in Sunday’s final. Neither team has won the trophy before.
Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/germany_spain.html
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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STUDENT 2
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STUDENT 3
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Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
 Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
 Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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Write about this game for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
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Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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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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Germany 0 Spain 1 – 7th July, 2010
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