Learn English Through Football

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Final Day of the Season: This week’s football-language podcast looks ahead to the final day of the 2019-20 season – almost a year after the season kicked off last August. We look back at some of the key final fixtures that took place over the weekend in our predictions section, we also explain some football language that has emerged from the week including the phrase, ‘Golden Boot‘. There is also a review of the football week, a football-language quiz question and some new polls. Listen to the podcast by clicking on the file below – you can also subscribe and listen to all our football-language podcasts – there are hundreds of them dating from way back in 2006! Improve your English by reading the transcript as you listen, or if you are a teacher of English you can use the transcript to make several listening and/or reading activities for your learners. If you have questions or comments then you can email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damon=DB; Damian=DF).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Final Day of the Season
Introduction
DF: You are listening to languagecaster.com. Hello everyone, we hope you are all safe and well and welcome to the podcast for fans of football who wish to improve their English language skills. My name’s Damian and I’m based in a cloudy but dry London the day after the final fixtures of the Premier League season. Now, I wonder what the weather is like in Tokyo for Damon?
DB: Well, it’s a bit boring here. We’ve had rain, rain, rain for the past two months it seems. It’s not too heavy in Tokyo but further west in the country they are really suffering from flooding. So, not the best weather, but there’s always been the football to take our minds of things. What have you seen this week?
DF: I’ve seen a lot of football this week including the Liverpool win over Chelsea, West Ham’s draw away at Manchester United, which my Hammers-supporting brother enjoyed, Aston Villa’s victory over Arsenal and also some drama from the final day of the Championship – West Brom won direct promotion to next season’s Premier League, while Brentford, Fulham, Swansea and Cardiff all made the play-offs. I also watched games from the final game of the season in the Premier League – I saw Spurs finishing 6th after drawing with Crystal Palace, while I also had one eye on the relegation battle involving games with Aston Villa, Watford and Bournemouth.
DB: Yes, the final day certainly shaped up to be interesting at the top and bottom of the table in the Premier League and elsewhere.
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