March Madness

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• battle
• NCAA tournament
• March Madness
• non-stop

• somewhere around there
• picks
• at heart
• going with

• copy cat
• upset
• jump on the bandwagon
• Cinderella

• big name
• Duck

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

College basketball is one of my favorite sports. In March, the nation’s best teams battle in the national tournament. Sixty-four teams enter, and in three weeks, only one team remains – the champion.
Even if you don’t like sports that much, the NCAA tournament is very exciting. Listen to Chad and I talk about it here.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

John

Chad

John:  I love March Madness, don’t you?

Chad:  Yeah, it’s a great time to watch T.V. You can sit down and have your snacks and watch non-stop basketball.

John:  Yeah, I mean, there’s something like sixty-four games, right?

Chad:  No, I think it’s sixty-four teams, so that would be thirty-two games, but there’s one that starts every fifteen minutes. Who are your picks this year?

John:  You know, even though I’m a Duck at heart, I’m going with Oklahoma to win the whole thing. Who’s your choice?

Chad:  I’m kind of a copy cat. I’m picking Duke. They’ve got the best players. But who knows, they can always get upset.

John:  Way to jump on the bandwagon.

Chad:  Yeah, the coolest thing is when a Cinderella team, or somebody who’s not supposed to win, overtakes a big, big name.

John:  And that happens all the time. That’s the magic of the tournament.

 

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