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World Cup 2010

World Cup 2010

Date: Jun 25 2010

Themes: Sports

Grammar: Count and Noncount Nouns

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Get your vuvuzela out, it’s time for the 2010 World Cup! Fans around the world are geared up for soccer’s biggest bash, which only comes around once every four years. This is the first time the tournament has been held in an African country, with teams competing in ten different venues throughout South Africa.

Even though soccer isn’t as popular in the US as American football or baseball, it has been gaining fans in the past couple decades. More Americans watched the World Cup in 2006 than in 2002, and even more are expected to watch this year. Find out if Jason and Jeff plan to tune in.

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Jason

Jeff

Jeff

Jason:  It’s World Cup time! It’s a worldwide craze, I mean, for a lot of countries it’s, you know, way bigger than the Olympics or anything.

Jeff:  Yeah, I think America’s finally starting to catch up with that.

Jason:  The US is in it this year, which is cool. But it’s still not a craze here like it is other places. I think the US team kind of has the luxury of playing with some of the lowest pressure of any other team, because there aren’t legions of football hooligans here in the US just, like, waiting to riot if the team loses or something. Did you play soccer when you were a kid?

Jeff:  Yeah, I did, I played from the age of five till I was about 18. I played it more than I watched it.

Jason:  Nice.

Jeff:  So the World Cup excitement is kind of a new thing for me.

Jason:  Are you going to follow the World Cup this year?

Jeff:  I think I will. It’s always pretty exciting. Head down to the pub. Have a few pints.

Jason:  Definitely!

Jeff:  Watch the footballers do their thing.

Jason:  We can pretend we’re in Europe, you know? It’ll be like a little vacation without leaving the city.

Jeff:  That’s right.

 

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Jason and Jeff are excited to watch the World Cup. Although it is more important in other countries than in the US, many Americans have begun to watch more soccer in the last decade or so. In fact, a lot of American kids these days grow up playing soccer. That makes them more excited to watch the sport when they get older.

Still, soccer is a much more popular sport in other parts of the world. In some countries, it is such a craze that the fans act really wild. They have even been known to start riots after big matches.

Have you been watching the World Cup this year? Which team do you think will win? Have you ever acted like a hooligan at a match?

 

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julianrockeromillonario

Argentina

GO spain….the mennotti’s style won once again!!! :D

12:33 AM Jul 13 2010 |

fahadcom

fahadcom

Saudi Arabia

yes, Slovenia your thinking is true

07:57 AM Jul 12 2010 |

UWish

UWish

Slovenia

Spain, Spain, Spain <3

07:17 AM Jul 12 2010 |

luu.-21

luu.-21

Argentina

Poor netherlands always so close and can't win :( They deserved it. I was very sad to see Sneijder' s face.. Anyway Congratulations spain!

11:10 PM Jul 11 2010 |

Marcelo_

Marcelo_

Brazil

congratulations spain great game, in 2014 Brazil hopes everyone

09:49 PM Jul 11 2010 |

Marcelo_

Marcelo_

Brazil

congratulations spain great game, in 2014 Brazil is waiting for you all

09:38 PM Jul 11 2010 |

luu.-21

luu.-21

Argentina

Well I would like to see Ramon Diaz, I love him, as a the football player he used to be and as a coah, He's a real coach and not an attempt to coach. Well, actually I would also like to see him again on River Plate.

01:44 AM Jul 11 2010 |

julianrockeromillonario

Argentina

bah,the probblem is maradona too…
we need a TRAINER, there are so much:
Bianchi(althougt remains the godfather grondona, will be impossible, 4ever),Ramon Diaz,Cesar Menotti(is not older),Miguel Russo(in racing club),Simeone(Very ofensive),Sabella(great work in estudiantes),etc….
anyone of those can be the next….

11:24 PM Jul 10 2010 |

luu.-21

luu.-21

Argentina

Thank youu, I give a look a it now :)

02:53 PM Jul 10 2010 |

VOLTS

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Brazil

Hey guys, all of you can compare your team with any other country in the Football World Cups. take a look at this website :

http://copadomundo.uol.com.br/2010/historia-das-copas/comparativo-historico/

it is really easy, you just click on flags and drag them to statistics box(estatisticas), u can see the amount of matches(jogos), finals(finais), wins(vitorias), draws(empates), defeats(derrotas), goals for and suffered(gols pro/contra)  and cards(cartoes)  in history of the world cups comparing two chosen teams. for instance, u see in the first page Brazil vs Argentina.

Enjoy yourselves !!

04:44 AM Jul 10 2010 |

luu.-21

luu.-21

Argentina

Messi is spanish? I don't think so… Although he didn't play as we all expected, you can't say he's spanish come onn, the fault of messi's performance is Maradona, he put messi like a volant not like the position he's accustom to play.

And we can't compare messi from Barcelona and Messi from Argentina. In barça everybody plays for messi, Xavi, Iniesta. The game is prepared for him.,and all the football players plays for him. And we don't have Iniesta or Xavi for example, this excellent football player.. The problem is not messi, the problem is Maradona. 

 

12:34 AM Jul 10 2010 |

julianrockeromillonario

Argentina

GO netherlands…. spain is the country of messi :(
messi is spanish…he don’t played well with a good team(germany) and played well with little teams(korea)
Higuain is french and is most argentinian than messi….

09:58 PM Jul 09 2010 |

UWish

UWish

Slovenia

I think that Spain will win :) Or maybe Netherlands… both team are so good!

08:33 PM Jul 09 2010 |

fahadcom

fahadcom

Saudi Arabia

hey guys

who do you think is going to win the world cup  Netherlands or Spain?

regards

10:20 PM Jul 08 2010 |

Ozzalina

Ozzalina

Georgia

I think Netherlands will win this year, but I had supported England, then Germany )

08:37 PM Jul 08 2010 |

Santi977

Santi977

Ecuador

ohhhh

=(

Why all the teams Im supporting losse!!!!

so bad!!

go for the 3º Uruguay!!!!

05:52 PM Jul 08 2010 |

UWish

UWish

Slovenia

Brazil is out that so bad! Now is time for GERMANY! I hope that they will win! :)

12:43 PM Jul 07 2010 |

luu.-21

luu.-21

Argentina

thank you! you too! yeah now we have to suppourt uruguay!!! 

good luck to all of you, take care! 

 

02:42 AM Jul 04 2010 |

Marcelo_

Marcelo_

Brazil

I agree with you, unfortunately not this time and let's not ruin our neighborhood, we believe now in uruguay who are representing us now, you're a nice girl, I liked you  

02:19 AM Jul 04 2010 |

luu.-21

luu.-21

Argentina

hey guys come on! It's a world cup I mean it's obviously that we all want to win but this wasn't our time! now we have to accept that we lost and let others countries move on!!

Volts I can send you this http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/936220/La-historia-del-Maracanazo-de-1950.html It's in spanish but it's the most complete. Please don't misunderstand me, I wanted to say you that some brazilians are arrogants and thought that they had the cup on the hand when they didn't, Exactly like us. I talked about maracanazo because It was like an example, in 1950 a lot of brazilians thought that they had alredy won the world cup but then, brazil won and a lot of brazilians committed suicide. AND JULIAN, COULDN'T YOU TRY TO SPEAK WELL? WITHOUT INSULTS?  THANK YOU :)

I can't lie to you, It was one of the sadest days of my life, It's incredible how fan we are at the point that it affects us a lot and it's because we thought about a semifinal world cup like an american cup BRAZIL URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA. But anyway as I told you before It wasn't our time, Can it be uruguay time? who knows?! at least I hope so :) :) To have the world cup in sudamerica!!

01:59 AM Jul 04 2010 |

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