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Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

And I’m Erica.

And today we’re bringing you another great lesson about sports, part of our sports series.

That’s right and in this lesson we are talking about maybe the world’s most favorite sport.

Right, one of the most popular sports in the world, soccer.

Uhu.

Or also known as football in other countries.

Yes.

Okay, so, before we get started with this great lesson, let’s take a look at some of the words we’ll find in the dialogue in “vocabulary preview”.

Vocabulary preview.

We’re going to look at three words here. The first word is wingman.

Wingman.

A wingman.

Now, wingman isn’t really related to soccer in any way.

Okay.

But it’s a way of referring to somebody as your “right hand”.

So, your helper.

Your helper, your… your number one guy.

Okay.

Right?

So, a wingman is someone, who helps you a lot.

Aha, exactly.

Okay, our next word, tied.

Tied.

They’re tied.

They are tied. Now, this is an interesting word, because tie can be a noun, verb, and an adjective, right?

Exactly, so, in this case “they are tied” it’s an adjective meaning…

They have the same score.

Okay.

Uhu.

And a tie is…

Is a game that has ended with no winner or loser. Both of them had the same score.

Exactly, and so obviously the verb “to tie” is to reach the same score as your other team.

Exactly.

Alright, well, our third word can also be used as a noun and a verb and it is foul.

Fouled.

Fouled.

Okay, so, to foul somebody…

Is to do something to them that is not allowed in this sport.

Okay, and… so, when you do this, you have committed a foul.

Exactly.

Okay, so, you use it in the same way, to foul or a foul.

Uhu.

Interesting.

Well, we’re going to hear these three words in context now. So, why don’t we listen to our soccer dialogue?

Welcome back, soccer fans. My name is Rick Fields and, as always, I am joined by my commentating wingman, Bob Copeland.

And we’re on the brink of soccer history today, as Ecuador and Brazil are tied one-one as we begin the second half of the 2022 World Cup!

The ref calls the players for the kick off, and here we go! Ecuador quickly passes the ball to the midfield, but, ohhh, it’s out of bounds.

That will be a throw in for Brazil. Adriano has the ball and makes a long pass to Robinho, and the ref has called him offside.

No question about it. He was offside by a mile!

We have a goal kick for Ecuador. Edison Mendez heads it to Valenica, he shoots! Deflected by the defender and we have a corner kick.

Delgado takes the corner. We have a foul! Oh no, Dida, the goalkeeper, has fouled the Ecuadorian player! He gets a yellow card and that will be a penalty kick!

This is the perfect opportunity for Ecuador to get ahead in this match and become World Champions! He gets ready for the kick. He shoots! and he…

Okay, so, Ecuador tied with Brazil in the Two Thousand Twenty Two World Cup.

Wow, Marco, I’m really happy to see that you are, ah… able to see so far in to the future.

Hehe. Well, I called it, so…

Yeah.

In 2022 if we do win the World Cup, you know who said it first.

Alright, do you have money on that?

Ah, yes.

Hehe.

Hehe. Alright, so, apart from this we saw some really great vocabulary in this lesson, so let’s take a look at it now in “language takeaway”.

Language takeaway.

Alright, we’ve got a lot of soccer words for you, but they’re all important. So, let’s take a look at the first one, kick off.

Kick off.

Kick off.

So, a kick off.

This is how you start a soccer game, right?

Right, so it’s the very beginning, the referee blows the whistle and you kick the ball to another player. That’s the kick off.

Okay, so, our next phrase, out of bounds.

Out of bounds.

Out of bounds.

Okay, out of bounds, this is a great word.

Uhu. So, in soccer, when the ball goes out of bounds, it goes outside the white lines, right?

Right, outside of the playing field.

Okay.

And you can use it in all other sports, you can use it in basketball, you can use it in, ah, tennis.

Or football or anything.

Right, so…

Uhu.

Any part that is not for playing.

Out of bounds.

What’s our next word?

Throw in.

A throw in.

A throw in.

Okay, so a throw in. The ball goes out of bounce…

Aha.

How do you put it back in to play?

Obviously, a throw in.

Okay, so, you throw in the ball. That’s the only time where a soccer player will actually grab the ball with his hands.

Alright, now, another soccer term we have here, offside.

Offside.

Offside.

Okay, so, this is a little bit difficult to explain, but just imagine, you’re on the soccer field…

Aha.

And you’re trying to score a goal…

Okay.

Now, you have some defenders, right?

Right.

Those are the people who are trying to take the ball away. And you pass the ball to somebody who is behind the defenders.

Oh, and that person is offside.

Exactly, so, you must be at all times in the same position as the defenders of in front of them, but you can’t be all the way in the back.

Okay, so, is this a noun or a verb or an adjective?

So, this is an adjective, he is offside. That’s his condition.

Okay, great.

Uhu.

Excellent explanation, Marco, thank you.

Alright.

Now, we’re going to look at three different phrases for three types of kicks in soccer.

Okay, so, let’s take a look at this. The first on is goal kick.

A goal kick.

Okay, goal kick.

So, who does the goal kick?

It’s usually the goalie or the goalkeeper.

Alright.

Who… who takes the goal kick.

Okay, so when the goalie kicks the ball.

Uhu.

Now, what about a corner kick?

Okay, so, if the team is attacking. And the ball goes out of bounds…

Uhu.

In the back area near the goal, then they get a corner kick. They gotta kick the ball from the corner of the field.

This is a great chance to score a goal, isn’t it?

Exactly, yes.

Okay, and our final kick, a penalty kick.

Penalty kick.

Penalty kick.

So, if a player gets fouled, while he is in the area near the goal.

Okay.

He gets a penalty kick, so basically it’s just him… I think it’s thirteen or fifteen steps away from the goalie.

Uhu.

And he gets the opportunity to score or to kick the ball.

So, there’re no defenders or other players on the way.

Nobody, uhu.

Wow, another great chance to score a goal.

Right.

Alright, well, these are all great soccer words. I think we should hear them again in context, so let’s listen this time a little bit slower.

Welcome back, soccer fans. My name is Rick Fields and, as always, I am joined by my commentating wingman, Bob Copeland.

And we’re on the brink of soccer history today, as Ecuador and Brazil are tied one-one as we begin the second half of the 2022 World Cup!

The ref calls the players for the kick off, and here we go! Ecuador quickly passes the ball to the midfield, but, ohhh, it’s out of bounds.

That will be a throw in for Brazil. Adriano has the ball and makes a long pass to Robinho, and the ref has called him offside.

No question about it. He was offside by a mile!

We have a goal kick for Ecuador. Edison Mendez heads it to Valenica, he shoots! Deflected by the defender and we have a corner kick.

Delgado takes the corner. We have a foul! Oh no, Dida, the goalkeeper, has fouled the Ecuadorian player! He gets a yellow card and that will be a penalty kick!

This is the perfect opportunity for Ecuador to get ahead in this match and become World Champions! He gets ready for the kick. He shoots! and he.

Alright, so, we heard these words that we were talking about in context and now some really interesting phrases came up and this would be a good time to take a look at them in “fluency builder”.

Fluency builder.

Well, Marco, there’re three great phrases in this dialogue that I wanna look at. Um, the first one “on the brink of”.

We are on the brink of.

We’re on the brink of soccer history.

Okay, so, “on the brink of”. What is… what exactly does that mean?

Why don’t we hear some examples to help us understand the meaning?

Example one.

Look, we don’t have any money. We’re on the brink of going bankrupt.

Example two.

The two countries are on the brink of war.

Example three.

We’re on the brink of an important discovery.

Alright, so, great examples “on the brink of”, at a critical point.

Exactly, it means you’re almost there, right?

Okay, yeah, very good. And what about this next phrase that I saw and it was really interesting. No question about it.

No question about it.

No question about it.

No question about it.

Alright, so, this is a statement, that doesn’t really make much sense. Well, what am I saying, when I say “oh, no question about it”?

You’re saying “I agree”, “there is no doubt”, “you’re right”

You’re right.

Uhu.

Okay.

Well, let’s give some examples. I could say “there’s no question about it, Ecuador is a great soccer team”.

Ah, there is no question about that.

Hehe. Yeah.

Alright, so, or you can say “no question about it, our company makes the best products on the market”.

Okay, so, really useful phrase, that you can use in sports or anywhere else.

Okay. And now let’s take a look at our last phrase for fluency builder and it’s a really good one to exaggerate a little bit.

Okay.

By a mile.

By a mile.

By a mile.

So, he was offside by a mile.

Right, so, the commentator is saying that he was very offside.

That it was really obvious.

Right.

Uhu.

So, you can use that also in different context, maybe not in sports.

Okay, so, maybe we can say “our company is ahead of all the others by a mile”.

Right, or if you tell somebody to guess your age and they say “oh, I think you are forty two”.

Oh, you could say “you’re off by a mile”.

Right, why?

So you’re really really wrong.

Right, exactly.

Yeah.

So, it’s a way of exaggerating a little bit.

Yes, and saying it’s really obvious.

Right.

Uhu. Well, three awesome phrases and I think it will help us to hear them one more time. So, let’s listen to the dialogue.

Welcome back, soccer fans. My name is Rick Fields and, as always, I am joined by my commentating wingman, Bob Copeland.

And we’re on the brink of soccer history today, as Ecuador and Brazil are tied one-one as we begin the second half of the 2022 World Cup!

The ref calls the players for the kick off, and here we go! Ecuador quickly passes the ball to the midfield, but, ohhh, it’s out of bounds.

That will be a throw in for Brazil. Adriano has the ball and makes a long pass to Robinho, and the ref has called him offside.

No question about it. He was offside by a mile!

We have a goal kick for Ecuador. Edison Mendez heads it to Valenica, he shoots! Deflected by the defender and we have a corner kick.

Delgado takes the corner. We have a foul! Oh no, Dida, the goalkeeper, has fouled the Ecuadorian player! He gets a yellow card and that will be a penalty kick!

This is the perfect opportunity for Ecuador to get ahead in this match and become World Champions! He gets ready for the kick. He shoots! and he.

Okay, well, as you all may know, soccer is a very popular sport especially in Latin America.

That’s right. And your favorite team, Ecuador.

Hehe.

Are they… Are they really this good in soccer, they’re really gonna win the Twenty Twenty-two Cup?

Well, maybe not.

Hehe.

Well, actually Ecuador has… has improved with time, but usually it’s the strong teams like Argentina and Brazil, who, ah, dominate the region, right?

Right.

Um, but yeah, hopefully we’ll make it next time.

Okay, well, I have my money on Ecuador and…

Hehe. For 2022.

But, yeah, not on Canada. There’s no hope for us.

Well, Canada is doing really well now. They, actually…

Really?

Ah, beat Mexico, if I’m not mistaken.

Oh, actually, that’s sort of… yeah, I kind of remember that now.

Hehe.

But, there’s… I think there’s no hope for us to beat Brazil or Argentina, one of these big countries.

We have the next World Cup coming up, so it’s really exciting and I don’t know who’s gonna win.

Alright, well, um, listeners! Who do you think is going to win? Who is the best soccer team out there?

Hehe. Right, there’re really good soccer teams. Although, some of the… some countries aren’t really known for their soccer like Russia. You don’t really hear too much soccer from Russia.

Really?

Or from China is for that.

I wonder how popular it is in these countries.

Hum, so let us know, come to our website englishpod.com, tell us how popular soccer is in your country or what team you are a fan of. I know many people like the European Cups and they’re fans of, ah… ah, Barcelona or the Italian teams.

Well, come to the website. Marco and I are always around to answer your questions and until next time… Good bye!

Bye!