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Dai:

So Naomi, you’refrom Wales and you’reeleven. So what does aneleven-year old girl do for fun in Wales?

Naomi:

I do music. I playthe piano and the violinand I play sports: netball.

Dai:

Netball? What’sthat?

Naomi:

Yeah, it’s like abasketball a bit, butmostly girls play it. Youhave to...you have twoteams and you have to tryand get the ball in eachothers’ nets.

Dai:

Oh OK, so it’s justlike basketball. Youbounce it around and...

Naomi:

Well, you don’treally bounce it thatmuch. You can onlybounce it once.

Dai:

Oh really?

Naomi:

Yeah.

Dai:

Oh OK, I see. Andyou play it indoors thenor...?

Naomi:

Yeah mostlyindoors -- in the summer sometimes outdoors.

Dai:

Oh OK, soundsgood. Yeah so, you canonly bounce it once?

Naomi:

Yeah, there’sthree different passes youcan do. One is you use abounce called “bouncepass” and you can onlyuse a bounce once.

Dai:

OK, to pass it to your team mate.

Naomi:

Yeah.

Dai:

OK, and what arethe other passes?

Naomi:

There’s “chestpass”.

Dai:

And what’s that?

Naomi:

It’s just a straightpass from your chest tothe other person’s chest.

Dai:

Oh OK.

Naomi:

And “shoulder pass” which is sort of alob.

Dai:

Like a lob, you throwit over your shoulder kindof thing. And so, it’s just...well like basketballsomebody throws it in thenet and how many pointsdo you get?

Naomi:

It’s one point for every net -- every ball thatyou get in the net.

Dai:

Oh OK. and howlong is a game of netball?

Naomi:

Probably aboutan hour.

Dai:

Oh really? So likehalf an hour each sideor...?

Naomi:

Yeah, I think so.

Dai:

OK, and how manypeople are there on ateam?

Naomi:

Seven.

Dai:

Seven?

Naomi:

Yeah.

Dai:

OK, nice.

Net Ball

Naomi talks aboutone of her favoritesports.

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Part 1:Wales, 11, girlmusic: piano, violinnetball, like basketball, girlsNaomi is 11 years old and she is from Wales.She plays the piano and the violin. She alsolikes to play netball which is a game sort of likebasketball that mostly girls play. You have to tryto get the ball into the other teams

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1. Who won the game?___ No, I only played for about twominutes. The rest of the time I was onthe bench.2. What

s their record for the season?___ Yeah, he twisted his ankle. I thinkhe

ll be back next week though.3. Did they play at home or away?___ Yeah, it was a total shutout. Theybeat them ten to zero.4. I heard that they crushed them. Whatwas the ﬁnal score?___ We train everyday except forSaturday and Sunday for about 2 hours.5. So the game ended in overtime?___ We lost by 14 points.6. So did you score any points?___ They played at the other team

sschool, and it was amazing that they wonbecause there was a huge crowd.7. The score is always close when youplay that team, right?___ They are 4 and 2 so far (they

vewon 4 and lost 2).8. I heard that your star player gotinjured. How bad was he hurt?___ No, there weren

t very many peoplethere. I think the cold weather scaredthem away.9. Did a lot of people show up to cheerfor you?___ Yeah, and last night was nodifferent. We only won by a point at thevery end.10. How many days a week do you guyspractice?___ Yeah, we were tied even beforehalftime and then no one else scored forthe rest of the game.