5 LISTENING 6 GRAMMAR past tenses: simple,

a In your country, are referees a) \vell-paid b) respecred c) unpopu Jar?
V/hy d o you think son1ebody would \Vant to becorne a referee?
b 3 8 >)) You 're goi ng to hear to an in tervievv wirh a n ex-Chan1 pions
League football referee fro n1 S pa in . Listen to Part 1 a11d choose
a,b,orc.
continuous, perfect
a In you r country, is cheating considered a
serio us prohle111 in sport? In 'vhat sports
do you think cheati ng is rnost con11non?
\Vhat kind of th ings do people do \vhen they
cheat?

b Read Takin{] a short cut about a n1ar athon

runner \¥ho cheated. How d id she cheat?

1 Why did he becon1e a referee?

a His fat her \vas a referee.
b lie liked sport, but \vasn't good at it.
c He \Vas alvvays att racted by the idea.
2 \Vhat \vas the n1ost exciting n1atch he ever refereed?
a His first p rofessional n1atch .
b I-le can't choose just o ne .
c R eal Madr id against Barcelona.
3 T he \VOrst exper ience he ever had as a referee was \vhen _ __
attacked hini. c Look at the h ighligI1te<l verbs in the text.
a a player b a woman c a chi ld W hich of thern are used for . .. :>
4 \:<,t hy does he think there is rnore cheating in football today? 1 a con1ple ted actio n in the past
a Because football is big business. 2 an actio n that happened bejore the past tin1e
b Because the referees are \vorse. '~ ' e are talking about

c Because footballers are better at cheating. 3 an actio n in progress (or not) at a particular
S Ho\v does he say footballers often c heat? n10111en t in the past
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b They accept n1oney to lose marches. abo u t past tenses and practise them.
c They to uch the ball \vith their hands.
e R ead The hand of God? a nd con1plete it w ith
c 3) 9 l)) Now listen to Part 2. Con1plete the sentences w ith one to the ver bs in the right te11ses .
th ree v.1o rds .
1 T he 1nost difficu lt thing for him about bei ng a referee is n1aking
________ during a n1atch.
2 O ne o f the reasons \v hy it's d ifficult is because football to day is
so _ _ _ __ _ __
3 Maki ng co rrect decisions often depends on the referee's
interpretation o f _ _ _ _ _ _ __
4 He thi n ks t hat players \vho chea t arc still
5 A study t hat vvas done on Leo Mcssi sho,vs that he can run
exceptionally fas t _ __ _ _ __
6 He thinks Messi isn't the _ __ _ _ _ _ footballer.
d Do you agree with the refer ee that there is rnore cheating in
football tl1an before? Ts it true in other sports as vvell? \Vou ld you
like to be a sports re feree (or u n1pirc)? \Vhy (not):>

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Famous (cheating)
moments in sport
Although it isn't true that everybody
in sport cheats, it is certainly true that
there are cheats in every s port ...
Ta
n 21 April 1980, 23-year-old Rosie
Ruiz as the first woman to cross the
finish line at the Boston Marathon.
She finished the race in the t hird -fastest ti me
for a female runner (two hours, 31 min utes,
56 seconds). But when the organizers
congratulated Rosie after the race, they were
surprised because she asn't sweating very
much. Some spectators who were watching
the race told them what had really happened,
During the last half mile Rosie suddenly
jumped out of the crowd and sprinted to
the finish line. The marathon organizers
took Ruiz's title away and awarded it to the
real winner, Jacqueline Gareau. It was later
discovered that three months earlier Rosie had
also cheated in the New York Marathon where
she had taken the subway!
The hand of God?
twas 22 June 1986. Argentina
1were playing (play) England in the quarter-
finals of the World Cup and both teams
2 (play) well. The score 3 (be)
o-o. I n the 51st minute the Argentinian
captain, Diego Maradona, 4 (score) a
goal. The English players s (protest),
but the referee s (give) the goal.
However, TV cameras showed t hat Maradona
1 (score) the goal with his hand!
Maradona a (say) the next day, 'It was
partly the hand of Maradona, and partly the
hand of God .'
Later in the game Maradona g (score)
another goal and Argentina io (win)
t he match 2-1. They went on to win the World
Cup.
7 SPEAKING
a You arc going to tel l your pa rtner t\VO
anecdotes. C hoose t\VO of the topics belo"'
and plan 'vhat you arc going to say. Ask your
teacher for anv \VOrds ,vou need.
'
TELL YOUR PARTNER ABOUT...
• a time you cheated (in a sport I game
or in an exam)
When and where did this happen? What were
you doing? Why did you cheat? What happened in
the end?
....._ • a really exciting sports event you saw
~l ~ Where and when was it? Who was
playing?
What happened? Why was it so
exciting?
• a time you had an accident or
got a sports injury
When and where did this happen?
What were you doing? How did t he accident
happen? What part of your body did you hurt?
What happened next? How long did it take you
to recover?
• a time you got lost
Where were you going? How were
you travelling? Why did you get lost? What
happened in t he end?
b \.Vork vvith a part ner. ' l'cll each o ther your
t \VO stories . G ive as 111uch detail as you can.
p Starting an anecdote
I'm going to tell you about a t ime when...
This happened a few years ago...
When I was younger...
8 WRITING
> p.116 Writing Telling a story. \\frite a story about son1eth ing
that happened to you.
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