A New Coach
A New Coach
Understanding
At the beginning of the story, the whole team are surprised that their new coach is a woman. Is it difficult for women to have a career in football? Have a look at the list of jobs in in this activity. Can women do these jobs in football? What problems might women have in these jobs?
Grammar - 'Going to' for future intentions and things that we think will happen
Coach Ipul is leaving and a new coach arrives to help the team. When he tells the team the news, he uses 'going to' to talk about future plans. We use be + going to + verb to talk about future plans and intentions:
"The new coach is going to come and watch us train on Friday."
We also use be + going to + verb to talk about something that we think is likely to happen or there is a strong possibility that will happen. Iwan is not happy with the new coach and doesn't think that Novi will be a success. To say this, he uses going to:
"This is going to be a disaster."
Have a look at the comic again and see if you can see any more examples of going to. When you have finished have a look at the activity below to check your understanding. If you want to know more, check out the Grammar Pages on our Learn English website.
Vocabulary
"Why don't you give her a chance?"
"Novi has lots more experience than I have."
Have a go at the activity below and see if any of the words or expressions are new for you.
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01/02/2016
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I have no doubt about that :) COYG!
01/02/2016 12:28
Arsenal
2453
I have no doubt about that :) COYG!
31/01/2016
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Quite possible, as a referee. Also as a manager, not so soon though..
31/01/2016 15:28
Arsenal
3557
Quite possible, as a referee. Also as a manager, not so soon though..
31/01/2016
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Iwan was angry for the reason he couldn't accept the fact that a woman can be as good as man in this sport. He's hardheaded on the first match but soon he realises that she can show them some new tactics.
31/01/2016 15:27
Arsenal
3557
Iwan was angry for the reason he couldn't accept the fact that a woman can be as good as man in this sport. He's hardheaded on the first match but soon he realises that she can show them some new tactics.
31/01/2016
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They were surprised to see a woman as a coach. They expected some star player who retired. Or an older guy from the neighbourhood.
31/01/2016 15:23
Arsenal
3557
They were surprised to see a woman as a coach. They expected some star player who retired. Or an older guy from the neighbourhood.
05/02/2016
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Their thinking was false,women can do it better too
05/02/2016 06:52
Arsenal
2320
Their thinking was false,women can do it better too
31/01/2016
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Good program to learn english with fun :-)
31/01/2016 10:27
Manchester United
8
Good program to learn english with fun :-)
31/01/2016
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Thanks Islomjon and welcome to Premier Skills English!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
31/01/2016 20:00
Liverpool
594
Thanks Islomjon and welcome to Premier Skills English!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
30/01/2016
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The team didn't anticipate that their new coach was to be a woman. I guess they have never even heard that a female can be a coach let alone teach them how to play.
Iwan , as i guess , was the most arogant guy in the team. He could not bare the fact that he was going to act as a woman told him to.
I think that in the 21st century everything is possible. nowadays women are on top positions in governments, they are in everywhere in politics, in media, in business, in army, in economy, everywhere and they did prove that they can do even much better than men do. So I will not be surprised at all to see women coaches or managers or referees in Premier League. As far as they do their job well, nothing to worry.
In the next few months I am going to improve my English skills and going to prepare for a very serious step in my life. I am going to take an exam and go to the UK to work. Wish me good luck. :)
30/01/2016 08:58
Arsenal
516
The team didn't anticipate that their new coach was to be a woman. I guess they have never even heard that a female can be a coach let alone teach them how to play.
Iwan , as i guess , was the most arogant guy in the team. He could not bare the fact that he was going to act as a woman told him to.
I think that in the 21st century everything is possible. nowadays women are on top positions in governments, they are in everywhere in politics, in media, in business, in army, in economy, everywhere and they did prove that they can do even much better than men do. So I will not be surprised at all to see women coaches or managers or referees in Premier League. As far as they do their job well, nothing to worry.
In the next few months I am going to improve my English skills and going to prepare for a very serious step in my life. I am going to take an exam and go to the UK to work. Wish me good luck. :)
05/02/2016
points
Ooohh good luck dear!
05/02/2016 06:47
Arsenal
2320
Ooohh good luck dear!