Because/Because of 16/17 ep.15
Because/Because of 16/17 ep.15
In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about last weekend's World Cup qualifiers and the performances of some Premier League players for their countries. Rich makes a big fashion mistake when he buys some Liverpool earmuffs and this week's language focus is the difference between 'because' and 'because of'. We also have a reminder about our Big Football Quiz, where you can win a Nike Ordem football! On top of this, we have a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make. Enjoy!
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Vocabulary
In the podcast, Rich and Jack used some words and phrases that might be new for you. You can see two examples here:
Four out of the five candidates for the BBC's prestigious African Player of the Year Award play in the Premier League.
Tadic had the last laugh because Serbia scored a late equaliser.
There were a few more tricky words in the podcast. Can you remember all of them? Try the activity below, then, listen to the podcast again to hear how we used the words in context. This can really help with understanding.
Language - Because
The word 'because' is a conjunction like 'and', 'or', 'but' and 'although'. We use conjunctions to give more information, give alternatives, give reasons or results. We use 'because' to give reasons. Here are a couple of examples taken from the podcast:
You might see Southampton's Dusan Tadic in a mask next weekend, because he broke his nose last week.
Rich bought some earmuffs, because he thought they looked good.
In both these examples, the second part of the sentence explains the reason for the action in the first part of the sentence; 'because' answers the question 'why?'. When we use 'because' it is followed by a verb phrase; in the examples above you can see the subject 'he' followed by the verb 'broke' and 'thought'.
Language - Because of
The phrase 'because of' is not a conjunction like 'because', it is a preposition. It usually has the same meaning as because and is used to give reasons but how we use it is a bit different. Take a look at these examples from the podcast:
The Premier League took a break because of World Cup qualifiers last weekend.
Chelsea are playing so well because of Victor Moses.
In both these examples, like with the examples which use 'because', the second part of the sentence explains the reason for the action in the first part of the sentence. However, when we use 'because of' it is followed by a noun phrase; in the examples above the nouns are 'World Cup qualifiers' and 'Victor Moses'.
You may also see 'because of' followed by a gerund (verb+-ing). In these cases, the gerund is acting as a noun and it is a noun rather than a verb phrase which is being used. Here is an example from the podcast:
Victor Moses is playing better because of moving position.
In this activity, take a look at the sentences and decide if you should be using 'because' or 'because of'.
Who should win the BBC African Player of the Year Award?
You can vote for the BBC's African Player of the Year Award by following the link on the side of this page. Here are the five candidates, four of them play their football in the Premier League. Who do you think should win?
- Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City and Algeria)
- Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Southampton and Senegal)
- Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Ivory Coast)
- Andre Ayew (West Ham/Swansea City and Ghana)
- Patrick Aubayemang (Borussia Dortmund and Gabon)
Transcript
Welcome
Rich: Hello my name’s Rich
Latest news headlines
Jack: Let’s start with the Premier League headlines this week.
Competition
Rich: Don’t forget! We still have our new competition for you! It’s called the Big Football Quiz! You have to answer 10 questions. Five are about Football English and five test your football knowledge.
Jack: And if you get all the answers right, you could win a Premier League match ball. The Nike Ordem 4 is exactly what is used on matchday and is worth about £100.
Player of the Week
Rich: But our player of the week this week is Nigeria’s Chelsea forward……. Victor Moses. He scored twice in Nigeria’s 3-1 win against Algeria to give his country a great chance of qualifying for the World Cup in Russia. He’s also in the best form of his life for Chelsea.
Jack: Yes, he’s having a fantastic season. I think one of the reasons Chelsea are playing so well is because of Victor Moses.
Rich: Yeah, I didn’t think he would play for Chelsea this season because he’s been on loan at Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham in the last three seasons. But, maybe, he’s playing better because of moving position?
Jack: That’s right; he’s playing further back this season in a more defensive position.
Language
Jack: What are you wearing?
Rich: Earmuffs.
Jack: Why?
Rich: Because it’s cold. Do you like them? Look they have the Liverpool badge on the side of each ear.
Jack: Errr very nice. Is that why you bought them? Because they have the Liverpool badge on them?
Rich: Not only because of the badge, although, you know I like my football merchandise - but because they go well with my Liverpool scarf
Jack: So, you only bought them because of that? Because of fashion - because they look good with the scarf?
Rich: No, also because of the price. They only cost £5.
Jack: Ahh, OK because they were cheap. Sounds expensive to me!
Sting
Jack: In the last section, we were talking about something that Rich bought. But what we really want to do is to talk about some language that often confuses learners.
Football Phrase
Prediction
Jack: You didn’t make a prediction last week because of the international break. Have you got one for us this week, Rich?
Quiz
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Formulário
Premier League Prediction - Gameweek 12 - Man Utd v Arsenal
In Gameweek 11, Arsenal and Spurs drew 1-1, Rich made the second correct score of the season! Well done, Rich! It takes him to the top of our leaderboard on 7 points! Jack is on 6 points and our podcast listeners stay on 4 points. Come on! We know you can do better! Remember, it's one point for the correct result and two additional points for the correct score. The big match in Gameweek 12 is - Manchester Utd v Arsenal! Can you predict the right score?
GW 1 | GW 2 | GW 3 | GW 4 | GW 5 | GW 6 | GW 7 | GW 8 | GW 9 | GW 10 | GW 11 | GW 12 | |
Rich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-0 |
Jack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0-2 |
Podcast Listeners | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? |
Make your prediction now!
What do you think?
In this week’s podcast, Jack and Rich used the words 'because' and 'because of' to give reasons. We would like you to use a mixture of these words when giving your answers to these questions:.
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Which teams will qualify for the World Cup? Which region is it most difficult to qualify from? Why?
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Who do you think should become the BBC African Player of the Year? Why?
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What's the worst football injury you've ever seen? Why?
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Comentários
10/08/2021
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What do you think?
1- I think Europe is a region in which qualifying more difficult.Because there are many powerful national teams such as England, Germany, Italy and Netherland.
2- May the best player of the tournament to be awarded for this.
3- I think worst football injury is broken leg.Because it takes at least six months to recover.
Football quiz
• Appreciation of my teachers is a "big prize" for me-:) No need any more.
Phrase
• Stock market dealer's cheated him by selling low price bonds. But he was having last laugh when the prices surprisingly go up.
10/08/2021 10:53
Tottenham Hotspur
5558
What do you think?
1- I think Europe is a region in which qualifying more difficult.Because there are many powerful national teams such as England, Germany, Italy and Netherland.
2- May the best player of the tournament to be awarded for this.
3- I think worst football injury is broken leg.Because it takes at least six months to recover.
Football quiz
• Appreciation of my teachers is a "big prize" for me-:) No need any more.
Phrase
• Stock market dealer's cheated him by selling low price bonds. But he was having last laugh when the prices surprisingly go up.
15/05/2020
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The football phrase for this week is ( Booking )
15/05/2020 18:48
Manchester United
6539
The football phrase for this week is ( Booking )
15/05/2020
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It was Beckham in 2002 when he broke his metatesal bone before the World Cup vs Deportivo La Coruna
15/05/2020 18:47
Manchester United
6539
It was Beckham in 2002 when he broke his metatesal bone before the World Cup vs Deportivo La Coruna
15/05/2020
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Riyad Mahrez should become the BBC African of the Year because he was exceptional in the recent year :)
15/05/2020 18:47
Manchester United
6539
Riyad Mahrez should become the BBC African of the Year because he was exceptional in the recent year :)
20/11/2016
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I totally agree with Liubomyr and Aragorn1986 on the toughness and hardness of the South American qualifying tournament.
20/11/2016 18:21
Liverpool
6578
I totally agree with Liubomyr and Aragorn1986 on the toughness and hardness of the South American qualifying tournament.
20/11/2016
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This week's phrase is * *******. And I've sent it for the third time. There's something wrong with connection, isn't there ? :-)
20/11/2016 18:10
Liverpool
6578
This week's phrase is * *******. And I've sent it for the third time. There's something wrong with connection, isn't there ? :-)
21/11/2016
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Hi Alex
We are very sorry, but we had a problem with the site following an update on the server. It has been fixed now.
Thanks
Jack
21/11/2016 00:00
Arsenal
560
Hi Alex
We are very sorry, but we had a problem with the site following an update on the server. It has been fixed now.
Thanks
Jack
21/11/2016
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Thanks, Jack. Keep it up !
21/11/2016 20:01
Liverpool
6578
Thanks, Jack. Keep it up !
18/11/2016
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1.It is most difficult to qualify in Africa because of the fised number of teams. 2. Mahrez will become the BBC African player because he is already the best player in the best Championship. 3. The worst football injury I ever saw in TV was the deathly falling of Tayeb Amrous from Mouloudia of Algiers. Guessing phtase . ****** or *******
18/11/2016 17:21
Manchester City
3988
1.It is most difficult to qualify in Africa because of the fised number of teams. 2. Mahrez will become the BBC African player because he is already the best player in the best Championship. 3. The worst football injury I ever saw in TV was the deathly falling of Tayeb Amrous from Mouloudia of Algiers. Guessing phtase . ****** or *******
18/11/2016
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This week's phrase is * *******.
18/11/2016 11:17
Arsenal
209
This week's phrase is * *******.
17/11/2016
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1)hello,,,I predict that Spain,,England,,Italy,,Germany,,France will ceirtanly qualify for the World cup,,because they have great squad for it,,and because of having very goood players in team they will qualify,,,I think that the most difficult region for qualifying is the Europe,,because there are many great and powerfull teams there,,and thay all show great football,,,....2)I am sure that Riyad Mahrez will become the BBc African player of the year because he showed amazing football last year,,and because of him Leicester City became champions of Premier League..3) The worst football injury I have ever seen is the head injury of Peter Chech,,,because it was too painfull I think,,and he had to not to play many months after it!
17/11/2016 17:49
Liverpool
18
1)hello,,,I predict that Spain,,England,,Italy,,Germany,,France will ceirtanly qualify for the World cup,,because they have great squad for it,,and because of having very goood players in team they will qualify,,,I think that the most difficult region for qualifying is the Europe,,because there are many great and powerfull teams there,,and thay all show great football,,,....2)I am sure that Riyad Mahrez will become the BBc African player of the year because he showed amazing football last year,,and because of him Leicester City became champions of Premier League..3) The worst football injury I have ever seen is the head injury of Peter Chech,,,because it was too painfull I think,,and he had to not to play many months after it!
17/11/2016
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1. I'm sure that France, Germany, Poland, England, Belgium, Nigeria and Egypt will qualify from the first places in their groups. Besides, hope to see Panama, Azerbaijan, Serbia and Ukraine in Russia in 2018. And answering the second question: it depends on the quality of national team. In my point of view the difference between the strongest and the weakest teams in Europe is the most tremendous. So, it's very complex to qualify from Europe for the weakest. I'm sure that we can use some quantative methods to define the complication of qualifying from each region.
2. 2 years later I would have definitely said "Yaya Toure". But from the last quarter of the previous season till Pep Guardiola became the coach he had played a lot despite of decreasing skills from one match to another. Yaya couldn't back with a bang and now he isn't even a part of City's starting 11. Unfortunately I don't give an eye to the other contenders but nevertheless think Sadio Mane deserves to win a title.
3. I agree with Liubomyr speaking about the worst injury. After that awful occasion my parents started to persuade me from playing football as a goalkeeper.
And the phrase is "* *******"
17/11/2016 15:04
Manchester City
989
1. I'm sure that France, Germany, Poland, England, Belgium, Nigeria and Egypt will qualify from the first places in their groups. Besides, hope to see Panama, Azerbaijan, Serbia and Ukraine in Russia in 2018. And answering the second question: it depends on the quality of national team. In my point of view the difference between the strongest and the weakest teams in Europe is the most tremendous. So, it's very complex to qualify from Europe for the weakest. I'm sure that we can use some quantative methods to define the complication of qualifying from each region.
2. 2 years later I would have definitely said "Yaya Toure". But from the last quarter of the previous season till Pep Guardiola became the coach he had played a lot despite of decreasing skills from one match to another. Yaya couldn't back with a bang and now he isn't even a part of City's starting 11. Unfortunately I don't give an eye to the other contenders but nevertheless think Sadio Mane deserves to win a title.
3. I agree with Liubomyr speaking about the worst injury. After that awful occasion my parents started to persuade me from playing football as a goalkeeper.
And the phrase is "* *******"
17/11/2016
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Man United 2-1 Arsenal
17/11/2016 07:00
Manchester United
4779
Man United 2-1 Arsenal
17/11/2016
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The worst football injury i have ever seen is Demba Ba's injury while playing in the Chinese league
17/11/2016 06:42
Manchester United
4779
The worst football injury i have ever seen is Demba Ba's injury while playing in the Chinese league
17/11/2016
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I think Patrick-Emerick Aubameyang will win the BBC African player of the year award even though Mahrez won the premier league because Patrick-Emerick Aubameyanghas been consistently excellent for his team for about last 4 seasons.
17/11/2016 06:40
Manchester United
4779
I think Patrick-Emerick Aubameyang will win the BBC African player of the year award even though Mahrez won the premier league because Patrick-Emerick Aubameyanghas been consistently excellent for his team for about last 4 seasons.
17/11/2016
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Sorry, but I have to say that I'm biased towards the Premier League and I want Mahrez to win it!
17/11/2016 12:14
Liverpool
594
Sorry, but I have to say that I'm biased towards the Premier League and I want Mahrez to win it!
17/11/2016
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I think Egypt possess a more advantageous opportunity of qualifying for the world cup in a group where my country, Ghana have been a shodow of themselves in previous qualifier performances.
17/11/2016 06:37
Manchester United
4779
I think Egypt possess a more advantageous opportunity of qualifying for the world cup in a group where my country, Ghana have been a shodow of themselves in previous qualifier performances.
17/11/2016
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This week's phrase is * *******
17/11/2016 06:31
Manchester United
4779
This week's phrase is * *******
16/11/2016
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One of the worst injuries I've ever seen is Demba Ba's injury couple of months ago. He suddenly twisted his leg and it cracked, and the curiosity is that he was alone with the ball..
16/11/2016 17:12
Arsenal
3557
One of the worst injuries I've ever seen is Demba Ba's injury couple of months ago. He suddenly twisted his leg and it cracked, and the curiosity is that he was alone with the ball..
17/11/2016
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Yes, that was a strange one.
17/11/2016 12:19
Liverpool
594
Yes, that was a strange one.
16/11/2016
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It's most difficult to qualify from S.America for Mondial. Chile and Argentina are struggling this year to qualify, for example..
16/11/2016 17:08
Arsenal
3557
It's most difficult to qualify from S.America for Mondial. Chile and Argentina are struggling this year to qualify, for example..
16/11/2016
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I agree with Alex. Mahrez deserved the BBC African player of the year award!
16/11/2016 17:05
Arsenal
3557
I agree with Alex. Mahrez deserved the BBC African player of the year award!
16/11/2016
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When will u choose the winner of the competition?
16/11/2016 16:22
Liverpool
3705
When will u choose the winner of the competition?
16/11/2016
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The phrase is * *******.
16/11/2016 16:21
Liverpool
3705
The phrase is * *******.
16/11/2016
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Well done, Assemjuve, you got the right answer! The competition closes on the 22nd November and the winner will be announced in the following podcast.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
16/11/2016 19:02
Liverpool
594
Well done, Assemjuve, you got the right answer! The competition closes on the 22nd November and the winner will be announced in the following podcast.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
16/11/2016
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Actually there are a lot of nasty injures that i saw,injures are the worst thing in football,some injures may end a career of a player.
16/11/2016 16:21
Liverpool
3705
Actually there are a lot of nasty injures that i saw,injures are the worst thing in football,some injures may end a career of a player.
16/11/2016
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I think Mahrez deserve to be the BBC African Player of the year because he was the best player in the league last year and he also scored and made a lot of assists that led him to the top of the best players in the world.
16/11/2016 16:19
Liverpool
3705
I think Mahrez deserve to be the BBC African Player of the year because he was the best player in the league last year and he also scored and made a lot of assists that led him to the top of the best players in the world.
16/11/2016
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I think Nigeria will qualify to the world cup,i think it is difficult to qualify from Europe because there are a lot of amazing teams but there are a specific number of teams that will qualify to the world cup.
16/11/2016 16:17
Liverpool
3705
I think Nigeria will qualify to the world cup,i think it is difficult to qualify from Europe because there are a lot of amazing teams but there are a specific number of teams that will qualify to the world cup.
16/11/2016
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Correct me.
I think that the toughest region to qualify for the World Cup is South America because teams in this confederation are equally good (or almost all of them). One more thing that makes it tough is that they play a one group round-robin tournament. In Europe, for example, some average team may be drawn into an easy group and have a good chance to qualify, but in South America your team always plays against the same opponents. Even Argentina currently is out of direct-qualification top-4.
I don’t know what teams will qualify but I would like to see few debutants on the World Cup because it always high days to see your team in the WC and more nations shall have that experience. Also it’s a little bit boring to watch the same teams on each WC, especially if they couldn’t show a good performance. I think that Panama, Burkina Faso and Montenegro have a good chance to make there debut on the World Cup, so I wish a good luck to all of them.
The worst football injury I’ve ever seen was a collision in 2001 between CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun and forward Budun Budunov who played for Anzhi. As a result of the injury Perkhun died few days later. He made his debut for Ukrainian national team just few days before the incident.
16/11/2016 13:17
Watford
4417
Correct me.
I think that the toughest region to qualify for the World Cup is South America because teams in this confederation are equally good (or almost all of them). One more thing that makes it tough is that they play a one group round-robin tournament. In Europe, for example, some average team may be drawn into an easy group and have a good chance to qualify, but in South America your team always plays against the same opponents. Even Argentina currently is out of direct-qualification top-4.
I don’t know what teams will qualify but I would like to see few debutants on the World Cup because it always high days to see your team in the WC and more nations shall have that experience. Also it’s a little bit boring to watch the same teams on each WC, especially if they couldn’t show a good performance. I think that Panama, Burkina Faso and Montenegro have a good chance to make there debut on the World Cup, so I wish a good luck to all of them.
The worst football injury I’ve ever seen was a collision in 2001 between CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun and forward Budun Budunov who played for Anzhi. As a result of the injury Perkhun died few days later. He made his debut for Ukrainian national team just few days before the incident.
16/11/2016
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Hi Liubomyr
This is really a great piece of writing. Phrases like 'drawn together' and 'toughest region' are very high-level phrases. There is not much to correct but I've made a couple of comments that you might want to think about.
(1) Prepositions: we can say 'in or at the World Cup' but not on, and we would say a good chance of making..' and 'a good chance of qualifying'.
(2) Modal verbs: we can say 'more nations could have that experience' but not 'shall'.
(3) The only phrase that causes a slight communication is 'high days' - you can't say this. Maybe, 'a dream' or 'a highlight' would be better.
(4) Articles: a few errors such as '
agood luck' and 'a few days before'.On another note, I'd never heard the story about Serhiy Perkhun. A very sad and tragic story.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
16/11/2016 20:04
Liverpool
594
Hi Liubomyr
This is really a great piece of writing. Phrases like 'drawn together' and 'toughest region' are very high-level phrases. There is not much to correct but I've made a couple of comments that you might want to think about.
(1) Prepositions: we can say 'in or at the World Cup' but not on, and we would say a good chance of making..' and 'a good chance of qualifying'.
(2) Modal verbs: we can say 'more nations could have that experience' but not 'shall'.
(3) The only phrase that causes a slight communication is 'high days' - you can't say this. Maybe, 'a dream' or 'a highlight' would be better.
(4) Articles: a few errors such as '
agood luck' and 'a few days before'.On another note, I'd never heard the story about Serhiy Perkhun. A very sad and tragic story.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
18/11/2016
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Thank you Rich for your help
18/11/2016 14:35
Watford
4417
Thank you Rich for your help
16/11/2016
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Riyad Mahrez should become the BBC African Player of the Year because of his great achievements in his club and the national team.
16/11/2016 12:38
Liverpool
6578
Riyad Mahrez should become the BBC African Player of the Year because of his great achievements in his club and the national team.
16/11/2016
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I think that the phrase is '* *******'
16/11/2016 12:06
Watford
4417
I think that the phrase is '* *******'
16/11/2016
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You're very quick with the answer this week, Liubomyr!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
16/11/2016 12:27
Liverpool
594
You're very quick with the answer this week, Liubomyr!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team