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Charity

Charity

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the Community Shield between Manchester Utd and Leicester City and the language focus is on phrases we use to talk about charity and good causes. In our pronunciation section, we focus on connected speech. Our Club of the Week is Liverpool and we have news about our Fantasy Football team.

How much did you understand?

Vocabulary

In the podcast, Rich and Jack used some words and phrases that might be new for you. You can see two examples here: 

Ramadan Sobhi is fast and he has excellent dribbling skills.

This year the Community Shield is between Manchester Utd and Leicester City.

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.

Activity 1: In this activity, try to match the words and phrases to their definitions. All of the words were in this week's podcast.
Can you match the words to the correct definitions?

Manchester Utd are playing Leicester City in this season's Community Shield. 

Language - Giving money to charity

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich spoke about the Community Shield, the Community Shield is a match that signals the start of the football season and features the Premier League Champions against the winners of the FA Cup. All the money from the match goes to charities and good causes. There are lots of different phrases we can use to talk about giving money to charity. Have a look at these example sentences from the podcast: 

You could donate money to the WWF, which is the World Wildlife Fund or make a donation to the NSPCC, which is the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

People often do something special like a marathon in order to raise money for charity.

Let's look at some more phrases that are connected to giving money to charity. In this activity, try to complete the sentences with the correct word.

Activity 2: In this activity, test your understanding of phrases connected to giving money to charity. You heard most of the phrases in the podcast so this should help you.
Can you find the right word to fill each gap?

Liverpool's new signing, Sadio Mane, is a great dribbler!

Pronunciation - Connected Speech

In this week's podcast, we looked at something called connected speech, which is the sounds of language joined together. We looked at one specific part of connected speech in this week's podcast, which is called 'weak forms'. 'Weak forms' are sounds that are unstressed, which means they are not pronounced fully. The words that are unstressed are usually grammar words rather than content words.

  • Fish and chips - In this phrase, 'and' becomes 'n' so we say and hear something more like fish n' chips'.
  • What do you want to do this evening? - In this phrase, the first 'do' is a weak form but the second 'do' is stressed so pronounced in its full form.

In the podcast, Rich asked Jack the question; 'Where are you from?'. This question has two weak forms, 'are' becomes /ə/ and 'you' becomes /jə/ and together the two words become /əjə/, which can make it difficult for learners to understand everything that someone is saying. Look at the example questions below, the words that change to weak forms are in bold and the sounds (phonemes) you need to say are on the right. Don't worry if you're not sure about the symbols, just try saying the sentences quickly.

  • Where have you been? /vjə/
  • What did you have for breakfast? /dədjə/
  • Where do you live? /djə/
  • What are you doing tomorrow? /əjə/

In the podcast, Rich asked everybody a question that uses weak forms. Listen again, and then, in the comment section, tell us what the question was!

We've chosen Kevin De Bruyne in our Fantasy Football team! Who should join him?

Transcript

If you find the podcast difficult to understand, you can read the transcript as you listen.
Read the transcript and listen to the podcast

Welcome 

Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to this week’s Premier Skills English podcast. 

Jack: Hi everyone. I’m Jack and every week we talk about football and help you with your English.

Rich: This week we’re going to talk about the Community Shield which will be played on Sunday at Wembley Stadium between Leicester and Manchester United. The language focus is on phrases and collocations that we use to talk about giving money to charity.

Jack: We’ll also have our pronunciation, fantasy football and football phrase sections for you. And we have our final pre-season mini-course for you to complete.

Rich: Well done to AssemJuve from Palestine who was the first to complete our second pre-season course last week. Well done to the rest of you who completed it, too. We hope that you found it useful.
 
Jack: If you haven’t started the course yet, don’t worry. Just go to the fans section at the top of the page and click on courses. You will find all the courses that are available on Premier Skills English.

Rich: This week’s course is on the side of the page. Just click ‘join course’ and you are ready to start.

Jack: We’re going to look at some of the different parts of the course in this podcast. Don’t forget to click on the mark as complete button when you finish each section.

Website news

Rich: What’s been happening on the website this week, Jack?

Jack: Our second pre-season course has been on the site for a week and we’ve been talking a lot about midfielders.

Rich: Yes, we’ve got a new midfielder vocabulary page with some pretty difficult vocabulary on there.

Jack: Yes, a 'through ball' is tricky to describe. It’s a type of pass that is played in front of the attackers and gives them space to run into.

Rich: I thought that this was the most difficult word in the article. If you want to learn more, check out the midfielders vocabulary article - you can see it on the side of the page.

Jack: We also asked you to use the vocabulary to describe a Premier League midfielder. 

Rich: Elghoul from Algeria wrote a good description. Kwesimanifest from Ghana thinks that he is describing Alexis Sanchez but Aragorn1986 thinks that it’s Mesut Ozil. Go to the page to make your guess and Elghoul - don’t forget to tell us the answer!

Jack: There have also been lots of comments on our Fantasy Football page but more about that later.

Premier League News - Language Focus

Jack: What’s been happening in the Premier League this week, Rich?

Rich: There have been more transfers this week. The most exciting transfers were probably at Stoke CIty. Stoke have paid Liverpool £13 million for the midfielder Joe Allen. Allen played for Wales at Euro 2016 and was named in the team of the tournament. Stoke have also bought Ramadan Sobhi from Egyptian club Al-Ahly for £5 million. He looks like a very exciting winger, who is fast with great dribbling skills!

Jack: I think dribbling is a word that everybody should know.

Rich: Yes, dribble can be a noun or a verb and it’s the action of running with the ball at your feet, often taking the ball past defenders.

Jack: Nothing about babies?

Rich: No, nothing about babies. Babies also dribble but not with a football. Dribbling can also mean when liquid comes out of your mouth and dribbles down your chin.

Jack: So let’s imagine in our heads a dribbling dribbler. What do you see in you mind?

Rich: I imagine a baby running with a ball.

Jack: Cool. In my head I’m imagining a footballer running with the ball but wearing a bib because he’s dribbling.

Rich: A bib? Nice. So, a bib can be something that babies wear to catch food or what footballers wear when they are playing a practice match.

Jack: Surprising similarities!

Rich: Yes. Right, moving on, this weekend is the traditional start of the new season - the Community Shield.

Jack: The community shield is played every year, on the weekend before the start of the season.

Rich: It’s played between the winners of the FA Cup and the Premier League Champions.

Jack: So, this year, the Community Shield is between Manchester Utd and Leicester City.

Rich: Man Utd have won the Community Shield a record 20 times but Leicester will be playing in this match for the first ever time.

Jack: It’s played at Wembley Stadium and it’s not a major trophy but it’s more than a friendly and is also the last chance for the teams to prepare for the new season.

Rich: And another important thing is that all the money from the match goes to charity. It actually used to be called the Charity Shield up to 2002.

Jack: It’s great that clubs can help their local communities by giving money to charity. 

Rich: Let’s look at some phrases that are used to talk about giving money to charity.

Jack: The word donate is quite common. To donate means to give something to someone for free. People often donate to charities. The noun is donation and when we give money to a good cause we say that we make a donation.

Rich: For example, you could donate money to the WWF, which is the World Wildlife Fund or make a donation to the NSPCC, which is the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, in the UK.

Jack: I’ve seen that all the money from Wayne Rooney’s  match against Everton this week is being donated to the NSPCC, which is great.

Rich: Charity when it’s a countable noun is the institution or organisation that helps give money or things to people or sick. But, when charity is uncountable it means organisations in general or the idea in general of giving to those who are poor or ill.

Jack: The difference between raise for and give to is also useful to know. When you raise money for charity it means that you collect money, asking people to give money to charity. People often do something special like run a marathon in order to raise money for charity. They ask people to donate money for every mile or kilometre the person completes.

Rich: So, raising money for charity is collecting money to give to charity.

Jack: The Community Shield is an example of a charity match and you often see other nouns after the word charity like charity auction, charity concert or charity appeal. The purpose of these events are always to raise money for good causes or specific charities.

Rich: Let’s hope that the Man Utd Leicester City match raises lots of money for charity.

Club of the Week

Jack: This week’s club of the week is Liverpool. What’s new at Liverpool this season?

Rich: Well, there have been lots of changes - that’s for sure.

Jack: It’s the first summer that Jurgen Klopp has been manager, what changes has he made?

Rich: Quite a few, Sadio Mane has arrived from Southampton for about £35 million. I think he’s going to be great on the wing this season for Liverpool.

Jack: You’re a Liverpool fan but you’ve only predicted the Reds to finish fifth.

Rich: I know. I would be happy to see them win the Premier League, of course, but I’m a bit pessimistic. They don’t have to play any European matches this season so that could help them do better.

Jack: Like Leicester last season. You should be more optimistic!

Rich: I know. Liverpool have a very difficult start to the season. We have to play Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Leicester in the first five matches. If we do well in those, I will be much more optimistic!

Jack: The Liverpool club page is part of our pre-season course this week so go to the Liverpool page and tell us if you agree with his prediction.

Pronunciation

Rich: Each week we’re going to help you with your pronunciation. Sometimes we will look at individual sounds, sometimes at words and phrases and sometimes linking sentences together.

Jack: This week, we want to help you with something called connected speech. In English, what you say is not the same as what you read. English speakers drop or lose lots of sounds when they speak this can make it difficult when listening to people. Let’s look at an example. Rich is going to say a question and I want you to think how many words are in the question.

Rich: Where are you from?

Jack: Sorry, Rich. Can you say that again. That was very fast.

Rich: Where are you from?

Jack: How many words did you hear? Three? That’s OK, but there are actually four words. Ask the question using full forms Rich.

Rich: Where are you from?

Jack: I’m from England. Where are you from Rich?

Rich: I’m from England, too.

Jack: the problem is that people don’t speak using full forms they use things called weak forms which is when we sound like we are not saying words. Weak forms are usually the grammar words and are seen as less important in a sentence.

Rich: And we often use something called the schwa which is the /ǝ/ sound. In the question ‘where are you from?’ there are two schwas together. ‘Are’ becomes /ǝ/ and ‘you’ becomes /jǝ/.

Jack: It can be difficult sometimes, especially in conversation. 

Rich: In class, a few weeks ago I was speaking about jobs with my students and I asked them a question. The question includes a weak form and a contraction and my students had a few problems understanding it. I’m going to say the question and I want you to tell me what the question is in the comments section below.

Jack: Tell us the question then.

Rich: What does your dad do?

Jack: That was quick. Say it again.

Rich: What’s your dad do?

Jack: OK, if you know what the question is, let us know in the comments section.

Football Phrase

Rich: Last week’s football phrase was goal drought. A goal drought is a long period of time or many matches that a player or a team play without scoring a goal. You can say a team or a player is suffering from a goal drought..

Jack: Well done to Alex from Ukraine, Kwesimanifest from Ghana, Abdullah Hussein from Egypt, and Hassan_Raja from Pakistan. All of you got the correct answer!

Rich: Have you got  a new phrase for us this week?

Jack: Yes, this week’s football phrase is a *********** *****. I think it might be one of the most difficult football words we’ve had in the podcast. A *********** ***** is a match that is played to show admiration for a specific player and to thank him for staying with a club for a long time. A *********** ***** is usually played after a player is with a club for 10 years or more. In the past, the money from the *********** ***** was for the player’s future life after football but these days the money raised is usually given to charity. 

Rich: Yes, I’ve got it. This week Manchester Utd played Everton in a *********** ***** for Wayne Rooney. All the money has been given to children’s charities and other good causes.

Fantasy Football

Jack: We’ve started to build our Fantasy Football team on Premier Skills English. We’ve now got our strikers and midfielders, check out our fantasy football section to get involved. Go to the fans section at the top of this page and you will find it in there!

Rich: As part of this week’s course - Pre-season course 3 go to the discussion on defenders and goalkeepers and help us choose five defenders and two goalkeepers for the Premier Skills Fantasy Football squad!

Jack: Remember to enter your own team in our Premier Skills League on the Premier League website, too! The Private League password that you need is at the bottom of this page and our fantasy football pages.

Rich: Fantastic! Right, well,  that’s all we have time for today!

Jack: Don’t forget to write your answers to our questions and the football phrase in the comments below. And remember to join this week’s Premier Skills English course by clicking on Pre-Season Course 3 on the side of this page.

Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football! 

 

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In this week’s podcast, we spoke about giving money to charity.

Have you ever made a donation to charity? Which charities do you give money to? What charity work do famous sports people do in your country?

Pronunciation - What was the question that Rich asked during the podcast?

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gil_foot
31/01/2023
FR
566
points

But Messi is the GOAT of dribbling skills.


gil_foot
31/01/2023 10:26
France
Arsenal
566

But Messi is the GOAT of dribbling skills.

gil_foot
31/01/2023
FR
566
points

Neymar is fast and he has awesome dribbling skills.


gil_foot
31/01/2023 10:25
France
Arsenal
566

Neymar is fast and he has awesome dribbling skills.

gil_foot
31/01/2023
FR
566
points

In France, I think that all sports raise money for Telethon.
It's an organisation for all kind of desease.


gil_foot
31/01/2023 10:23
France
Arsenal
566

In France, I think that all sports raise money for Telethon.
It's an organisation for all kind of desease.

gil_foot
31/01/2023
FR
566
points

I made a donation once but I should give more... It was a donation to La Croix Rouge, it's a French organisation.


gil_foot
31/01/2023 10:21
France
Arsenal
566

I made a donation once but I should give more... It was a donation to La Croix Rouge, it's a French organisation.

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hsn
19/07/2021
TR
5525
points

• What do you think?
I’ve been making donation since I started to earn money.There are some state owned charity organizations beside NGOs. I prefer first one. Sometimes famous sports people participated special sport events are arranged like "Istanbul Marathon" and others.Plus tennis competitions or charity matches of former players. Money is raised for charity in these events.
• Rich’s question; What should dad do?
• P.S.
Pessimists invented parachute after optimists invented airplane.
We call "through ball" as "depth pass" here. Instead of "goal drought" we say "infertility of goal"


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hsn
19/07/2021 10:32
Turkey
Tottenham Hotspur
5525

• What do you think?
I’ve been making donation since I started to earn money.There are some state owned charity organizations beside NGOs. I prefer first one. Sometimes famous sports people participated special sport events are arranged like "Istanbul Marathon" and others.Plus tennis competitions or charity matches of former players. Money is raised for charity in these events.
• Rich’s question; What should dad do?
• P.S.
Pessimists invented parachute after optimists invented airplane.
We call "through ball" as "depth pass" here. Instead of "goal drought" we say "infertility of goal"

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mobeckham
14/05/2020
TR
6510
points

I think the football phrase this week is ( Farewell Testimonial )


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mobeckham
14/05/2020 05:32
Turkey
Manchester United
6510

I think the football phrase this week is ( Farewell Testimonial )

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mobeckham
14/05/2020
TR
6510
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Rich's question was ( What does your dad do ? )


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mobeckham
14/05/2020 05:31
Turkey
Manchester United
6510

Rich's question was ( What does your dad do ? )

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mobeckham
14/05/2020
TR
6510
points

We always make donations for the vulnerable local people in our society. It's a good gesture to show how people combine together for each other :)


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mobeckham
14/05/2020 05:30
Turkey
Manchester United
6510

We always make donations for the vulnerable local people in our society. It's a good gesture to show how people combine together for each other :)

Yaewint
09/08/2017
MM
130
points

The phrase is testimonial match and
the question is
What are you gonna do?


Yaewint
09/08/2017 07:25
Myanmar
Manchester United
130

The phrase is testimonial match and
the question is
What are you gonna do?

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haydi
20/03/2017
TN
3189
points

I'll begin by the beginning, I like order! I need to improve my score and consequently my position in the leader board. Please dear teachers, could you correcte me when I've done some mistakes, especially prepositions, tenses and grammer. Thank you.


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haydi
20/03/2017 21:00
Tunisia
Newcastle United
3189

I'll begin by the beginning, I like order! I need to improve my score and consequently my position in the leader board. Please dear teachers, could you correcte me when I've done some mistakes, especially prepositions, tenses and grammer. Thank you.

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admin
21/03/2017
GB
560
points

Hi Haydi - good to see you again. Rich and I will be delighted to correct you. Could you write 'correct me' at the top of your comment? We don't correct people all the time because it's better if people can comment without thinking that a teacher will be judging them. Normally, we just want to chat. I'll offer some corrections here: 

I need to improve my score and consequently my position in the leader board. Please dear teachers, could you correcte me when I've done some mistakes, especially prepositions, tenses and grammer.

1. Spelling

2. This is actually a type of conditional statement. Could you correct me when I make some mistakes?

3. Collocation - we make mistakes

4. Spelling

I'll have a look at your other comment now.

Thanks, Jack - The Premier Skills English Team

 


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admin
21/03/2017 14:49
United Kingdom
Arsenal
560

Hi Haydi - good to see you again. Rich and I will be delighted to correct you. Could you write 'correct me' at the top of your comment? We don't correct people all the time because it's better if people can comment without thinking that a teacher will be judging them. Normally, we just want to chat. I'll offer some corrections here: 

I need to improve my score and consequently my position in the leader board. Please dear teachers, could you correcte me when I've done some mistakes, especially prepositions, tenses and grammer.

1. Spelling

2. This is actually a type of conditional statement. Could you correct me when I make some mistakes?

3. Collocation - we make mistakes

4. Spelling

I'll have a look at your other comment now.

Thanks, Jack - The Premier Skills English Team

 

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haydi
20/03/2017
TN
3189
points

Hi Rich, Hi Jack, I'm coming back. You know that adversiting expression "two in one", that what I'm doing now. I'm trying to do some practices without any help (gg-ggtranslate-learning English websites, etc.). For that, I've chosen to do that with the tablet. It's so hard to work here, just like exam conditions. In same time, I would get some break. :)


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haydi
20/03/2017 20:24
Tunisia
Newcastle United
3189

Hi Rich, Hi Jack, I'm coming back. You know that adversiting expression "two in one", that what I'm doing now. I'm trying to do some practices without any help (gg-ggtranslate-learning English websites, etc.). For that, I've chosen to do that with the tablet. It's so hard to work here, just like exam conditions. In same time, I would get some break. :)

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admin
21/03/2017
GB
560
points

Hi Haydi

I think that the expression is usually 'two for one'. Here are a couple of hints:

1. practice is uncountable - do some practice

2. we say 'in exam conditions'

3. At the same time...

4. I'm not really sure what you mean here - I can take a break?


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admin
21/03/2017 14:52
United Kingdom
Arsenal
560

Hi Haydi

I think that the expression is usually 'two for one'. Here are a couple of hints:

1. practice is uncountable - do some practice

2. we say 'in exam conditions'

3. At the same time...

4. I'm not really sure what you mean here - I can take a break?

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kwesimanifest
09/08/2016
GH
4768
points

André ayew signs for west ham
Good n6for the Ghanaian international. Hope he excel even more


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kwesimanifest
09/08/2016 05:50
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

André ayew signs for west ham
Good n6for the Ghanaian international. Hope he excel even more

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
09/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Pogba's reunited


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
09/08/2016 05:48
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Pogba's reunited

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
08/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Sadio Mane the dribbler was at work as Liverpool beat Barcelona 4-0
A good results for the reds


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
08/08/2016 02:57
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Sadio Mane the dribbler was at work as Liverpool beat Barcelona 4-0
A good results for the reds

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
07/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Mourinho: "I dedicate the victory to seven players who didn't make the squad and LVG who won the trophy to get us here."
Great start to the premiership and given credit where due


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kwesimanifest
07/08/2016 19:36
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Mourinho: "I dedicate the victory to seven players who didn't make the squad and LVG who won the trophy to get us here."
Great start to the premiership and given credit where due

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
07/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Great to see mourinho get along with his players


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
07/08/2016 19:30
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Great to see mourinho get along with his players

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
07/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Ibrahimovich did what he knows how to do best during the community shield


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
07/08/2016 19:28
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Ibrahimovich did what he knows how to do best during the community shield

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/08/2016
GH
4768
points

I await the community shield tomorrow
Loys of history between the two managers


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/08/2016 22:18
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

I await the community shield tomorrow
Loys of history between the two managers

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Alex_from_Ukraine
06/08/2016
UA
6278
points

*********** ***** is this week’s football phrase.


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Alex_from_Ukraine
06/08/2016 13:00
Ukraine
Liverpool
6278

*********** ***** is this week’s football phrase.

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assemjuve
05/08/2016
PS
3705
points

The phrase is a *********** *****.


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assemjuve
05/08/2016 20:52
Palestinian Territory
Liverpool
3705

The phrase is a *********** *****.

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Abdullah 2017
05/08/2016
EG
23
points

This week's phrase is *********** *****


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Abdullah 2017
05/08/2016 13:29
Egypt
Manchester City
23

This week's phrase is *********** *****

Rich's picture
Rich
05/08/2016
ES
594
points

Well done! That's spot on!


Rich's picture
Rich
05/08/2016 20:37
Spain
Liverpool
594

Well done! That's spot on!

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Alex_from_Ukraine
05/08/2016
UA
6278
points

I've never made a donation to charity.


Alex_from_Ukraine's picture
Alex_from_Ukraine
05/08/2016 05:25
Ukraine
Liverpool
6278

I've never made a donation to charity.

Abdullah 2017's picture
Abdullah 2017
04/08/2016
EG
23
points

This week's phrase is "Resignation match"


Abdullah 2017's picture
Abdullah 2017
04/08/2016 20:07
Egypt
Manchester City
23

This week's phrase is "Resignation match"

Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016
ES
594
points

Hi Abdullah

Sorry, that's not right. Do you want to have another guess?

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016 21:51
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Abdullah

Sorry, that's not right. Do you want to have another guess?

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

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aragorn1986
04/08/2016
ME
3557
points

Yes I have. People usually give money to those who need to pay for surgery on foreign clinics. It happens that health insurance doesn't cover the treatment so the only solution is the money from charities.


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aragorn1986
04/08/2016 15:06
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

Yes I have. People usually give money to those who need to pay for surgery on foreign clinics. It happens that health insurance doesn't cover the treatment so the only solution is the money from charities.

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kwesimanifest
04/08/2016
GH
4768
points

I agree Rich
The match wasn't exciting maybe because of its intent.


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kwesimanifest
04/08/2016 10:09
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

I agree Rich
The match wasn't exciting maybe because of its intent.

Hassan_raja447
04/08/2016
PK
837
points

That was really difficult question. I don't understand even a single word.


Hassan_raja447
04/08/2016 04:06
Pakistan
Liverpool
837

That was really difficult question. I don't understand even a single word.

Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016
ES
594
points

Hi Hassan_Raja

Yes, it's quite difficult to understand and this is why it's important to focus on pronunciation sometimes. Kwesimanifest, in the comments above, has got the right answer. I have replaced his answer with asterixis but it might help you with the correct number of letters in each word. Have another listen and see if you can get it!

Good luck!

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


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Rich
04/08/2016 08:43
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Hassan_Raja

Yes, it's quite difficult to understand and this is why it's important to focus on pronunciation sometimes. Kwesimanifest, in the comments above, has got the right answer. I have replaced his answer with asterixis but it might help you with the correct number of letters in each word. Have another listen and see if you can get it!

Good luck!

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

Hassan_raja447
06/08/2016
PK
837
points

Hi Rich
I listened again but only understand what and do in the start and end of the question. I think it's enough for this time, may be listening tomorrow help me understanding the whole question.


Hassan_raja447
06/08/2016 05:29
Pakistan
Liverpool
837

Hi Rich
I listened again but only understand what and do in the start and end of the question. I think it's enough for this time, may be listening tomorrow help me understanding the whole question.

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Famous sports people sometimes buid stadia for communities where they began playing football. An example asamoah gyan


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 23:07
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Famous sports people sometimes buid stadia for communities where they began playing football. An example asamoah gyan

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

I give money to incapacitated persons i meet


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 23:04
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

I give money to incapacitated persons i meet

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

I have ever made donation to charity


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 23:00
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

I have ever made donation to charity

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assemjuve
03/08/2016
PS
3705
points

Hello. i can not find the course.


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assemjuve
03/08/2016 20:06
Palestinian Territory
Liverpool
3705

Hello. i can not find the course.

Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016
ES
594
points

HI AssemJuve,

Sorry, we're a little bit behind schedule this week sad. The course should be ready later today smiley .

Apologies for the delay

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


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Rich
04/08/2016 08:31
Spain
Liverpool
594

HI AssemJuve,

Sorry, we're a little bit behind schedule this week sad. The course should be ready later today smiley .

Apologies for the delay

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Yes Rich hoping to close on time from work.


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 14:04
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Yes Rich hoping to close on time from work.

Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016
ES
594
points

Not the most exciting of matches!


Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016 08:37
Spain
Liverpool
594

Not the most exciting of matches!

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Correct me is my placement on the punctuations of the above sentence correct
Should the " come before the ?


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 13:50
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Correct me is my placement on the punctuations of the above sentence correct
Should the " come before the ?

Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016
ES
594
points

Hi Kwesimanifest

Well done on getting the question right. You're the only person to get it so far! The question mark should come before the quotation marks because it's part of what you are quoting.

Hope that helps.

Rich


Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016 08:36
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Kwesimanifest

Well done on getting the question right. You're the only person to get it so far! The question mark should come before the quotation marks because it's part of what you are quoting.

Hope that helps.

Rich

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Well Rich ;)
Rich asked Jack "What **** **** *** **"?


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 13:48
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Well Rich ;)
Rich asked Jack "What **** **** *** **"?

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elghoul
03/08/2016
DZ
3988
points

Pronunciation : 'What you did do'
Football phrase : jubilee.
We use to making donation on Holy days. During the ramadhan month Authorities state a money sum to donate to poors. Few teams use to donate to sick people in general when there is a great match near to happen.


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elghoul
03/08/2016 13:43
Algeria
Manchester City
3988

Pronunciation : 'What you did do'
Football phrase : jubilee.
We use to making donation on Holy days. During the ramadhan month Authorities state a money sum to donate to poors. Few teams use to donate to sick people in general when there is a great match near to happen.

Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016
ES
594
points

Hi Elghoul,

Jubilee has a similar meaning because it celebrates a special anniversary but it's not the word we are looking for. The phrase we are using is quite specific to sports. Have another listen to my question and see if you can get it right. Kwesimanifest in the comments below has got it, I've put asterixes to mark the number of letters in each word so this might help you!

Good luck!

Rich


Rich's picture
Rich
04/08/2016 08:40
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Elghoul,

Jubilee has a similar meaning because it celebrates a special anniversary but it's not the word we are looking for. The phrase we are using is quite specific to sports. Have another listen to my question and see if you can get it right. Kwesimanifest in the comments below has got it, I've put asterixes to mark the number of letters in each word so this might help you!

Good luck!

Rich

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Rich asked Jack "where are you from"


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 12:23
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Rich asked Jack "where are you from"

Rich's picture
Rich
03/08/2016
ES
594
points

Sorry, that was the first question. We're asking about the second question I asked in the podcast smiley.


Rich's picture
Rich
03/08/2016 12:57
Spain
Liverpool
594

Sorry, that was the first question. We're asking about the second question I asked in the podcast smiley.

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

Yes Rich am hoping to close early from the office .


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 12:18
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

Yes Rich am hoping to close early from the office .

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

First time knowing dribbling has a different meaning
Really excited at learning that


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 12:12
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

First time knowing dribbling has a different meaning
Really excited at learning that

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aragorn1986
06/08/2016
ME
3557
points

I agree with you. That's the new word meaning for me too.


aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
06/08/2016 14:50
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

I agree with you. That's the new word meaning for me too.

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016
GH
4768
points

I knew about Rooney's *********** ***** early in may when the league went on recession.


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
03/08/2016 12:05
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

I knew about Rooney's *********** ***** early in may when the league went on recession.

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