Podcast 21
Podcast 21
In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about Liverpool's new manager, the language focus is adjectives of personality and we have a new riddle for you in our 'What's my Team?' competition.
How much did you understand?
"If I was to describe him using three adjectives, I would say that he is humble, eloquent and realistic."
"Well, he’s intelligent for sure, he’s known as the professor."
Jurgen Klopp walks on the pitch at Anfield for the first time.
Aston Villa, Prince William's favourite team, was the correct answer for our 'What's my Team?' competition last week. JBKoopman from the Netherlands is the winner of a Samsung Galaxy tablet.
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 change at the top at both Liverpool and Sunderland, the language focus is vocabulary connected to change and things we want to achieve and later I’m going to make another Premier League prediction.
Jack: And you have another chance to win a Samsung Galaxy tablet in our ‘What’s my Team?’ competition.
Rich: What was the answer to last week’s riddle Jack?
Jack: Ah, yes. Last week it was Ash ... his favourite Premier League team is Aston Villa.
Rich: We had lots of correct entries so congratulations to everybody who got it right. I think the part that helped everyone was when you told everybody that Aston Villa had never been relegated.
Jack: Yes, maybe I made it a little too easy. But as Rema from Serbia pointed out in his message - if we think the competition is difficult we will always give you small clues and ideas to help you make a guess.
Rich: We have selected a winner at random from the correct answers...
Jack: and the second winner of this week’s What’s my team? competition is JBKoopman from the Netherlands. Congratulations JBKoopman, we’ve already sent you an email and your prize will soon be on its way.
Rich: Well done to you! Later on in the podcast, you can listen to this week’s What’s my team riddle. If you want to listen to the riddle more than once, you can click on the podcast player where it says competition, or you can click on the link below.
Jack: Last week Rich, you made a few predictions because there weren’t any Premier League matches. One of your predictions was that Manchester City are going to win the league this season. And most people who got in touch agreed with you, didn’t they?
Rich: I’m happy to say they did yes, but I suppose it wasn’t a difficult to prediction to make as they have been the best team so far this season. Elghoul from Algeria, Abdallah from Kuwait, Otobongarchbong from Nigeria, Reda Armine from Morocco, and VerdMead96 from Poland are some of our users who agreed with my prediction.
Jack: But not everybody agreed with you Rich. Sir Mahdi 24 from Afgahnistan and Paja111 from the Czech Republic think Arsenal will win the league and Salloum from Syria thinks it will be Man Utd.
Rich: There were no matches last week in the Premier League but there has been a big change at two Premier League clubs this week.
Jack: Sunderland have changed their manager. Sam Allardyce is the new manager and Sunderland fans will be hoping he can change the club's fortunes.
Rich: Allardyce has a great record of keeping clubs in the Premier League and has lots of experience.
Jack: His first home match will be the North-East Derby against Newcastle. That’s a match that I’ll definitely be watching. And your club Liverpool have a new man at the top too.
Rich: Yes, Liverpool’s new manager is the German, Jurgen Klopp, and I think it’s a great move from the club.
Jack: What do you know about Jurgen Klopp?
Rich: He is seen by many as one of the most exciting managers in Europe. At his previous club, Borussia Dortmund, he won the German League twice and got Dortmund to the final of the Champions League.
Jack: And what has Klopp said so far?
Rich: In his first official interview with the Liverpool website, Klopp said he was very excited to be Liverpool manager and that the fans are the most important thing in football.
Jack: Yes he said this “we have to entertain the fans - we have to make their lives better. That’s what we have to do because football is not so important - we don’t save lives, we are not doctors. It’s our job to let them forget their problems for 90 minutes and they can talk for three days about the last game and talk for two days about the next game.”
Rich: I think that’s great and my first impressions of Jurgen Klopp are all positive. If I was to describe him using three adjectives I would say that he's humble, eloquent and realistic.
Jack: Let’s look at those adjectives in a bit more detail. Humble is used to say that someone doesn’t think that they are better than other people. It’s kind of the opposite of proud. Why did you say humble Rich?
Rich: He said that we are not doctors and that we don’t save lives. Here he is trying to say that football and footballers are not the most important things in the world, which is true, but sometimes we forget that.
Jack: The adjective eloquent is used to say that someone can express their opinion and use language very well, especially when you’re speaking in public. Klopp was famous for this in German and Germany but can he do it in English?
Rich: He’s said that he’s taking English classes and his English is already very good so I’m sure that he will be able to get his opinions across to the players and fans very clearly... very eloquently.
Jack: That’s certainly a very important quality for a manager to have. The last adjective you used to describe Jurgen Klopp was realistic. Realistic means to be sensible about what is possible to do.
Rich: Yes, and in his interview, Klopp said that he needs time to make changes and asks fans to be patient. I think this is realistic. Liverpool might not win the Premier League this season but they will start to get better and go up the Premier League table.
Rich: What about your manager Arsene Wenger?
Jack: Well, he’s intelligent for sure he’s known as the professor - but I think I will leave it there. What about our listeners? What adjectives would you use to describe your manager?
Rich: Yes, how would you describe your club’s manager or maybe one of your favourite players? We’d love to read your descriptions and see them on the website.
Jack: Right, I think it’s time for this week’s competition: ‘What’s my Team?’
Rich: Here is what you have to do. Listen to a Premier League fan, who will talk about their favourite team and then write the name of the team in the comments section on the Premier Skills English website.
Jack: It couldn’t be easier! And if you’re not sure you can always make a guess - there are only 20 teams in the Premier League.
Rich: But, remember, you can only write one answer and only your first answer will be accepted.
Jack: And for each of the 20 podcast competitions the lucky winner will receive a fantastic Samsung Galaxy Tablet.
Rich: Each competition closes on Monday at midnight in the UK.
Jack: And the winner will be announced the next day at 1200 in the next Podcast.
Rich: Right, so this week, our Premier League fan is Gabriel. Listen to his riddle and try to work out what’s his team?
Gabriel: My team is home to the manager they call the the Special One. Last season we won the Premier League by 8 points. That was the fourth time we’ve won the title. We also have the Premier League’s Player of the season - you know who I mean - our winger from Belgium. He’s brilliant.
Rich: The Special One? Not sure who he is but Jurgen Klopp called himself the Normal One when he arrived at Anfield last week.
Jack: Is that a clue? I think it’s time for this week’s Premier League prediction
Rich: I was going to talk about Liverpool’s trip to Tottenham but we’ve been speaking a lot about Liverpool today so instead I’m going to make a prediction on Manchester Utd’s trip to Everton. An Everton win could see the Liverpool club overtake Man Utd in the table but a Man Utd win could see the Red Devils go back to the top. This is a difficult match for a Liverpool fan to predict and most would choose a draw but I’m going to predict an Everton win and little joy for Wayne Rooney playing against his childhood club. Final score: Everton 2-1 Manchester Utd
Jack: An Everton home win... The last time they met at Goodison Park, Everton won 3-0. It will be an interesting match to watch.
Rich: If you’ve got a prediction for the rest of this season let us know in the comments section below.
Jack: Well that’s all for now. Thanks for listening. And don’t forget to write your answers to the competition, your Premier League predictions, and any questions you have about the website or football English in the comments below.
Rich: If you’re listening to this on itunes or elsewhere, come back to Premier Skills English for some language activities, a quiz and lots more. You can find us at www.britishcouncil.org/premierskillsenglish .
Jack: Don’t forget if you sign in, you can score points to see if you can get your club, your country and your name to the top of our leaderboard.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
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30/08/2022
points
Hi :)
Gabriel's favorite team is Chelsea with the Special One (Jose Mourinho)...
30/08/2022 08:50
Arsenal
566
Hi :)
Gabriel's favorite team is Chelsea with the Special One (Jose Mourinho)...
08/06/2021
points
WHAT DO YOU THINK
1-He was manager of half season-:)
2-Talent,intelligent and scorer.
3-Many.
GABRIEL’S TEAM -- Chelsea
PHRASES
• Being elegant or humble don't always mean being eloquent speaker. It's needed more than these features. First impression or being able to convey opinions across to the audiences very clearly is another aspect of this topic.
• Incompetent and greedy people generally have no awareness of their ability so they aren't realistic and want get promoted even the task isn’t suitable for them in working life.
P.S.
• A pundit's wishes for his favourite striker-:) Literally; "I wish you an unobstructed way and all your shots be goals"
08/06/2021 13:04
Tottenham Hotspur
5560
WHAT DO YOU THINK
1-He was manager of half season-:)
2-Talent,intelligent and scorer.
3-Many.
GABRIEL’S TEAM -- Chelsea
PHRASES
• Being elegant or humble don't always mean being eloquent speaker. It's needed more than these features. First impression or being able to convey opinions across to the audiences very clearly is another aspect of this topic.
• Incompetent and greedy people generally have no awareness of their ability so they aren't realistic and want get promoted even the task isn’t suitable for them in working life.
P.S.
• A pundit's wishes for his favourite striker-:) Literally; "I wish you an unobstructed way and all your shots be goals"
01/11/2020
points
Jürgen Klopp
purposeful
highly talented
hardworking
01/11/2020 13:03
Manchester United
58
Jürgen Klopp
purposeful
highly talented
hardworking
06/05/2020
points
Gabriel's favourite team is Chelsea because of the special one and the player of the season :)
06/05/2020 00:04
Manchester United
6539
Gabriel's favourite team is Chelsea because of the special one and the player of the season :)
06/05/2020
points
I don't agree with Rich because I think our United will win 2-0
06/05/2020 00:03
Manchester United
6539
I don't agree with Rich because I think our United will win 2-0
06/05/2020
points
yes I learned the new adjective ( eloquent )
I will use it in my speech from now on
06/05/2020 00:02
Manchester United
6539
yes I learned the new adjective ( eloquent )
I will use it in my speech from now on
06/05/2020
points
My favourite player is David Beckham and Marcus Rashford
Beckham Rashford
Handsome Fast
Skillful Kind
Humanitarian Lethal
06/05/2020 00:01
Manchester United
6539
My favourite player is David Beckham and Marcus Rashford
Beckham Rashford
Handsome Fast
Skillful Kind
Humanitarian Lethal
06/05/2020
points
Louis Van Gaal
Intelligent
Arrogant
Firm
06/05/2020 00:00
Manchester United
6539
Louis Van Gaal
Intelligent
Arrogant
Firm
05/04/2019
points
Gabriel supports for Chelsea
05/04/2019 21:51
Leeds United
5086
Gabriel supports for Chelsea
29/09/2017
points
Jurgen Klopp is very emotional when his team scores.
29/09/2017 15:37
Arsenal
2337
Jurgen Klopp is very emotional when his team scores.
30/01/2017
points
this is interesting
30/01/2017 19:10
Manchester United
684
this is interesting
30/01/2017
points
not bad at that time
30/01/2017 19:09
Manchester United
684
not bad at that time
26/07/2016
points
Dynamic Wayne Rooney
26/07/2016 12:40
Manchester United
4779
Dynamic Wayne Rooney
26/07/2016
points
Charismatic manager
26/07/2016 12:38
Manchester United
4779
Charismatic manager
03/06/2016
points
Charismatic December Ayew
03/06/2016 20:38
Manchester United
4779
Charismatic December Ayew
03/06/2016
points
Gentle coach
03/06/2016 20:37
Manchester United
4779
Gentle coach
05/04/2016
points
He is passionate,humble,smart.
05/04/2016 15:41
Liverpool
3705
He is passionate,humble,smart.
05/03/2016
points
He is brave,intelligent and like emperor.
He is ambitious,clever,hardworking.
It's eloquent.
05/03/2016 05:31
Leicester City
1761
He is brave,intelligent and like emperor.
He is ambitious,clever,hardworking.
It's eloquent.
12/12/2015
points
I hope that I will win this award,,
The club that the young fan supports is Chelsea ( the blues)
12/12/2015 15:21
Manchester United
1
I hope that I will win this award,,
The club that the young fan supports is Chelsea ( the blues)
25/11/2015
points
Chelsea FC Jose Mourinho special one, Eden Hazard Belgian winger
25/11/2015 18:49
Arsenal
7
Chelsea FC Jose Mourinho special one, Eden Hazard Belgian winger
17/11/2015
points
Arsene Wenger is more intelligent. This how I can describe him.
17/11/2015 09:11
Arsenal
2320
Arsene Wenger is more intelligent. This how I can describe him.
09/11/2015
points
Chelsea F.C.
09/11/2015 07:38
Liverpool
6578
Chelsea F.C.
28/10/2015
points
Chelsea FC, and the special one is Mourinho
28/10/2015 23:39
Manchester United
5
Chelsea FC, and the special one is Mourinho
24/10/2015
points
Manchester United!
24/10/2015 12:09
Manchester United
5
Manchester United!
25/10/2015
points
I think you might have written this on the wrong page! Try podcast 22. Good luck! Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
25/10/2015 19:51
Liverpool
594
I think you might have written this on the wrong page! Try podcast 22. Good luck! Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
21/10/2015
points
The special one is José Mourinho
21/10/2015 22:37
Chelsea
1
The special one is José Mourinho
21/10/2015
points
Chelsea FC
21/10/2015 16:05
Manchester United
5
Chelsea FC
21/10/2015
points
I have a question , I have answered all the exercises correctly so why I'm second on the table ?
21/10/2015 12:58
Chelsea
1814
I have a question , I have answered all the exercises correctly so why I'm second on the table ?
21/10/2015
points
Hi Abdallah, Yes, you have done exceptionally well. Congratulations! There are a couple of possible reasons for the difference (it's only 2 points at the moment), it could be the number of comments that have been written by you and Shefeek, or maybe you have missed one of the exercises, although you do seem to have done most of them!
21/10/2015 14:40
Liverpool
594
Hi Abdallah, Yes, you have done exceptionally well. Congratulations! There are a couple of possible reasons for the difference (it's only 2 points at the moment), it could be the number of comments that have been written by you and Shefeek, or maybe you have missed one of the exercises, although you do seem to have done most of them!
21/10/2015
points
So do I get points for commenting ?
21/10/2015 23:16
Chelsea
1814
So do I get points for commenting ?
22/10/2015
points
Yes, you are now top of the leaderboard by 1 point ! Congratulations!!
22/10/2015 08:16
Liverpool
594
Yes, you are now top of the leaderboard by 1 point ! Congratulations!!
20/10/2015
points
The answer is Chelsea fc ,well i don't have any favourite team "i'm a girl :D" my brother does, he likes manchester utd
20/10/2015 23:19
Chelsea
1
The answer is Chelsea fc ,well i don't have any favourite team "i'm a girl :D" my brother does, he likes manchester utd
20/10/2015
points
Chelsea are a great team
20/10/2015 21:58
Arsenal
9
Chelsea are a great team
20/10/2015
points
Today's my team competition is about Chelsea. It can be known from the phrase 'special one'
20/10/2015 04:53
Manchester United
153
Today's my team competition is about Chelsea. It can be known from the phrase 'special one'
19/10/2015
points
chealsea fc
19/10/2015 23:48
Manchester United
1
chealsea fc
19/10/2015
points
the team is Chelsea, jack and rich i think the competition this season will be triple between Arsenal and Manchester United and City in the end which is my opinion it's all about who have strong bench.
which City get one
19/10/2015 21:20
Arsenal
14
the team is Chelsea, jack and rich i think the competition this season will be triple between Arsenal and Manchester United and City in the end which is my opinion it's all about who have strong bench.
which City get one
19/10/2015
points
Chelsea FC, which is gabriel's favorite team
19/10/2015 14:51
Chelsea
3
Chelsea FC, which is gabriel's favorite team
19/10/2015
points
Hi, my name is Khanh, I come from Vietnam. I would like to answer the Gabriel's question that his team is Chelsea. I hope that this is correct answer.
19/10/2015 13:33
Chelsea
3
Hi, my name is Khanh, I come from Vietnam. I would like to answer the Gabriel's question that his team is Chelsea. I hope that this is correct answer.
19/10/2015
points
Hi
19/10/2015 13:16
Crystal Palace
18
Hi
19/10/2015
points
The correct answer is Chelsea.
19/10/2015 11:59
Chelsea
68
The correct answer is Chelsea.
19/10/2015
points
Answer on "What's my team?" riddle is Chelsea!
My favourite team is Manchester United, so I could describe our manager as very strong and intelligent man.
It's a little bit to late to give a prediction for last Saturdays match, but I believed that Manchester United will win and they did! And that's what real fans do - always believe in their team! ;-)
19/10/2015 10:59
Manchester United
77
Answer on "What's my team?" riddle is Chelsea!
My favourite team is Manchester United, so I could describe our manager as very strong and intelligent man.
It's a little bit to late to give a prediction for last Saturdays match, but I believed that Manchester United will win and they did! And that's what real fans do - always believe in their team! ;-)
19/10/2015
points
Chelsea; I am fresh in this, I just signed up and so I still may not know how everything goes, but however it is interesting. I hope I will improve my English in the future since that is my goal. I decided to put this answer here although I didn't understand if this was the right place to. And yeah, your fan's team is Chelsea, It was their first league title since 2010, and Eden Hazard was the Premier League’s Player of the season.
19/10/2015 02:42
Arsenal
298
Chelsea; I am fresh in this, I just signed up and so I still may not know how everything goes, but however it is interesting. I hope I will improve my English in the future since that is my goal. I decided to put this answer here although I didn't understand if this was the right place to. And yeah, your fan's team is Chelsea, It was their first league title since 2010, and Eden Hazard was the Premier League’s Player of the season.
18/10/2015
points
I think Chelsea's manager is neither humble nor eloquent, but he is, as he said, the best option for the Chelsea. There are similar managers but none is clearly better than Mourinho. I would describe him as ''apropiate'' as it is, actually, what Mourinho is. My favourite player is Costa, who, in my opinion, has an amazing ability for fixing terrible situations, as he showed us in the Chelsea-Aston villa, where he saved both Chelsea and Mourinho. Finally I agree with Rich, but probably because im not very fan of Manchester United.
18/10/2015 20:57
Chelsea
6
I think Chelsea's manager is neither humble nor eloquent, but he is, as he said, the best option for the Chelsea. There are similar managers but none is clearly better than Mourinho. I would describe him as ''apropiate'' as it is, actually, what Mourinho is. My favourite player is Costa, who, in my opinion, has an amazing ability for fixing terrible situations, as he showed us in the Chelsea-Aston villa, where he saved both Chelsea and Mourinho. Finally I agree with Rich, but probably because im not very fan of Manchester United.
18/10/2015
points
The answer is Chelsea. And I want to say that Chelsea is my favourite team.
18/10/2015 20:11
Chelsea
68
The answer is Chelsea. And I want to say that Chelsea is my favourite team.
18/10/2015
points
Chelsea and their winger Eden Hazard!
18/10/2015 18:06
Arsenal
379
Chelsea and their winger Eden Hazard!
18/10/2015
points
Gabriel's favourite club is Chelsea
My favourite club's manager is Roberto Mancini . Mancini is hardworking because he took Fc Internazionale from a team fighting for a spot in the Europa League to a team fighting for the tittle . He is also known as a supportive manager who during his time at Inter was known for giving opportunities to young players.
My favourite player is Joao Miranda . He is fast , strong and also has leadershipping qualities .
No , I didn't learn any new words from the podcast
No , because United is obviously in a better form than everton
18/10/2015 17:55
Crystal Palace
18
Gabriel's favourite club is Chelsea
My favourite club's manager is Roberto Mancini . Mancini is hardworking because he took Fc Internazionale from a team fighting for a spot in the Europa League to a team fighting for the tittle . He is also known as a supportive manager who during his time at Inter was known for giving opportunities to young players.
My favourite player is Joao Miranda . He is fast , strong and also has leadershipping qualities .
No , I didn't learn any new words from the podcast
No , because United is obviously in a better form than everton
18/10/2015
points
Gabriel Team is Chelsea where Eden Hazard from Belgium as winger
18/10/2015 17:47
Liverpool
29
Gabriel Team is Chelsea where Eden Hazard from Belgium as winger
18/10/2015
points
I'm so happy to be back! This web site is one of the best. 'Coz here you can not only learn English language but also enjoy as a football fan. Thank you very uch for that. And my answer for the competition is "A boy is talking about Chelsea Football Club"
Regards Mirzohid
18/10/2015 17:01
Manchester City
813
I'm so happy to be back! This web site is one of the best. 'Coz here you can not only learn English language but also enjoy as a football fan. Thank you very uch for that. And my answer for the competition is "A boy is talking about Chelsea Football Club"
Regards Mirzohid
18/10/2015
points
Competition: FC Chelsea
My club manager is quite energetic and kind of fresh blood because he is just 28. He doesn’t have so much experience so sometimes he makes hot headed decisions when we are losing a match.
Eloquent is a word I have learnt.
Manchester lost the last match in Liverpool so I think it cannot repeat again because United is much stronger and better prepared for the matches than last year.
18/10/2015 16:44
Manchester United
41
Competition: FC Chelsea
My club manager is quite energetic and kind of fresh blood because he is just 28. He doesn’t have so much experience so sometimes he makes hot headed decisions when we are losing a match.
Eloquent is a word I have learnt.
Manchester lost the last match in Liverpool so I think it cannot repeat again because United is much stronger and better prepared for the matches than last year.
18/10/2015
points
Gabriel is obviously Chelsea's fan. I was late to make prediction for yesterday's match. I watch that match and Manchester Utd. were beat Everton on the Goodison Park and Wayne Rooney was scored against his former club, but didn't celebrating that scoring. It's left to me to make prediction for remains matches. I give advantage, in both case, to hosts. Newcastle-Norwich 2-0 and Swansea will beat Stoke with 2-1 exact score.
18/10/2015 13:46
West Ham United
538
Gabriel is obviously Chelsea's fan. I was late to make prediction for yesterday's match. I watch that match and Manchester Utd. were beat Everton on the Goodison Park and Wayne Rooney was scored against his former club, but didn't celebrating that scoring. It's left to me to make prediction for remains matches. I give advantage, in both case, to hosts. Newcastle-Norwich 2-0 and Swansea will beat Stoke with 2-1 exact score.