Podcast 43 - Favourite Words
Podcast 43 - Favourite Words
In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about all the latest news from the Premier League and some of their favourite football words and phrases. The language focus is on circumlocution strategies, which are skills that you use to describe a word that you don't know in English.
Transcript: If the listening is difficult, use the transcript to help you understand.
Read and listen at the same time.
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 some of our favourite football words and phrases, the latest news from the Premier League and the language focus is on circumlocution skills,
Jack: What?
Rich: more simply, the skills and strategies you can use to explain a word that you don’t know.
Jack: And later, we have another vote for you to take part in and Rich will make another Premier League prediction.
Rich: No I won’t...
Jack: No you won’t! There are no Premier League matches this weekend. Instead, maybe you can predict the teams that will finish in the top four? What do you think?
Rich: I think I can have a go at that.
Social
Jack: Last week we asked you to vote for the player that you thought would win this season’s Golden Boot, which is the award or prize that goes to the player who scores the most Premier League goals.
Rich: We gave you 5 players to choose from but there are only 2 players that you think are in the race; Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Tottenham’s Harry Kane.
Jack: 46% of you went for Kane and 38% of you chose Vardy as your winner. Harry Kane added 2? more goals against Bournemouth this weekend and is now in front but Riyad Mahrez scored again and is chasing the Tottenham striker maybe there will be a surprise at the end of the season?
Rich: Last week we also spoke about the best goalscorers in the Premier League. Kwesimanifest from Ghana thinks that the player who scores the most is the best goalscorer but SalvaGH from Spain, HassanRaja447 from Pakistan and Elghoul from Algeria say that this doesn’t mean that he is the best striker. SalvaGH thinks the best striker is Sergio Aguero. Is there a difference between the best goalscorer and the best striker?
Jack: I think so. Maybe a striker scores a lot of penalties, as Alex from Ukraine mentions, which makes a difference to the goals he scores. Also to be a good striker includes other skills like holding the ball up for teammates and getting assists for goals, too.
Rich: We didn’t only speak about strikers, we asked for your best players in positions all over the pitch. There was a lot of love for Arsenal’s Petr Cech in goal and Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez.
Jack: HakanUslu1881 talked about Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen in defence. I think he’s had a great season.
Rich: Dmitri Payet at West Ham, too. He’s been playing out of his skin!
Jack: ‘Out of his skin’ - what a great phrase! It’s an idiom or expression to mean to play as well as you possibly can. The whole Leicester team have been playing out of their skins this season.
Rich: I have to agree with that.
Latest news
Jack: What’s been happening in the Premier League this week, Rich?
Rich: There was a lot of action at the top and bottom of the Premier League last weekend. Leicester won away at Crystal Palace. Jamie Vardy crossing for Riyad Mahrez to score the only goal of the game.
Jack: Those two are unbelievable.
Rich: And the defence is magnificent, too. That’s four 1-0 wins in their last five matches.
Jack: And who are chasing the Foxes?
Rich: Arsenal got back to winning ways with a 2-0 win at Everton, Spurs ………. And Man derby match?????
Jack: And it’s getting exciting at the bottom, too.
Rich: Aston Villa are nearly gone after a 1-0 defeat to Swansea but Norwich are still fighting after a 1-0 win away to West Brom and Newcastle and Sunderland ….????? In the Tyne Wear Derby.
Jack: Derby matches are great. The matches are always played at 100 miles an hour and the form book often goes out the window in these matches.
Rich: A couple of great phrases to describe derby matches there, Jack. The match is played at 100 miles an hour, this means that the match is played very quickly, there is not much time on the ball and there are lots of tackles. I don’t know why players still play like this in Derby matches. I think it might be the atmosphere in the stadium - they know how important matches these matches are.
Jack: The phrase ‘the formbook goes out of the window’ is often used about derby matches and means that it doesn’t matter where the teams are in the table or what results the teams have had recently, either team can win. Before this weekend, Sunderland had won 6 consecutive Tyne Wear Derby matches against Newcastle and they were nearly always below them in the table.
Rich: These phrases are great and in this week’s language focus we’re going to talk about some of our favourite football words and phrases.
Language focus
Jack: Right, we’re going to play a little game and I hope it will be fun and also help you a little when you need to say something in English but you don’t know the word.
Rich: We’re going to describe one of our favourite football words or phrases and you have to guess what the word is.
Jack: To describe each word we use relative clauses and some other phrases. Look at the explanations and activities on the page under this podcast if you’re not sure about how to use relative clauses and pronouns.
Rich: Remember there are always explanations and activities to help you understand the podcast on the website.
Jack: Right! It’s your job to guess the word and write your answers in the comments section below.
Rich: But, we’ll probably cover up your answers in the comments
Rich: so it gives everyone time to guess. Shall we do that, Rich?
Rich: Yes, I think that’s probably the best way.
Jack: What’s your first word or phrase, Rich?
Rich: It’s a word rather than a phrase and one of my favourite football actions. The word is
Rich: Ohh, I’ve just thought of another one. It’s a bit difficult but let’s have a go. ‘Hairdryer treatment’.
Jack: Right, if you know any of the answers to our favourite football words and phrases, put them in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
Rich: We’d also like you to play the same game. Tell us about one of your favourite football words or phrases and describe it in the comments section.
Jack: Everybody else can guess what the word or phrase is, so don’t write it in your comment! You can tell us later in the wee if anybody gets it right!
Rich: And, if you want to learn more about circumlocution strategies, you can check out The English Game which is our video series on Premier Skills English that follows English learners from around the world as they do different challenges. I’ve put a link to the episode in the supermarket that focuses on these strategies.
Prediction
Jack: So there are no Premier League matches this week because of the international break. So, with there only being 7 or 8 matches left for most teams, how do you think the Premier League will finish, Rich? What are your predictions for the top 4?
Rich: Leicester, Spurs, Arsenal, Man City and Aston Villa, Sunderland, Norwich and Newcastle.
Jack: You heard it here first. You probably don’t need to watch the rest of the games this season!
Rich: Right, anyway that’s it for today - we’ve run out of time! Thanks for listening. And don’t forget to write your answers to our football vocabulary game, make your predictions and comment on anything you want to say about the website or football English in the message section below.
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!
How much did you understand?
Vocabulary
In this podcast, Rich and Jack used some vocabulary that might be new for you. Try the activity below to see how much you understand:
"Dmitri Payet is playing out of his skin at West Ham."
"In derby matches, the form book goes out the window."
Activity 1: In this activity, have a look at the vocabulary and try to match it to the correct definition.
Can you match the words to their definitions?
Harry Kane scored twice against Bournemouth and is now the Premier League's top scorer.
Language - Circumlocution Strategies
In the podcast, Jack and Rich spoke about some of their favourite football words and phrases and played a game where you had to guess what they were speaking about. In this game, they used phrases to describe the words. These phrases often used relative clauses that usually begin with relative pronouns such as; which, that, who and where etc. Using relative clauses is very important, especially if you need to describe a word that you don't know in English. Have a look at these examples from the podcast:
"A ***** is an object which is used by a baby to suck on."
"To **** *** *** is a phrase that means to defend a lot with all the team."
We use different relative pronouns or adverbs for different reasons. When we are talking about people we can use 'that' or 'who'. Have a look the table below for some more relative pronouns and when we use them.
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Relative Pronoun/Adverb
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When do we use it?
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Example
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that
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To talk about things and people.
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The captain is the player that talks to the referee.
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which
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To talk about things.
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A dummy is a type of football action which is done without touching the ball.
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who
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To talk about people.
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The referee is the man who makes all the decisions.
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where
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To talk about places.
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The centre circle is where the match kicks off.
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when
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To talk about time.
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Injury time is when a lot of goals are scored.
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There are other phrases we can also use to describe things if we don't know the word. Take a look at these sentences from the podcast:
"It's a type of football action which I love to see on the pitch."
"It's made of plastic and babies put it in their mouths."
If you want to practise this more, have a go at the activity below or check out our Learn English Grammar Pages.
Activity 2: One way to describe something you're not sure about is by using relative clauses and pronouns. Do you know how to use relative pronouns correctly? In this activity, write the correct relative pronoun; which, that, who, whose, when or where.
Which relative pronoun is correct?
Riyad Mahrez scored the winner for Leicester against Watford to keep them at the top of the Premier League.
Transcript: If the listening is difficult, use the transcript to help you understand.
Read and listen at the same time.
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 some of our favourite football words and phrases, the latest news from the Premier League and the language focus is on circumlocution skills,
Jack: What?
Rich: more simply, the skills and strategies you can use to explain a word that you don’t know.
Jack: And later, we have another vote for you to take part in and Rich will make another Premier League prediction.
Rich: No I won’t...
Jack: No you won’t! There are no Premier League matches this weekend. Instead, maybe you can predict the teams that will finish in the top four? What do you think?
Rich: I think I can have a go at that.
Social
Jack: Last week we asked you to vote for the player that you thought would win this season’s Golden Boot, which is the award or prize that goes to the player who scores the most Premier League goals.
Rich: We gave you 5 players to choose from but there are only 2 players that you think are in the race; Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Tottenham’s Harry Kane.
Jack: 46% of you went for Kane and 38% of you chose Vardy as your winner. Harry Kane added 2? more goals against Bournemouth this weekend and is now in front but Riyad Mahrez scored again and is chasing the Tottenham striker maybe there will be a surprise at the end of the season?
Rich: Last week we also spoke about the best goalscorers in the Premier League. Kwesimanifest from Ghana thinks that the player who scores the most is the best goalscorer but SalvaGH from Spain, HassanRaja447 from Pakistan and Elghoul from Algeria say that this doesn’t mean that he is the best striker. SalvaGH thinks the best striker is Sergio Aguero. Is there a difference between the best goalscorer and the best striker?
Jack: I think so. Maybe a striker scores a lot of penalties, as Alex from Ukraine mentions, which makes a difference to the goals he scores. Also to be a good striker includes other skills like holding the ball up for teammates and getting assists for goals, too.
Rich: We didn’t only speak about strikers, we asked for your best players in positions all over the pitch. There was a lot of love for Arsenal’s Petr Cech in goal and Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez.
Jack: HakanUslu1881 talked about Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen in defence. I think he’s had a great season.
Rich: Dmitri Payet at West Ham, too. He’s been playing out of his skin!
Jack: ‘Out of his skin’ - what a great phrase! It’s an idiom or expression to mean to play as well as you possibly can. The whole Leicester team have been playing out of their skins this season.
Rich: I have to agree with that.
Latest news
Jack: What’s been happening in the Premier League this week, Rich?
Rich: There was a lot of action at the top and bottom of the Premier League last weekend. Leicester won away at Crystal Palace. Jamie Vardy crossing for Riyad Mahrez to score the only goal of the game.
Jack: Those two are unbelievable.
Rich: And the defence is magnificent, too. That’s four 1-0 wins in their last five matches.
Jack: And who are chasing the Foxes?
Rich: Arsenal got back to winning ways with a 2-0 win at Everton, Spurs ………. And Man derby match?????
Jack: And it’s getting exciting at the bottom, too.
Rich: Aston Villa are nearly gone after a 1-0 defeat to Swansea but Norwich are still fighting after a 1-0 win away to West Brom and Newcastle and Sunderland ….????? In the Tyne Wear Derby.
Jack: Derby matches are great. The matches are always played at 100 miles an hour and the form book often goes out the window in these matches.
Rich: A couple of great phrases to describe derby matches there, Jack. The match is played at 100 miles an hour, this means that the match is played very quickly, there is not much time on the ball and there are lots of tackles. I don’t know why players still play like this in Derby matches. I think it might be the atmosphere in the stadium - they know how important matches these matches are.
Jack: The phrase ‘the formbook goes out of the window’ is often used about derby matches and means that it doesn’t matter where the teams are in the table or what results the teams have had recently, either team can win. Before this weekend, Sunderland had won 6 consecutive Tyne Wear Derby matches against Newcastle and they were nearly always below them in the table.
Rich: These phrases are great and in this week’s language focus we’re going to talk about some of our favourite football words and phrases.
Language focus
Jack: Right, we’re going to play a little game and I hope it will be fun and also help you a little when you need to say something in English but you don’t know the word.
Rich: We’re going to describe one of our favourite football words or phrases and you have to guess what the word is.
Jack: To describe each word we use relative clauses and some other phrases. Look at the explanations and activities on the page under this podcast if you’re not sure about how to use relative clauses and pronouns.
Rich: Remember there are always explanations and activities to help you understand the podcast on the website.
Jack: Right! It’s your job to guess the word and write your answers in the comments section below.
Rich: But, we’ll probably cover up your answers in the comments
Rich: so it gives everyone time to guess. Shall we do that, Rich?
Rich: Yes, I think that’s probably the best way.
Jack: What’s your first word or phrase, Rich?
Rich: It’s a word rather than a phrase and one of my favourite football actions. The word is
Rich: Ohh, I’ve just thought of another one. It’s a bit difficult but let’s have a go. ‘Hairdryer treatment’.
Jack: Right, if you know any of the answers to our favourite football words and phrases, put them in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
Rich: We’d also like you to play the same game. Tell us about one of your favourite football words or phrases and describe it in the comments section.
Jack: Everybody else can guess what the word or phrase is, so don’t write it in your comment! You can tell us later in the wee if anybody gets it right!
Rich: And, if you want to learn more about circumlocution strategies, you can check out The English Game which is our video series on Premier Skills English that follows English learners from around the world as they do different challenges. I’ve put a link to the episode in the supermarket that focuses on these strategies.
Prediction
Jack: So there are no Premier League matches this week because of the international break. So, with there only being 7 or 8 matches left for most teams, how do you think the Premier League will finish, Rich? What are your predictions for the top 4?
Rich: Leicester, Spurs, Arsenal, Man City and Aston Villa, Sunderland, Norwich and Newcastle.
Jack: You heard it here first. You probably don’t need to watch the rest of the games this season!
Rich: Right, anyway that’s it for today - we’ve run out of time! Thanks for listening. And don’t forget to write your answers to our football vocabulary game, make your predictions and comment on anything you want to say about the website or football English in the message section below.
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!
Quiz
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What do you think?
In this week’s podcast we spoke about our favourite football words and phrases.
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Do you know what were the words and phrases Jack and Rich spoke about?
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Can you describe your favourite football words and phrases?
Remember, don't tell us the word that you are describing. Let everybody else guess!
Rich predicts that Leicester City will win the Premier League and Aston Villa, Norwich City and Sunderland will be relegated. Do you agree?
Remember to write your predictions and answers to the questions above in the comments section below. Good luck!
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26/03/2016
points
We'll let you know on Monday!
26/03/2016 16:02
Liverpool
594
We'll let you know on Monday!
23/03/2016
points
At this time of the season, I also have other predictions about the final top 4 in the Premier League in respect with the ones I did at the beginning of the season (most people will have different predictions as well, because it's been a strange and funny Premier League season, with quite a lot surprises).
And, I also predict the same top four as Rich does. So, Leicester will win the Premier League, which was unthinkable before the season started. We can see that everything can happen, although it's not done yet.
23/03/2016 11:09
Manchester City
841
At this time of the season, I also have other predictions about the final top 4 in the Premier League in respect with the ones I did at the beginning of the season (most people will have different predictions as well, because it's been a strange and funny Premier League season, with quite a lot surprises).
And, I also predict the same top four as Rich does. So, Leicester will win the Premier League, which was unthinkable before the season started. We can see that everything can happen, although it's not done yet.
22/03/2016
points
I agree with his champion prediction but I am not sure if Sunderland may will be relegated or not.It might be Newcastle United.
22/03/2016 23:26
Leicester City
1761
I agree with his champion prediction but I am not sure if Sunderland may will be relegated or not.It might be Newcastle United.
22/03/2016
points
Kick-off is used to talk about the start of an event.
22/03/2016 23:24
Leicester City
1761
Kick-off is used to talk about the start of an event.
23/03/2016
points
@HakanUslu1881, this is a nice one! I have learned it by doing the exercises on this site and it's a...kick-off))
23/03/2016 15:06
Arsenal
2453
@HakanUslu1881, this is a nice one! I have learned it by doing the exercises on this site and it's a...kick-off))
23/03/2016
points
@nikosonris me too :)
23/03/2016 22:12
Leicester City
1761
@nikosonris me too :)
22/03/2016
points
I don't know none of them.
22/03/2016 23:16
Leicester City
1761
I don't know none of them.
22/03/2016
points
I am 100% sure the first word is a 'dummy'.
22/03/2016 21:55
Arsenal
2453
I am 100% sure the first word is a 'dummy'.
23/03/2016
points
You're right on that one - I've censored your answer to give other people time to guess.
23/03/2016 10:58
Arsenal
560
You're right on that one - I've censored your answer to give other people time to guess.
22/03/2016
points
Personally I believe that commentators should not support any of the teams from the same country while broadcasting the sport events. If they are commenting objectively then we can say they didn't want to .... a .... during the match. What phrase has most often been used in this context?:-)
22/03/2016 21:47
Arsenal
3557
Personally I believe that commentators should not support any of the teams from the same country while broadcasting the sport events. If they are commenting objectively then we can say they didn't want to .... a .... during the match. What phrase has most often been used in this context?:-)
28/03/2016
points
@Aragorn1986 I'm really not sure about this one. When you say a commentator is objective you can say he or she is impartial or unbiased. They don't take sides. If I had to guess a phrase I would say 'they didn't want to favour a team during the match'? Am I right? Probably not........
28/03/2016 20:12
Liverpool
594
@Aragorn1986 I'm really not sure about this one. When you say a commentator is objective you can say he or she is impartial or unbiased. They don't take sides. If I had to guess a phrase I would say 'they didn't want to favour a team during the match'? Am I right? Probably not........
26/03/2016
points
I'm not sure about this one. Let's see if someone else can guess it. I'll let you know my answer on Monday!
26/03/2016 16:04
Liverpool
594
I'm not sure about this one. Let's see if someone else can guess it. I'll let you know my answer on Monday!
22/03/2016
points
Second phrase could be 'to push and run'?
22/03/2016 20:39
Arsenal
3557
Second phrase could be 'to push and run'?
26/03/2016
points
I think you should have another guess
.
26/03/2016 16:04
Liverpool
594
I think you should have another guess
.
22/03/2016
points
First word might be 'a thumb'.
22/03/2016 20:24
Arsenal
3557
First word might be 'a thumb'.
22/03/2016
points
Leicester might win the PL if they keep playing like this. Aston Villa, Newcastle and Sunderland will probably be playing in the Championship next year.
22/03/2016 20:09
Arsenal
3557
Leicester might win the PL if they keep playing like this. Aston Villa, Newcastle and Sunderland will probably be playing in the Championship next year.
22/03/2016
points
1.Perhaps hat-trick is one of them and "play all back" another. 2.Try to get the ball from another player. When the ball is kicked all around by several players in the penalty area. I agree with Rich for Leicester as the Premier League Champion but I am not sure that Sunderland will be relegated.
22/03/2016 12:12
Manchester City
3988
1.Perhaps hat-trick is one of them and "play all back" another. 2.Try to get the ball from another player. When the ball is kicked all around by several players in the penalty area. I agree with Rich for Leicester as the Premier League Champion but I am not sure that Sunderland will be relegated.
28/03/2016
points
@Elghoul I think your first word is 'tackle'! Am I right? I'm not sure about the second one but I'll have a guess. I think it's 'goalmouth scramble'. Let me know if I'm right?
28/03/2016 16:15
Liverpool
594
@Elghoul I think your first word is 'tackle'! Am I right? I'm not sure about the second one but I'll have a guess. I think it's 'goalmouth scramble'. Let me know if I'm right?
26/03/2016
points
Let me guess your words. The first one could be 'tackle' and the second one I would say is 'scrimmage'.
26/03/2016 17:54
Arsenal
2453
Let me guess your words. The first one could be 'tackle' and the second one I would say is 'scrimmage'.
28/03/2016
points
I'm not sure about scrimmage. From what I understand, this word is used in American football. I think (goalmouth) scramble would be a better phrase to use.
28/03/2016 17:37
Liverpool
594
I'm not sure about scrimmage. From what I understand, this word is used in American football. I think (goalmouth) scramble would be a better phrase to use.
26/03/2016
points
You've got the first one right! Try again at the others. I think I know the first one of yours but I'm not sure about the second one. Let's see if anybody else knows the answers, if not, I'll have a guess on Monday!
26/03/2016 16:06
Liverpool
594
You've got the first one right! Try again at the others. I think I know the first one of yours but I'm not sure about the second one. Let's see if anybody else knows the answers, if not, I'll have a guess on Monday!