Nov 30 2024 11 mins
Learn English Through Football Podcast: To Go Top
In this football language podcast we look at the phrase, 'to go top' and some of its variations. We also look back at some language from the latest round of Champions League games and look ahead to this season's Copa Libertadores final. We also look ahead to this weekend's football with our predictions competition - including the final of CONMEBOL's big club final and Der Klassiker from the Bundesliga. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at [email protected].
Hello
DF: You're listening to language caster's Learning English Through Football Podcast.
Hello everyone and welcome to the show for all those who love the beautiful game of football and who want to improve their English language skills. My name is Damian and I am based in London where the weather is cold - very cold! I wonder what the weather is like in Tokyo where the other member of the Languagecaster team Damon is based?
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Portuguese from Brazil)
Today's Show
DF: That message was from one of our listeners in Brazil - I know that he is a Vasco da Gama fan so I wonder which team he wants to win this season's Copa Libertadores final which takes place this weekend. We will be looking ahead (or previewing) that game a little later on in the show; when we will also hear from Damon with his predictions on that and three other big games from the weekend.
So, in addition to that stinger from the Brazilian football fan, we will have some more stingers, or messages, in different languages throughout today's show. See if you can guess what languages they are - we'll let you know at the end.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Spanish)
Right, on today's podcast, in addition to previewing the Copa Libertadores final, we will look at some language from this week's Champions League group stages: To blow a lead. And we will also explain the expression 'to go top' along with some variations of this phrase. We will also look ahead to some of the big games this weekend in our predictions competition including Der Klassiker which sees Borussia Dortmund host Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Dutch)
To Blow a Lead
http://gty.im/2187034462
Manchester City have been going through a bad run of form recently - five defeats in a row followed by a 3-3 home draw in the Champions League against Feyenoord and this means that we can say that City are in crisis. Remarkably, it looked as if they were going to break their poor run when they went three-nil up in the second half against their Dutch opponents on Wednesday. But they made mistakes, switched off and appeared to panic which allowed the Dutch side to stage an amazing
In this football language podcast we look at the phrase, 'to go top' and some of its variations. We also look back at some language from the latest round of Champions League games and look ahead to this season's Copa Libertadores final. We also look ahead to this weekend's football with our predictions competition - including the final of CONMEBOL's big club final and Der Klassiker from the Bundesliga. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at [email protected].
Hello
DF: You're listening to language caster's Learning English Through Football Podcast.
Hello everyone and welcome to the show for all those who love the beautiful game of football and who want to improve their English language skills. My name is Damian and I am based in London where the weather is cold - very cold! I wonder what the weather is like in Tokyo where the other member of the Languagecaster team Damon is based?
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Portuguese from Brazil)
Today's Show
DF: That message was from one of our listeners in Brazil - I know that he is a Vasco da Gama fan so I wonder which team he wants to win this season's Copa Libertadores final which takes place this weekend. We will be looking ahead (or previewing) that game a little later on in the show; when we will also hear from Damon with his predictions on that and three other big games from the weekend.
So, in addition to that stinger from the Brazilian football fan, we will have some more stingers, or messages, in different languages throughout today's show. See if you can guess what languages they are - we'll let you know at the end.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Spanish)
Right, on today's podcast, in addition to previewing the Copa Libertadores final, we will look at some language from this week's Champions League group stages: To blow a lead. And we will also explain the expression 'to go top' along with some variations of this phrase. We will also look ahead to some of the big games this weekend in our predictions competition including Der Klassiker which sees Borussia Dortmund host Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Dutch)
To Blow a Lead
http://gty.im/2187034462
Manchester City have been going through a bad run of form recently - five defeats in a row followed by a 3-3 home draw in the Champions League against Feyenoord and this means that we can say that City are in crisis. Remarkably, it looked as if they were going to break their poor run when they went three-nil up in the second half against their Dutch opponents on Wednesday. But they made mistakes, switched off and appeared to panic which allowed the Dutch side to stage an amazing