And this month, we have a big sports event going on: Women?s World Cup! ORIGINAL VIDEO
TRUE OR FALSE:
1. This edition of the women?s world cup as big as the past one.
2. This is the biggest sports event of all times exclusively for female athletes.
3. Social media is playing a fundamental part in bringing more visibility to women?s football.
4. Lyon has won the last 13 French championships.
5.The best female player in the world is from Norway.
MATCH:
1. The world's best female footballers have
2. As the quality has risen
3. Trophy holders and favorites are the United States
4. Are you looking forward
5. It's up to other players to take this opportunity
a) to show just how far women's football has come.
b) their biggest stage yet
c) to the Women's World Cup?
d) who won the first World Cup in 1991
e) so has the interest from broadcasters and sponsors
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ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT
The world's best female footballers have their biggest stage yet: the World Cup in
France - 24 teams 52 games and 9 venues
It's a bigger deal than the last Women's World Cup in Canada four years ago.
This is the biggest ever sports event for women alone. FIFA know it needs to be a game-changer.
I want to harness the energy of the millions of women and girls around the world who will tune in to watch the FIFA Women's World Cup and be inspired by the world-class players.
As the quality has risen so has the interest from broadcasters and sponsors - around a million tickets sold already.
Finally players are getting the recognition they deserve. Social media is playing a significant part, though the German team ranked 2 in the world, now there's still work to do.
Trophy holders and favorites are the United States who won the first World Cup in 1991 to a lukewarm response. In 2019 competition will be fierce but there's still a gap to bridge to the men's game who received ten times more prize money.
Former United States star Hopes Solo called it discrimination.
Others say it shouldn't spoil the positive tone around the event.
The buzz coming in for this one just it's setting a standard really before even the first game is even kicked off people are planning viewing parties they already know what time the kickoffs are gonna be and just the investment and the buzz around this one it's gonna be the biggest one yet
Are you looking forward to the Women's World Cup, are you gonna be watching?
Yeah, of course, of course, I?m gonna be there for the opening
Host nation France have a chance of emulating the men's team that beat the world in Russia last year. The Netherlands are European champions and expected to be strong along with England. Canada and Japan
And then in a month's time the semi-finals and the final of the tournament will be played here at the home of Olympique Lyonnais.
Lyon is the current epicenter of women's football.
French champions for the last 13 years in succession; European champions the past four.
Lyon?s Ada Hegerberg is the world's best player but the Norwegian won't be at the World Cup. She quit the national team over concern female players are not respected there.
It's a call she still fights for. It's up to other players to take this opportunity to show just how far women's football has come.
Lee Wellings - Al Jazeera at the Women's World Cup in France.
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PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION
As melhores jogadoras de futebol do mundo têm sua maior fase: a Copa do Mundo de
França - 24 equipes 52 jogos e 9 locais
É um negócio maior do que a última Copa do Mundo Feminina no Canadá, há quatro anos.
Este é o maior evento esportivo de todas as mulheres. A FIFA sabe que precisa ser uma mudança de jogo.
Eu quero aproveitar a energia de milhões de mulheres e meninas ao redor do mundo que vão assistir a Copa do Mundo Feminina da FIFA e se inspirar nos jogadores de classe mundial.
Como a qualidade aumentou, o interesse de emissoras e patrocinadores também aumentou - cerca de um milhão de ingressos já foram vendidos.
Finalmente os jogadores estão recebendo o reconhecimento que merecem. A mídia social está desempenhando um papel importante, embora a equipe alemã tenha ficado em segundo lugar no ranking mundial, agora ainda há trabalho a ser feito.
Os detentores de troféus e favoritos são os Estados Unidos que venceram a primeira Copa do Mundo em 1991, com uma resposta morna. Em 2019, a competição será acirrada, mas ainda há uma lacuna a ser vencida no jogo masculino, que recebeu dez vezes mais prêmios em dinheiro.
O ex-astro norte-americano Hopes Solo chamou isso de discriminação.
Outros dizem que não deve estragar o tom positivo em torno do evento.
O burburinho vindo para este aqui está estabelecendo um padrão realmente antes mesmo do primeiro jogo ser lançado As pessoas estão planejando ver as festas que já sabem a que horas serão as partidas e apenas o investimento e o burburinho em torno deste será o maior até hoje.
Você está ansioso para a Copa do Mundo Feminina, você vai estar assistindo?
Sim, claro, claro, eu vou estar lá para a abertura
O país-sede da França tem a chance de imitar a equipe masculina que derrotou o mundo na Rússia no ano passado. A Holanda é campeã européia e deve ser forte junto com a Inglaterra, Canadá e Japão.
E, dentro de um mês, as semifinais e a final do torneio serão disputadas aqui, na casa do Olympique Lyonnais.
O Lyon é o atual epicentro do futebol feminino.
Campeões franceses nos últimos 13 anos consecutivos; campeões europeus nos últimos quatro.
Ada Hegerberg, do Lyon, é a melhor jogadora do mundo, mas a norueguesa não estará na Copa do Mundo. Ela deixou a seleção por preocupação que as jogadoras não são respeitadas lá.
É uma causa pela qual ela ainda luta. Cabe a outras jogadoras aproveitar esta oportunidade para mostrar o quão longe o futebol feminino chegou.
Lee Wellings - Al Jazeera na Copa do Mundo Feminina na França.
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VOCABULARY
VENUE - local
TO HARNESS - atrelar, equipar, aproveitar
TO TUNE IN - sintonizar
LUKEWARM - morna, sem empolgação
FIERCE - acirrada, forte
BUZZ - burburinho
KICK OFF - pontapé inicial, lançamento
NATIONAL TEAM - seleção, time nacional
CONCERN - preocupação
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FILL IN THE GAPS:
The world's best female footballers have their biggest stage yet: the World Cup in
France - 24 teams 52 games and 9 1.___
It's a bigger deal than the last Women's World Cup in Canada four years 2.___ .
This is the biggest ever sports event for women 3.___ . FIFA know it needs to be a game-changer.
I want to harness the energy of the millions of women and girls around the world who will 4.___ in to watch the FIFA Women's World Cup and be inspired by the world-class players.
As the quality has risen so 5.___ the interest from broadcasters and sponsors - around a million tickets sold already.
Finally players are getting the recognition they 6.___ . Social media is playing a significant part, though the German team ranked 2 in the world, now there's still work to do.
Trophy 7.___ and favorites are the United States who won the first World Cup in 1991 to a lukewarm response. In 2019, competition will be fierce but there's still a gap to 8.___ to the men's game who received ten times more prize money.
Former United States star Hopes Solo 9.___ it discrimination.
Others say it shouldn't spoil the positive 10.___ around the event.
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ANSWERS:
TRUE OR FALSE: 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.T 5.T
MATCH: 1.b 2.e 3.d 4.c 5.a
FILL IN THE GAPS:
1.venues
2.ago
3.alone
4.tune
5.has
6.deserve
7.holders
8.bridge
9.called
10.tone
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