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ENW 266 Introduction

This week’s English News Weekly podcast reports on a

remarkable year for the sporting unlikely. This year, for the

first time in 25 years the Hiroshima Carp baseball team

reached the Japan Series. Their appearance was a big surprise

and this follows on from other shocks this sporting year.

Portugal, Leicester City, Chicago Cubs have all defied

expectations. Want to learn more?

English News Weekly will explain all…

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EPISODE 266

2016

The Year of the Underdog…Nearly!

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Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 1

Brainstorm Page 1

Sporting Shocks Page 1 / 2

Quiz | This Week Page 2

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words Page 3

True or False Page 3

Vocabulary |Synonyms Page 3

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story |397 Words Page 4

What Do You Think..? Page 4

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 5

A & Q Page 5

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 6

7 to Chinwag Page 6

Writing Activity Page 7

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 7

TV Links Page 8

The Answers Pages 8-10

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

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2016

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three?

Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Carp b) Fighters c) Sharks d) Tigers

My Reason… _____________________________________________________

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Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

|Underdog|

Warm Up | 3 Sporting Upsets

These are some of the biggest sporting shocks in history.

Match the event below with their year on page 2.

1: 2: 2016 3: 4: 5:

6: 7: 8: 9: 10:

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Sporting Events | Years & sport

Read the list of national anthems and then match them with the correct country.

A 1980 F 2009

B 1985 G 2015

C 1985 H 2015

D 1990 I 2016

E 1991 J 2016

K Baseball M Boxing O Golf Q Ice Hockey S UFC

L Basketball N Cricket P Football R Rugby T Tennis

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story.

Remember if you don’t know – use the internet to help or GUESS!

1: Which city is the Japanese baseball side – Carp based in?

A: Tokyo b: Fukuoka c: Hiroshima

2: Which European nation won the 2016 European football championships?

a: Germany b: Portugal c: France

3: Which two American cities are represented in the 2016 World Series?

a: Cleveland b: Chicago c: Boston

4: What Japanese company owns the Fighters baseball team in Sapporo?

a: Nippon Ham b: Yomiuri c: Rakuten

5: When was the last occasion that the Carp won the Japan Series?

a: 1984 b: 1987 c: 1990

6: What is the name of the mascot of the Carp baseball club?

a: Fanatic b: Slyly c: Mr. Red

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E1: What city did Buster Douglas defeat Mike Tyson in for the heavyweight boxing title?

a: Las Vegas b: New York c: Tokyo

E2: Which two nations played in ‘The Miracle on Ice’?

a: U.S.A b: Russia c: U.S.S.R.

E3: Which mascot below is the Carp baseball mascot?

a: b: c:

END OF PART 1

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| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story.

Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

trophy win the to country’s

beating shocks hosts included France

For international Sporting year Portugal

2016 - the Euro Other first

2 So Close. But Not Quite…

Other sporting shocks_ _______________________________________________________

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Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story ~ So Close…But Not Quite

Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 The Cubs are a MLB team based in the city of Boston. [T] [F]

2 The home stadium of the Hiroshima Carp is sponsored by Mazda. [T] [F]

3 Hiroshima Carp won the Pacific League by 17 games. [T] [F]

4 The Japan Series is a best of nine baseball game series. [T] [F]

5 The final game of the Japan series was played in October. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Antonyms

An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning.

Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right.

All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories.

1 Climax 6 Tipped A Bleak F Incredible

2 Snapped Up 7 Unbelievable B Undefeated G Pinnacle

3 Dark 8 Whitewashed C Number One H Dearth

4 Pitch 9 Droughts D Pushing Aside I Throw

5 Champions 10 Relegating E Signed J Predicted

END OF PART 2

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| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening So Close…But Not Quite

Which Word? | Help

Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding.

266 So Close…But Not Quite

1

For 25 years Hiroshima 1: Goat/Carp/Swallows fans have waited for their team to

reach the Japan Series – the climax to the professional baseball season. A club that

never signed free-agents and watched their best players be snapped up by bigger

and 2: richer/smaller/poorer rivals has led Carp fans to become a frustrated, if loyal

set of supporters. But finally this year, after so many dark years of

3: defeated/winning/losing campaigns the Carp reached the final series.

2

Sadly though, there was to be no fairy-tale end to the season and late on Staurday

October 29th, the 4: last/end/deadly pitch of the 2016 Japanese baseball season was

thrown from the mound in the Mazda Stadium. The Carp were 10-4 down and

losing 3-2 in the 7-Game series. There was to be no remarkable comeback, and when

the final batter was 5: bowled/caught/run-out it was the team from the very north of

Japan – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters who won the game and became Japanese

champions.

3

Yet the Carp’s season of unexpected success joins other sporting teams that won in

2016 despite not being tipped as potential champions. The biggest sporting shock of

year remains the 6: shocking/unbelievable/amazed title success of Leicester City in

the English Premier League. At the start of the season in August 2015 – the club from

the Midlands of England were 5,000 – 1 to win the title. Yet, the club created one of

the most remarkable achievements in 7: English/British/World sport by winning the

league title by 10 points.

4 Other sporting shocks for the year included Portugal beating hosts France to win

Euro 2016 – the country’s first international 8: trophy/cup/win. In rugby union,

England travelled to Australia and whitewashed the Wallabies 3-0 for the first time

in the country’s 145-year history. Whilst in Major League Baseball, two clubs with

longest droughts in history – the Chicago Clubs and the Cleveland Indians face off

in the 9: American/World/Baseball Series.

5 Despite losing the Japan series Carp fans can still take solace that for once this

season had not ended a month earlier as most of the previous 25 had. The club did

sweep the Central League, winning the division by a massive 10: 17/217/7 games and

relegating two of the richest ball clubs in Japan – the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri

Giants to also-rans. And, for the first time since 1991 the Central League Champions

Pennant will fly over the 32,000-seat Hiroshima Stadium. There is always next year…

[395 Words]

END OF PART 3

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| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story?

Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer.

If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

Q1 What year did Hiroshima Carp last win the Central Division?

Q2 What is the name of the baseball team from Hokkaido?

Q3 What is the capacity of the Hiroshima home stadium?

Q4 How many points did Leicester City win the EPL by?

Q5 Which country did England thrash in rugby union?

Q6 Who did Portugal beat in the final of Euro 2016?

E1 How many countries are in the news story?

E2 How many sporting teams are in the news story?

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story?

Read the answers below and write the correct question.

There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1 5,000 to 1. ______________________________________________?

A2 3-0. ______________________________________________?

A3 145 years. ______________________________________________?

A4 10-4 ______________________________________________?

A5 Indians. ______________________________________________?

END OF PART 4

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| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I Surprise & Disbelief Idioms

‘The English language has some interesting words and phrases that are used

to express surprise or disbelief.

Examples:

Bolt from the blue = Something that happened totally unexpectedly.

Caught unawares = To be surprised and unprepared for what happens.

Can you match the ‘phrase’’ with the correct meaning?

Surprise Idioms Meanings & Examples 1 Bolt from the blue A Look at something wide open and with surprise.

2 Credibility Gap B You are extremely scared or shocked.

3 Drop a bombshell C Someone is surprised or touched by something.

4 Do a double take D Emphasizes the fact that you’re extremely surprised.

5 Eyes on stalks E Surprised and unprepared for what happens.

6 Jaw drops F Interest, surprise or excitement for a short time.

7 Jump out of one's skin G Only when you see something do you believe in it.

8 Knock over with feather H Something that happened totally unexpectedly.

9 Nine-day wonder I Disbelief between what you believe and what is true.

10 Seeing is believing J Unable to speak due to shock, surprise or amazement

11 Words fail me K Make an unexpected / shocking announcement.

12 Struck dumb L A moment of complete and total amazement.

13 Caught Unawares M Looks again in surprise at something unexpected.

7 to Chinwag This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | So Close…But Not Quite

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1 What did you think of this week’s podcast topic when you first read it?

2 What is the biggest sporting upset you can recall? Why?

3 What do you think is the most boring sport to watch? Why?

4 Is it better to be an underdog or a favourite? Why?

5 What is you biggest sporting achievement? What happened?

6 What do you think is the most difficult sport to play? Why?

EX FREE QUESTION!

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Writing This Week

What is the biggest sporting upset that you can recall? Why? What happened?

What do you think of your country’s national anthem? Why?

If you could choose a new national anthem, what song would you choose? Why?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

END OF PART 5

And Finally | X & Z | A4 Did You Know…?

The End

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Visual | TV Links

You Tube | (USA) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=990hTidTzDs [06:19]

History of Baseball in Japan

You Tube| (USA) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeZHkbKR3Iw [01:37] Hiroshima Carp Song

You Tube | (USA)

3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfifC20Jzb8 [02:02]

Carp Fans Celebrate Winning Central League

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

C – Sharks A / B / D – are all professional Japanese baseball team names.

Warm Up 3 | Sporting Underdogs

1 – 2015 / R 2 – 2016 / P 3 – 1990 / M 4 – 2009 / N 5 – 1985 / T

6 – 2016 / K 7 – 1991 / O 8 – 1980 / Q 9 – 2015 / S 10 – 1985 / L

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – A 2 – B 3 – A + B 4 – A 5 – A 6 – B

E1 – C E2 – A + C E3 – C

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences

Other sporting shocks for the year included Portugal beating hosts France to win Euro 2016 –

the country’s first international trophy.

A2 True or False

1 – F 2 – T 3 – F 4 – F 5 – T

Synonyms

1 – G 2 – E 3 – A 4 – I 5 – C

6 – J 7 – F 8 – B 9 – H 10 – D

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Answers | Part 3 Listening

266 So Close…But Not Quite

1

For 25 years Hiroshima 1: Goat/Carp/Swallows fans have waited for their team to reach the Japan

Series – the climax to the professional baseball season. A club that never signed free-agents and

watched their best players be snapped up by bigger and 2: richer/smaller/poorer rivals has led Carp

fans to become a frustrated, if loyal set of supporters. But finally this year, after so many dark years

of 3: defeated/winning/losing campaigns the Carp reached the final series.

2

Sadly though, there was to be no fairy-tale end to the season and late on Staurday October 29th, the

4: last/end/deadly pitch of the 2016 Japanese baseball season was thrown from the mound in the

Mazda Stadium. The Carp were 10-4 down and losing 3-2 in the 7-Game series. There was to be no

remarkable comeback, and when the final batter was 5: bowled/caught/run-out it was the team from

the very north of Japan – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters who won the game and became Japanese

champions.

3

Yet the Carp’s season of unexpected success joins other sporting teams that won in 2016 despite not

being tipped as potential champions. The biggest sporting shock of year remains the

6: shocking/unbelievable/amazed title success of Leicester City in the English Premier League. At the

start of the season in August 2015 – the club from the Midlands of England were 5,000 – 1 to win the

title. Yet, the club created one of the most remarkable achievements in 7: English/British/World sport

by winning the league title by 10 points.

4 Other sporting shocks for the year included Portugal beating hosts France to win Euro 2016 – the

country’s first international 8: trophy/cup/win. In rugby union, England travelled to Australia and

whitewashed the Wallabies 3-0 for the first time in the country’s 145-year history. Whilst in Major

League Baseball, two clubs with long droughts in history – the Chicago Clubs and the Cleveland

Indians face off in the 9: American/World/Baseball Series.

5 Despite losing the Japan series Carp fans can still take solace that for once this season had not ended

a month earlier as most of the previous 25 had. The club did sweep the Central League, winning the

division by a massive 10: 17/217/7 games and relegating two of the richest ball clubs in Japan – the

Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants to also-rans. And, for the first time since 1991 the Central League

Champions Pennant will fly over the 32,000 Hiroshima Stadium. There is always next year…

[395 Words]

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

A3 Q & A

1 – 1991 5 – Australia

2 – Nippon Ham Fighters 6 – France

3 – 32,000 E1 – 5

4 – 10 points E2 – 7

A & Q | Example Questions

A1 – What were the odds of Leicester City winning the EPL?

A2 – What was the final score when England played Australia?

A3 – How old is the England rugby union international team?

A4 – What was the final score in Game 6 of the Japan Series?

A5 – What is the baseball team from Cleveland called?

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English Extra

1 – H 4 – M 7 – B 10 – G 13 - K

2 – I 5 – A 8 – D 11 – C

3 – K 6 – L 9 – F 12 - J

And Finally X & Z

A4 – X: unique / Z: poorest

Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW Images

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Episode 266

MAIN PHOTO:

http://www.esquire.com/sports/news/a48705/police-boycott-miami-dolphins-protest/

LINKS:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2016/07/13/david-beating-goliath-10-of-sports-biggest-upsets/

http://www.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/content/story/732979.html