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Soccer player banned for life for Nazi salute

19th March, 2013

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Contents

The Article 2 Language Work (Multiple Choice) 14

Warm-Ups 3 Spelling 15

Before Reading / Listening 4 Put The Text Back Together 16

While Reading / Listening 5 Put The Words In The Right Order 17

Match The Sentences And Listen 6 Circle The Correct Word 18

Listening Gap Fill 7 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 19

Comprehension Questions 8 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 20

Multiple Choice - Quiz 9 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 21

After Reading / Listening 10 Free Writing 22

Student Survey 11 Academic Writing 23

Discussion (20 Questions) 12 Homework 24

Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 13 Answers 25

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THE ARTICLE

From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

A Greek football player has been banned from playing for his country for

life after making a Nazi salute on the pitch. AEK Athens midfielder

Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the gesture after scoring the winning goal for

his team on Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted swiftly

in administering its punishment. An EPO statement read: "The player's

action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation,

insults all the victims of Nazi cruelty and injures the deeply pacifist and

human character of the game." The player will face a disciplinary hearing

next week in which he will have the opportunity to explain his side of the

story. It is possible he can continue playing at club level.

Mr Katidis, a former captain of the Greek Under-19 team, admitted that

his actions were "stupid". He told reporters: "I made the mistake so I will

be the one to pay for it. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have

decided to put myself out of the team because I have now realized how

much I have offended the history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately,

I cannot take the clock back, but I want to clarify that I am not a fascist

or neo-Nazi or racist." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has backed

Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency: "Giorgos is a young kid who

does not have any political ideas. He most likely saw such a salute on the

Internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means."

Sources: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/greek-soccer-federation-bans-player-over-nazi-salute-120006371--

sow.htmlhttp://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/03/17/nazi-salute-gets-soccer-player-life-ban/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21822165





WARM-UPS

1. SOCCER PLAYER: Students walk around the class and talk to other students

about soccer players. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are

most interesting and which are most boring.

banned / gesture / punishment / spectators / provocation / cruelty / pacifist / character

/ captain / stupid / responsible / history / clarify / offended / fascist / political ideas

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. SOCCER PLAYER CONDUCT: How bad are these things? What is the

appropriate punishment? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often

and share what you wrote.

How bad and why? Punishment?

Fascist salutes

Taking drugs

Racist abuse

Attacking a fan

Refusing to play

Diving

4. ROLE MODEL: Students A strongly believe players who are not good role

models should leave the game; Students B strongly believe that's a stupid idea. Change

partners again and talk about your conversations.

5. PUNISHMENT: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the

best punishment for a soccer player at the top. Change partners often.

• a fine

• a playing ban

• community service

• no playing bonus

• rehabilitation programme

• prison

• alcohol ban

• other ________________

6. BANNED: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate

with the word ‘banned’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them.

Together, put the words into different categories.





BEFORE READING / LISTENINGFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. A Greek football player can never play the game anywhere again. T / F

b. The player made a Nazi salute because he failed to score a goal. T / Fc. Greece's football association acted very quickly in banning the player. T / F

d. There is a possibility the player could continue playing for his club. T / F

e. The player captained the Greece national side at a junior level. T / F

f. The player has said he would not remove himself from the team. T / F

g. The team's coach has criticized the player for being a fascist. T / F

h. The team's coach said the player probably didn't understand the salute. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. banned a. quickly

2 swiftly b. suffer

3. administering c. insult

4. provocation d. peace-loving

5. pacifist e. probably

6. former f. issuing

7. pay g. supported

8. realized h. prohibited

9. backed i. understood

10. likely j. ex-

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. banned from playing for his country a. captain

2 acted swiftly in administering b. provocation

3. a severe c. of the story

4. The player will face a d. that I am not a fascist

5. explain his side e. its punishment

6. a former f. on the Internet

7. I will be the one g. clock back

8. I cannot take the h. for life

9. I want to clarify i. to pay for it

10. He most likely saw such a salute j. disciplinary hearing





GAP FILLFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

A Greek football player has been (1) ____________ from playing

for his country for life after making a Nazi salute on the pitch. AEK

Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the(2) ____________ after scoring the winning goal for his team on

Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted

(3) ____________ in administering its punishment. An EPO

statement read: "The player's action to salute to

(4) ____________ in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation,

(5) ____________ all the victims of Nazi (6) ____________ and

injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game." The

player will (7) ____________ a disciplinary hearing next week in

which he will have the opportunity to explain his

(8) ____________ of the story. It is possible he can continue

playing at club level.

cruelty

insults

gesture

face

banned

spectators

side

swiftly

Mr Katidis, a (9) ____________ captain of the Greek Under-19

team, admitted that his actions were "(10) ____________ ". He

told reporters: "I made the mistake so I will be the one to

(11) ____________ for it. AEK is not (12) ____________, so that

is why I have decided to put myself out of the team because I

have now realized how much I have (13) ____________ the

history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take the

clock back, but I want to (14) ____________ that I am not a

fascist or neo-Nazi or racist." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen

has (15) ____________ Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency:

"Giorgos is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He

most (16) ____________ saw such a salute on the Internet or

somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means."

pay

backed

former

likely

responsible

stupid

offended

clarify





LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

1) banned from playing for his ______

a. country for life

b. country for live

c. country for lifetime

d. country for lifetimes2) The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted swiftly in ______

a. administer ring its punishes

b. administering its punishment

c. administration its punishment

d. administering its punishes

3) injures the deeply ______ character of the game

a. pacifism and humanb. pacifist and humane

c. pacifism and humanistic

d. pacifist and human

4) The player will face a disciplinary hearing ______

a. discipline a real hearing

b. discipliner e-hearingc. disciplinary hearing

d. disciplinarian hearing

5) It is possible he can ______ club level

a. continue playing atb. continue playing for

c. continue playing eachd. continue playing act

6) I made the mistake so I will be ______ ita. the one to pay for

b. a one to pay for

c. that one to pay for

d. the one-two pay for

7) I have now realized how much I have ______ of the club

a. offensive the history

b. offended that history

c. offended the historian

d. offended the history

8) I want ______ I am not a fascist or neo-Nazi or racista. to clarify this

b. to classify thatc. to classify this

d. to clarify that

9) Giorgos is a young kid who does not have ______

a. any politically ideals

b. any political ideasc. any politics ideas

d. any political ideals

10) He most likely ______ on the Internet or somewhere else

a. saw such a salute

b. saw such the salute

c. saw such as salute

d. saw such and salute





LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

A Greek football player has been banned from playing for his country for life

after making a Nazi (1) _____________________. AEK Athens midfielder

Giorgos Katidis, 20, made (2) _____________________ the winning goal

for his team on Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted swiftly

in (3) _____________________. An EPO statement read: "The player's

action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation,

insults all the victims of Nazi cruelty and (4) _____________________ and

human character of the game." The player (5) _____________________

hearing next week in which he will have the opportunity to explain his side

of the story. It is possible he can (6) _____________________ level.

Mr Katidis, a former captain of the Greek Under-19 team, admitted that his

actions were "stupid". He told reporters: "I made the mistake so I will be the

(7) _____________________. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have

decided to put myself out of the team because (8) ____________________

much I have offended the history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I

cannot take the clock back, but (9) _____________________ I am not a

(10) _____________________." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has

backed Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency: "Giorgos is a young kid

who does not (11) _____________________. He most likely saw such a

salute on the Internet or somewhere else and (12) ____________________

what it means."





COMPREHENSION QUESTIONSFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

1. Which team can a Greek player no longer play for?

2. What did he do just before making the salute?

3. How quickly did Greece's football authorities act?

4. What will the player face next week?

5. What will the player explain?

6. Which team was the player once a captain of?

7. Who did the player say was not responsible for his actions?

8. What did the player say he offended?

9. Who supported the player?

10. Where did his coach say Katidis might have seen the salute?





MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

1. Which team can a Greek player no

longer play for?6. Which team was the player once a

captain of?

a) AEK Athens

b) any team in Europe

c) Greece's national side

d) any team worldwide

a) AEK Athens

b) the Greek Under-19 team

c) The Greek national team

d) a cricket team

2. What did he do just before making thesalute?

7. Who did the player say was notresponsible for his actions?

a) score a goal

b) miss a penalty

c) fight with another player

d) fight with a supporter

a) his club

b) his coach

c) his parents

d) the fans

3. How quickly did Greece's football

authorities act?8. What did the player say he offended?

a) swiftly

b) they didn't

c) painfully slowly

d) at a snail's pace

a) world history

b) the game of football

c) the history of AEK Athens

d) the memory of the Holocaust

4. What will the player face next week? 9. Who supported the player?

a) the music

b) a disciplinary hearing

c) angry fans

d) the world's media

a) the head of Greek football

b) the team's fans

c) the club captain

d) his coach

5. What will the player explain? 10. Where did his coach say Katidis mighthave seen the salute?

a) the history of AEK Athens

b) the human character of the game

c) how to bend a free kick

d) his version of events

a) the Internet

b) in a movie

c) at another game

d) during the 2010 World Cup Finals





AFTER READING / LISTENINGFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates,

other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’.

fascist racist

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down

some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

• Share your questions with other classmates / groups.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise.

Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new,interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups,

pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try

to recall how they were used in the text:

• life

• goal • swiftly

• severe

• human

• continue

• actions

• pay • history

• clock

• ideas

• means





SOCCER PLAYER SURVEYFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

Write five GOOD questions about being banned in the table. Do this in pairs. Eachstudent must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1

_____________

STUDENT 2

_____________

STUDENT 3

_____________

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found

out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.





SOCCER PLAYER DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a) What did you think when you read the headline?

b) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘fascist’?

c) What do you think of the player's actions?

d) What should the Greek football authorities do?

e) Should the player face criminal proceedings?

f) What kind of role models are soccer players?

g) How "pacifist" is the game of football?

h) What parts of football (soccer) need to be cleaned up?

i) Should he be allowed to play club football again?

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SOCCER PLAYER DISCUSSION

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a) Did you like reading this article? Why/not?

b) What punishment would you give the player?

c) Do soccer players get paid too much money?

d) What can soccer authorities do to better educate younger players?

e) Have you ever wanted to turn back time because of a stupid action?

f) What do you think of the player's coach backing him?

g) Is it possible the player didn't understand what the salute meant?

h) If he genuinely didn't know what it meant, should he be punished?

i) What questions would you like to ask the head of Greek football?





DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________





MULTIPLE CHOICE - LANGUAGEFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

A Greek football player has been banned from (1) _____ for his country for life

after making a Nazi salute on the pitch. AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20,

made the (2) _____ after scoring the winning goal for his team on Saturday. The

Greek Football Federation (EPO) acted (3) _____ in administering its punishment.

An EPO statement read: "The player's action to salute to spectators in a Nazi

manner is a (4) _____ provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi cruelty and

injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game." The player will

(5) _____ a disciplinary hearing next week in which he will have the opportunity to

explain his (6) _____ of the story. It is possible he can continue playing at club

level.

Mr Katidis, a former captain of the Greek Under-19 team, (7) _____ that his actions

were "stupid". He told reporters: "I (8) _____ the mistake so I will be the one to

pay for it. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have decided to put myself out of

the team because I have now realized how much I have (9) _____ the history of

the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take the clock back, but I want to

(10) _____ that I am not a fascist or (11) _____-Nazi or racist." AEK's German

coach Ewald Lienen has backed Katidis. He told the Reuters news agency: "Giorgos

is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most (12) _____ saw such

a salute on the Internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it

means."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.1. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play

2. (a) ghastly (b) pasture (c) gesture (d) joust

3. (a) jauntily (b) tremendously (c) gaily (d) swiftly

4. (a) several (b) severe (c) severance (d) severed

5. (a) shoulder (b) back (c) head (d) face

6. (a) face (b) length (c) side (d) radius

7. (a) remitted (b) admitted (c) committed (d) submitted

8. (a) made (b) took (c) gave (d) actioned

9. (a) offended (b) offensive (c) offence (d) offish

10. (a) quantify (b) purify (c) clarify (d) amplify

11. (a) now (b) nee (c) non (d) neo

12. (a) honest (b) likely (c) probable (d) perhaps





SPELLINGFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

Paragraph 1

1. made the rseuget

2. acted swiftly in rdemnisgnitai its punishment

3. a resvee provocation

4. deeply fciiptas

5. a ipyiindarcls hearing

6. the ptrunoipyot to explain his side of the story

Paragraph 2

7. a former ipnatac

8. tidemdta that his actions were "stupid"

9. I have oeddneff the history of the club

10. I am not a fcstais

11. neo-Nazi or sictra

12. llapcioti idea





PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

Number these lines in the correct order.

( ) read: "The player's action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner

is a severe provocation, insults all the

( ) of the game." The player will face a disciplinary hearing next week

in which he will have the

( ) victims of Nazi cruelty and injures the deeply pacifist and humancharacter

( ) such a salute on the Internet or somewhere else and did it without

knowing what it means."

( ) agency: "Giorgos is a young kid who does not have any politicalideas. He most likely saw

( 1 ) A Greek football player has been banned from playing for his

country for life after making a Nazi salute

( ) opportunity to explain his side of the story. It is possible he cancontinue playing at club level.

( ) "stupid". He told reporters: "I made the mistake so I will be the one

to pay for it. AEK is not responsible, so that is why I have

( ) on the pitch. AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the

gesture after scoring the winning

( ) decided to put myself out of the team because I have now realized

how much I have offended the

( ) fascist or neo-Nazi or racist." AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen

has backed Katidis. He told the Reuters news

( ) goal for his team on Saturday. The Greek Football Federation (EPO)

acted swiftly in administering its punishment. An EPO statement

( ) Mr Katidis, a former captain of the Greek Under-19 team, admittedthat his actions were

( ) history of the club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take the

clock back, but I want to clarify that I am not a





PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

1. playing life for his Banned country from for.

2. winning his Saturday the for on Scoring goal team.

3. the The and of pacifist character game deeply human.

4. disciplinary week player a next The face hearing will.

5. is possible he can continue playing at club level It.

6. club the of history the offended have I

7. I the pay be to it will one for.

8. fascist that Nazi a clarify - not to neo am want or I I

9. who does not have any political ideas A young kid.

10. on the Internet He most likely saw such a salute.





CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

A Greek football player has been binned / banned from playing for his

country for life after dealing / making a Nazi salute on the pitch. AEK Athens

midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the gesture / gesticulate after scoring

the winning goal of / for his team on Saturday. The Greek Football

Federation (EPO) acted swiftly / swift in administering its punishment. An

EPO statement read: "The player's action to / of salute to spectators in a

Nazi manner is a severance / severe provocation, insults all the victims of

Nazi cruelty and injures / injuries the deeply pacifist and human character of

the game." The player will face / head a disciplinary hearing next week in

which he will have the opportunity to explain his side of the story. It is

possible he can continue playing in / at club level.

Mr Katidis, a former captain / general of the Greek Under-19 team, admitted

that his actions were "stupid" / "stupidity" . He told reporters: "I made the

mistake so I will be the one to spend / pay for it. AEK is not responsible, so

that is why I have decided to put mine / myself out of the team because I

have now realized how many / much I have offended the history of the

club." He added: "Unfortunately, I cannot take / rake the clock back, but I

want to clarify / clearly that I am not a fascist or neo-Nazi or racist." AEK's

German coach Ewald Lienen has balked / backed Katidis. He told the Reuters

news agency: "Giorgos is a young kid who does not have any political ideas.

He most / much likely saw such a salute on the Internet or somewhere else

and did it without knowing / known what it means."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and

why the correct word is correct.





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a greek football player has been banned from playing for his country for life

after making a nazi salute on the pitch aek athens midfielder giorgos katidis

20 made the gesture after scoring the winning goal for his team on saturday

the greek football federation (epo) acted swiftly in administering its

punishment an epo statement read "the player's action to salute to

spectators in a nazi manner is a severe provocation insults all the victims of

nazi cruelty and injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the

game" the player will face a disciplinary hearing next week in which he will

have the opportunity to explain his side of the story it is possible he can

continue playing at club level

mr katidis a former captain of the greek under-19 team admitted that his

actions were "stupid" he told reporters "i made the mistake so i will be the

one to pay for it aek is not responsible so that is why i have decided to put

myself out of the team because i have now realized how much i have

offended the history of the club" he added "unfortunately i cannot take the

clock back but i want to clarify that i am not a fascist or neo-nazi or racist"

aek's german coach ewald lienen has backed katidis he told the reuters news

agency "giorgos is a young kid who does not have any political ideas he

most likely saw such a salute on the internet or somewhere else and did it

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Agreekfootballplayerhasbeenbannedfromplayingforhiscountryforlifeafter

makingaNazisaluteonthepitch.AEKAthensmidfielderGiorgosKatidis,20,made

thegestureafterscoringthewinninggoalforhisteamonSaturday.TheGreekFootball

Federation(EPO)actedswiftlyinadministeringitspunishment.AnEPOstatement

read:"Theplayer'sactiontosalutetospectatorsinaNazimannerisasevereprovocation

,insultsallthevictimsofNazicrueltyandinjuresthedeeplypacifistandhumancharacter

ofthegame."Theplayerwillfaceadisciplinaryhearingnextweekinwhichhewillhave

theopportunitytoexplainhissideofthestory.Itispossiblehecancontinueplayingatclub

level.MrKatidis,aformercaptainoftheGreekUnder-19team,admittedthat

hisactionswere"stupid".Hetoldreporters:"ImadethemistakesoIwillbetheoneto

payforit.AEKisnotresponsible,sothatiswhyIhavedecidedtoputmyselfoutofthe

teambecauseIhavenowrealizedhowmuchIhaveoffendedthehistoryoftheclub."

Headded:"Unfortunately,Icannottaketheclockback,butIwanttoclarifythatIam

notafascistorneo-Naziorracist."AEK'sGermancoachEwaldLienenhasbacked

Katidis.HetoldtheReutersnewsagency:"Giorgosisayoungkidwhodoesnothave

anypoliticalideas.HemostlikelysawsuchasaluteontheInternetorsomewhereelse

anddiditwithoutknowingwhatitmeans."





FREE WRITINGFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

Write about being banned for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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ACADEMIC WRITINGFrom http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1303/130319-banned_for_life.html

Any public figure who makes a Nazi salute should be banned from their

position for life. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the

text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to

build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this story.

Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. BANNED: Make a poster about banned sports stars. Show your work to

your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. GESTURE: Write a magazine article about Giorgos Katidis' gesture.

Include imaginary interviews with people who think he should be banned for

life and those who think otherwise.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any

new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next

stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the

next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to the head of FIFA. Ask him three questionsabout Giorgos Katidis' gesture. Give him three of your opinions. Read your

letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer

your questions.




March, 2013

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a F b F c T d T e T f F g F h T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1. banned a. prohibited

2 swiftly b. quickly

3. administering c. issuing

4. provocation d. insult

5. pacifist e. peace-loving

6. former f. ex-

7. pay g. suffer

8. realized h. understood9. backed i. supported

10. likely j. probably

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1. The Greek national team

2. He scored a goal

3. Swiftly

4. A disciplinary hearing

5. His side of the story

6. Greece's Under-19s

7. His club team AEK Athens

8. The history of his club

9. His coach

10. On the Internet

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. a

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

Please check for yourself by looking at the Article on page 2.

(It's good for your English ;-)

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