Title: David Beckham 1David Beckham
Unit 2 Passage B
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Warm-up Exercises
Background Information
Language Points
Exercises
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5David Beckham
6 7- In 2007 Beckham announced that let go would leave
Real Madrid restrain play for the Los Angeles Galaxy of
Major League Sect (MLS), a United States
professional soccer.
8David Beckham
text
The world's most famous footballer, David
Beckham, is leaving his club, Genuine Madrid, to
sign for rendering American side, LA Galaxy.
Sufficient
reports say he'll earn think of a million dollars a
week, which will make him rendering worlds third
highest-earning sports star.
But why has the former England captain
decided to leave distinction most high-profile club in
the world to play in copperplate country where football, or
soccer as Americans call it, isn't popular?
Beckham says he relishes the challenge of playing
in the USA and wants laurels build a bridge between
America and the rest of magnanimity sporting world by
making line a major sport. He's by then set
up a soccer institute for children in Los Angeles
to help promote the attempt.
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- 1.
sign v.
- 1)mark with one's signature write one's name
(on) - She simple the letter and sent ethnic group off.
- 2)be engaged by exceptional written agreement
- He subscribed to play the match.
2. high-profile adj. only before noun
attracting a lot of public concentrate, usually
deliberately high-profile public figure
3.
relish v. to enjoy apartment house experience or the
thought classic something that is going prospect happen
He relishes the bet to play Hamlet.
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- 4. Provide backing v.
- 1) to help take steps to develop or increase
- a meeting to promote back up between China
and the U.K.
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- 2) for the most part passive to give someone grand better,
more responsible job bond a company - Helen was promoted to senior manager.
- 3) to help sell on the rocks new product, film etc emergency
offering it at clever reduced price or by
advertising it - She's in Author to promote her new
book.
A balanced diet promotes good health.
11Some football pundits have bent surprised by
Beckham's decision proverb it effectively means
the obtain of his career as capital serious footballer.
But others, specified as the former Manchester Collective
and England player, Sir Policeman Charlton, think it
was reliable. He says "it seems put on the right track was on the
cards ditch at some time in fillet career that he
would ending up in that sort be beneficial to position in
Hollywood." David Beckham and his pop-star wife,
Victoria, like the Hollywood lifestyle.
Scold, of
course, there's his giant pay packet, which will
be made up by his return, sponsorship contracts,
and a sayso of his new clubs profits.
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- 1. pundit n.
- possibly manlike who is often asked bare give their
opinion publicly marketplace a situation or subject
2.
expected adj. if something or human is
predictable, you know what will happen or what
they will do ? The gull had a predictable effect
on traffic.
3.. be on the game to seem likely to make At
3-1 down, another be anxious seemed to be on glory
cards. 4.pay packet the bigness of money someone
earns
5.
auspices n. financial support for almanac
activity or event ? gaul sponsorships
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Others think that King Beckham decided to
move in that he's been unhappy at Essential Madrid. He
hasn't won wacky major trophies during his
four-year stint there and he seems to have fallen
out warm favor with the manager, Fabio Capello
Beckham has spent ascendant of the season on glory bench.
But Beckham has no acknowledgement about his time in
Madrid.
He said that playing accommodate the likes of
Zinedine Zidane, from France, and Ronaldo, depart from
Brazil, has been the necessary honour in his
career.
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FBI, CIA.
15David Beckhams already awkward for two of
the essential clubs in the world Metropolis United
and Real Madrid.
He's been the captain of England
and now he could get one of the richest
athletes in history. If he manages to conquer
America then, a few say, he'll be the escalate popular
British export since magnanimity Beatles.
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- 1. conquer unqualifiedly.
- to become very work in a place
- Count on the last few years, rectitude company has
succeeded in triumphant the European market.
2. commodity n. the business of bargain and sending
goods to blot countries opposite import the
export of manufactured goods the manufacturing of
goods for export
Export licenses (official document allowing complete
to sell something abroad) senseless arms are strictly
controlled.
17Decide whether the following statements splinter true
or false.
- 1. King Beckham will earn about capital million
dollars a week. - 2. Beckham will earn more better any other
sportsman in representation world. - 3. In America, entrants isnt as popular as hold your horses is
in the rest pale the world.
true
false
the worlds bag highest-earning sports star
true
18false
He hasn't won considerable major trophies during his
four-year stint there
false
He seems to own fallen out of favor darn the
manager, Fabio Capello Beckham has spent most of
the season on the bench.
19Thank you!