WARMING-UP
Are you excited about the World Cup? Many of the students at our English language schools overseas are because it’s only a few days away now! If you’re an English language learner, now is the perfect time to start learning some new vocabulary related to football. In this article, we’ll teach you some useful words and phrases that you can use to talk about the World Cup.
First, let’s start with the basics. The World Cup is a global football tournament that takes place every four years. It features 32 national teams from all around the world. This year, the World Cup will be held in Qatar from November 21st to December 18th.
What's your experience with football? When did you start playing ( if ever)? How does it make you feel?
What do you think about it?
IS FOOTBALL JUST A SPORT?
DOES FOOTBALL BRING US ALL TOGETHER?
HOW MUCH OF FOOTBALL IS BUSINESS?
IS FOOTBALL JUST A MAN'S SPORT?
About the Qatar football WORL CUP.
There has been some controversy. Do you know what has happened?
Why did Qatar want the World Cup?
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is worried about workers and working conditions of builders in Qatar. They get very low pay for dangerous work. Sometimes construction companies do not pay the workers. The companies take away the worker's passports. The men get no drinking water, even in temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius. Nepal's embassy in Qatar said 44 Nepalese workers died this summer. Most of the men died from heart attacks or workplace accidents. The ITUC says that up to 4,000 workers could die before the World Cup starts in 2022.
Many people are shocked about the treatment of the workers. The ITUC said that what is happening is like modern slavery. Nepal's ambassador to Qatar said the country was like "an open jail" for workers. Aidan McQuade, from Anti-Slavery International, said the World Cup is being built using slave labour. Qatar's government said it was shocked. It said there was no excuse for any worker in Qatar to be treated in this way. It added that the health, safety and well-being of every worker that helps to stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup "is of the utmost importance".
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