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THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST JAIME SELWOOD 06/11/2015 The Emotional

Cheating Storm Stuns Australia ENW 331 Introduction This week s English

Australian cricket team that he cheated.

South Africa during an international cricket match.

the country s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressing his disbelief

English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE http://pod.flare.

1 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST JAIME SELWOOD 06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 FLASHBACK ENW 192: SMARTPHONE TOILET CHEAT! Cheating Storm Stuns Australia ENW 331 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast looks at a public admission by the captain of the Australian cricket team that he cheated. The confession revealed at a public press conference in Cape Town, South Africa during an international cricket match. The admission, by captain Steven Smith, has rocked Australia with even the country s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressing his disbelief at the actions of the team. Why did Australia cheat? What happens next? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE FACEBOOK (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY TWITTER twitter.com/enwpodcast

2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 International Cricket Teams 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 420 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

3 1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 [ ] Cheating Storm Stuns Australia March 30 th 2018 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) Spain b) China c) Canada d) Brazil My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Cheating Warm Up 3 Cricket Playing Nations Look the some of the countries that play international cricket. Can you match the badges with the correct country on page 2? 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10:

2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Cricket Countries Which is Which?.... 1 1 1.! 1 A

Remember if you don t know use the Internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which country was cricket first played in?

a: 3 days b: 5 days c: 7 days 3: How many balls are delivered by one bowler in one over in cricket? a: Four b: Six c: Eight 4: How heavy is a normal sized cricket ball?

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Cricket Countries Which is Which? ! 1 A AUSTRALIA D INDIA G PAKISTAN J U.A.E B BANGLADESH E NEPAL H SRI LANKA K WEST INDIES C ENGLAND F PAPA NEW GUINEA I SOUTH AFRICA L ZIMBABWE 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 country was cricket first played in? a: Australia b: India c: England 2: How many days does an international Test match last for in cricket? a: 3 days b: 5 days c: 7 days 3: How many balls are delivered by one bowler in one over in cricket? a: Four b: Six c: Eight 4: How heavy is a normal sized cricket ball? a: 163 grams b: 173 grams c: 183 grams 5: What is the name of the organisation that controls cricket in Australia? a: Australian Cricket Board b: Australia Test Cricket c: Cricket Australia 6: Which country would you find the Newlands Cricket Stadium located in? a: South Africa b: England c: Australia E1: Which countries compete for The Ashes every two years? a: E2: What does I.C.C. stand for? a: E3: What is the Australia cricket logo? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 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. South 3 5 on Africa Match a and Day Australia of incident occurred day between Test The 2 Cheats! The incident occurred Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Cheats! Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 The national sport of Australia is considered to be cricket. [T] [F] 2 Newlands Cricket Ground is located in Canberra, Australia. [T] [F] 3 A Test Match in cricket usually lasts for up to five days. [T] [F] 4 As of March 2018, Malcolm Turnbull is South African prime minister [T] [F] 5 A Test Match cricket ball is made of white leather. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Idolise 6 Granules A Biased F Challenged 2 Cheat 7 Shiny B Cachet G Shock 3 Outrage 8 Rough Up C Admire H Huge 4 Vast 9 Questioned D Mishandle I Glossy 5 Prestige 10 Unfair E Con Artist J Dirt END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening / Reading Listening Cheats! Gap Fill Help Listen / Read the news story below and then write a correct word for each space. 331 Cheats! 1 Australia, a sports-loving nation that 1: its sporting stars, has been rocked by the admission by the national men s cricket team captain that his side attempted to 2: in a match against South Africa. The announcement by Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, an opening batsman, that they had deliberately tried to alter the cricket ball so as to help the team win has caused 3: and anger in Australia and around the world. Even the country s prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull publicly expressed his disgust at the actions of the Australian cricket team and said it was a shocking disappointment. It beggars belief that they could cheat. 2 The reason that this is such big news in Australia is that cricket is the one truly national sport in the county, the one game that connects all parts of the 4: continent. The Australian captain is often described as the most important man in the country, held in higher 5: than anyone else including the prime minister. For Steve Smith to acknowledge that he and two other team members concocted a pre-mediated plan to try and alter the ball so as to win by cheating has left the sports loving Australians in complete disbelief. 3 The incident occurred on day 3 of a 5-day Test Match between Australia and South Africa in Cape Town. Australia was on course to lose the match and so Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft and David Warner hatched a plan to alter the cricket ball. They decided to bring yellow 6: on the field, and then secretly rub it on the ball when the umpires weren t looking. This is because when one half of the red, leather cricket ball is 7:, and the other side is roughed up, the ball will move in the air and make it difficult for opposing batsmen to cleanly hit the ball. 4 Unfortunately for the Australian players the 30 TV cameras covering the match at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town clearly saw Cameron Bancroft using the tape to 8: the cricket ball. What makes matters even worse for the players involved, is that when the umpires 9: Bancroft and Smith about their actions they lied and said that they were not cheating. 5 On Thursday morning, Cricket Australia announced that all three players would be banned from 10: Australia; Smith and Warner were given 12 months each and Bancroft 9 months. Cricket is a game that prides itself on fair play the term it s just not cricket is often used to describe actions by people that are considered unsporting or 11:. Sadly, for Smith, Bancroft and the Australian team, these actions will forever cause cricket fans around the world to think of them as cheats. END OF PART 3 [420 Words]

7 5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 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 Who was captain of Australia in the Test Match? Q2 What position in the line-up did Cameron Bancroft perform? Q3 Who said it beggars belief that they could cheat? Q4 What was used to try and doctor the cricket ball? Q5 What was the city in South Africa where the game was played? Q6 How long were the bans given to Smith and Warner? E1 Who is, allegedly, the most important man in Australia? E2 How many people are mentioned 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 30.? A2 3.? A3 Newlands? A4 Red.? A5 Yellow.? END OF PART 4

8 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 English Extra I English Phrases = Dishonesty / Cheat The English language has many phrases that have either can mean dishonesty, fraud or cheating. Example: Above Board = Open, Honest & Legal Hand in Glove = To Collude With Other People Can you match the phrase with the correct situation? 1 Above Board A Changes facts/figures to steal money. 2 Barefaced liar B To collude with another person. 3 Bend the truth C A business deal which is dishonest. 4 Benefit of the doubt D Open, honest and legal. 5 To buy a lemon E A price is too high / unrealistic. 6 Cook the books F Complete proof of guilt. 7 Daylight robbery G Lies with a total lack of shame. 8 Fair and square H Done in a honest / open manner. 9 Funny business. I Finally understand the truth. 10 Hand in glove J Something that is defective/useless. 11 Scales fall from eyes K Mislead someone from the truth. 12 Smoking gun L Choose to believe someone. 13 Throw dust in eyes M It is not a real lie, but not 100% true. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Cheats! Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW topic box? 2 What do you know about cricket? Why? 3 What do you think should be the punishment for players who cheat? Why? 4 If your favourite sports person cheated, how would you react? Why? 5 Who do you think is the most infamous sporting cheat ever? Why? 6 Which sport do you think is the most dull to watch? EX FREE QUESTION!

9 7 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Writing This Week Imagine you are the chairperson of Cricket Australia. How you handle / resolve the cheating crisis in the Australia cricket team? What punishment would you hand-out? Why? Explain your reasons. END OF PART 5 And Finally U/V/W/X/Y/Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Visual TV Links The Guardian (UK) 1: [01:16] Australian Prime Minister on Ball Tampering Shame Channel 7 (Australia) 2: [04:07] Australians React to Cheating Scandal You Tube (USA) 3: [02:18] Eight Men Out Movie Trailer 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 Canada Warm Up 3 Cricket Teams A / B / D are not cricket playing countries! 1 B 2 F 3 I 4 H 5 K 6 J 7 C 8 E 9 D 10 L A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 C 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 C 6 A E1 ENGLAND/AUSTRALIA E3 - B E2 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences The incident occurred on day 3 of a 5-day Test Match between Australia and South Africa in Cape Town. A2 True or False 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 F Synonyms 1 C 2 E 3 G 4 H 5 B 6 J 7 I 8 D 9 F 10 A

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening 331 Cheats! 1 Australia, a sports-loving nation that idolises its sporting stars, has been rocked by the admission by the national men s cricket team captain that his side attempted to cheat in a match against South Africa. The announcement by Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, an opening batsman, that they had deliberately tried to alter the cricket ball so as to help the team win has caused outrage and anger in Australia and around the world. Even the country s prime minister, Malcom Turnbull publicly expressed his disgust at the actions of the Australian cricket team and said it was a shocking disappointment. It beggars belief that they could cheat. 2 The reason that this is such big news in Australia is that cricket is the one truly national sport in the county, the one game that connects all parts of the vast continent. The Australian captain is often described as the most important man in the country, held in higher prestige than anyone else including the prime minister. For Steve Smith to acknowledge that he and two other team members concocted a pre-mediated plan to try and alter the ball so as to win by cheating has left the sports loving Australians in complete disbelief. 3 The incident occurred on day 3 of a 5-day Test Match between Australia and South Africa in Cape Town. Australia was on course to lose the match and so Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft and David Warner hatched a plan to alter the cricket ball. They decided to bring yellow sandpaper on the field, and then secretly rub it on the ball when the umpires weren t looking. This is because when one half of the red, leather cricket ball is shiny, and the other side is roughed up, the ball will move in the air and make it difficult for opposing batsmen to cleanly hit the ball. 4 Unfortunately for the Australian players the 30 TV cameras covering the match at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town clearly saw Cameron Bancroft using the tape to rough up the cricket ball. What makes matters even worse for the players involved, is that when the umpires questioned Bancroft and Smith about their actions they lied and said that they were not cheating. 5 On Thursday morning, Cricket Australia announced that all three players would be banned from representing Australia; Smith and Warner were given 12 months each and Bancroft 9 months. Cricket is a game that prides itself on fair play the term it s just not cricket is often used to describe actions by people that are considered unsporting or unfair. Sadly, for Smith, Bancroft and the Australian team, these actions will forever cause cricket fans around the world to think of them as cheats. [420 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Steven Smith 5 Cape Town 2 Opening Batsman 6 12 months. 3 Malcolm Turnbull E1 Australian Cricket Captain 4 Yellow Sandpaper E2 Three (3) A & Q Example Questions A1 How many TV cameras were at the cricket ground? A2 What day of the Test Match did the cheating occur on? A3 What is the name of the cricket ground? A4 What colour is a Test Match cricket ball (usually)? A5 What colour was the tape?

12 English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood D 2 G 3 M 4 L 5 J 6 A 7 E 8 H 9 C 10 B 11 I 12 F 13 - K And Finally X & Z A4 Z / V / X / W / U / Y Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images

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