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ENW 340 Introduction This week s English

dilemma for sports teams and major global

Almost all sports teams have at least one

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1 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST JAIME SELWOOD 06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 FLASHBACK ENW 146: NBA STORM: OWNER BANNED Unethical Sponsorship in Sport? ENW 340 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on a growing dilemma for sports teams and major global events is any kind of sponsorship ok? Almost all sports teams have at least one major sponsor, whilst conferences, meetings and global events usually have quite a few who wish to advertise their name by paying large sums of money. But, should regimes with autocratic leaders be allowed to sponsor teams or events? Should there be rules to prevent this? 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 What do these sponsors do? Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 410 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 [ ] Unethical Sport s Sponsorship? June 8 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) Adidas b) Nike c) Umbro d) Puma 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? Sponsors Warm Up 3 What do these sponsors do? On page 2 read the list of famous international companies. What type of company are they? Read the list of different types of companies on page 2. All the companies have no connection with any unethical practices 1 Adidas 6 Qatar Airways 11 Mengniu 2 Coca Cola 7 Visa 12 Vivo 3 Wanda 8 Budweiser 13 Yaeda 4 Gazprom 9 Hisense 5 Hyundai 10 McDonald s

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questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the Internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which English football team is being sponsored by Rwanda?

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood World Cup Sponsors What Type? ! 1.1 A Alcohol E Energy I Property L Software B Fast Food F Airline J Soft drinks M Supplements C Sports G Financial K Dairy N Transport D Motor H White Goods O Clothing 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 English football team is being sponsored by Rwanda? a: Leicester City b: Arsenal c: Southampton 2: Who has been president of Rwanda since 2000? a: Paul Kagame b: Pasteur Bizimungu c: Edward Ssekandi 3: Which fast food family chain restaurant is a major sponsor for the Olympics? a: Gusto b: Burger King c: McDonald s 4: The Astana Pro Cycling team is sponsored by which Central Asian country? a: Uzbekistan b: Kyrgyzstan c: Kazakhstan 5: Which commercial industry sponsors a majority of EPL football teams? a: Tobacco b: Gambling c: Technology 6: Which middle-eastern nation owns Paris Saint Germain football club? a: Qatar b: U.A.E c: Kuwait E1: What does the letters FIFA stand for? a: E2: Who is the current president of FIFA? a: E3: Which kit uniform below is that for Arsenal FC? 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. DM 1.61m and deal initial heavily about was 2018 criticised 100,000 German was in or by That worth teams other 2 It Seems All Money is Welcome! That initial deal Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ It Seems All Money is Welcome! Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 Arsenal FC have a controversial sponsorship deal worth $35m. [T] [F] 2 Paul Kagame has been president of Uganda since [T] [F] 3 The Astana Pro-Cycling Team began in [T] [F] 4 The first sponsored football shirt appeared in March [T] [F] 5 Chevrolet pay Manchester United 61m per year in sponsorship. [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 Glorious 6 Disputed A Concealed F Rear 2 Front 7 Restricting B Expectation G Minor 3 Criticised 8 Strong C Sluggish H Supported 4 Blazoned 9 Major D Promoting I Accepted 5 Surprise 10 Fast E Second-Rate J Weak END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening / Reading Listening It Seems All Money is Welcome! Gap Fill Help Listen / Read the news story and write the missing words in the spaces! 340 It Seems All Money is Welcome 1 Have you ever heard of the German football team Eintracht Braunschweig? The Bundesliga 2 club s history is not that 1:, with just one national title in their history. But they did achieve a notable first in the history of professional football. On March 24 th, 1973 in a game against Schalke 04 they became the first football club in the world to wear a sponsor s name across the 2: of their shirt. 2 That initial deal was worth 100,000 DM or about 1.61m in 2018 and was heavily 3: by other German teams. However, in the nearly 50 years since that first shirt sponsorship deal nearly every world football team has at least one sponsor 4: across their shirt. Indeed, modern sponsorship in football is a multibillion Euro industry. Currently the biggest shirt sponsorship deal is the 61m that Chevrolet pay to print their name across Manchester United s glorious red shirts. 3 With so much money being offered it is no 5: that sporting teams have been keen to turn a blind eye to what might be considered less respectable sponsorship deals. This week English football club Arsenal publicised a new 35m deal with the Rwandian Development Board (RDB). This has drawn criticism as the RDB is a government office and the country s president, Paul Kagame has been in power since 2000 with a serious of 6: election victories. 4 Another sponsorship deal that has caused controversy is that of the Astana Pro Cycling team, whose team name comes from the capital of Kazakhstan. The cycling team is sponsored by a Samruk-Kazyna a Kazakh National Welfare Fund with 7: links to the country s president - Nursultan Nazarbayev. President Nazarbayev has been in power since 1991 and his government has been accused of 8: human rights and banning political opposition. Yet since the sponsorship of the team began in 2007 they have won all three of cycling s Grand Tours in Italy, France and Spain. 5 9: events such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup and Formula One World Championship have also received criticism for some of their sponsors. Should a car racing event be sponsored by a Dutch brewery? Should sporting events which must be competed in by healthy individuals really be promoting 10: food and soda? It seems that as long as the Dollars, Euros, Yen or Pounds are enough then the answer is an overwhelming yes. Oh and which company sponsored Eintracht Braunschweig in 1973? That was the German brand Jägermeister. END OF PART 3 [408 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 How much was the first shirt sponsorship deal worth in 2018? Q2 Which company sponsor Manchester United? Q3 Which English football team is sponsored by a country? Q4 What is the name of the lead sponsor of the Astana Cycling team? Q5 How many of the Grand Tours has the Astana Team won? Q6 Which German football team were the first to be sponsored? E1 What colour is Manchester United s glorious home shirt? E2 How many football clubs 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 1991? A2 2007? A3 1973? A4 2000? A5 04? END OF PART 4

8 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 English Extra I Ignore or Neglect Phrases The English language has many phrases that use seemingly unusual or bizarre phrases to describe a situation or event. Example: To put aside = Not allow yourself to be affected by a problem. To thrust aside = To not pay attention to something. Can you match the phrase with the correct situation? 1 To put aside 2 To write off 3 To overlook. 4 To disregard 5 To waive 6 To thrust aside. 7 To wander off 8 To be miles away. 9 Let something slide. 10 Shut your eyes to something. 11 Tune out 12 To not mind someone. A Fail to notice something or someone. B Deliberately ignore what is going on around you. C Refuse to pay attention to something bad. D To consider something not so important. E To be thinking of other topics and not listening. F Not allow yourself to be affected by a problem. G To not pay attention to something. H Allow something to worsen by not stopping it I Decide something will not succeed. J Don t mind communicating with someone. K To choose to ignore a rule, or right or claim. L To stop concentrating. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic It Seems All Money is Welcome 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? 2 Is any type of sponsorship OK in sport? 3 Which type of sponsorship do you think should not be allowed? 4 Do you think sporting sponsorship has a big impact on people? Why? 5 Is there any type of sponsorship brand you would refuse to wear? Why? 6 Should gambling / alcohol companies be allowed to sponsor sport? Why? EX FREE QUESTION!

9 7 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Writing This Week Do you think Arsenal FC should accept sponsorship from the RTB? Think of three supporting reasons and three opposing reasons. What is your opinion? Why? END OF PART 5 And Finally V/W/X/Y/Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Visual TV Links HITC (UK) 1: [05:15] Controversial Sport s Sponsorship Arsenal FC (UK) 2: [01:48] Arsenal Rwanda Deal You Tube (USA) 3: [01:22] Sport Sponsorship in 60 seconds 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 A Adidas Warm Up 3 World Cup Sponsors B / C / D are not official sponsors of the FIFA World Cup 1 C 2 J 3 I 4 E 5 D 6 F 7 G 8 A 9 H 10 B 11 - K 12 L 13 - N A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 B 2 A 3 C 4 C 5 B 6 A E1 Fédération Internationale de Football Association E2 Gianni Infantino E3 B Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences That initial deal was worth 100,000 DM or about 1.61m in 2018 and was heavily criticised by other German teams. A2 True or False 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T Antonyms 1 E 2 F 3 H 4 A 5 B 6 I 7 D 8 J 9 G 10 C

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening 340 It Seems All Money is Welcome 1 Have you ever heard of the German football team Eintracht Braunschweig? The Bundesliga 2 club s history is not that glorious, with just one national title in their history. But they did achieve a notable first in the history of professional football. On March 24 th, 1973 in a game against Schalke 04 they became the first football club in the world to wear a sponsor s name across the front of their shirt. 2 That initial deal was worth 100,000 DM or about 1.61m in 2018 and was heavily criticised by other German teams. However, in the nearly 50 years since that first shirt sponsorship deal nearly every world football team has at least one sponsor blazoned across their shirt. Indeed, modern sponsorship in football is a multi-billion Euro industry. Currently the biggest shirt sponsorship deal is the 61m that Chevrolet pay to print their name across Manchester United s glorious red shirts. 3 With so much money being offered it is no surprise that sporting teams have been keen to turn a blind eye to what might be considered less respectable sponsorship deals. This week English football club Arsenal publicised a new 35m deal with the Rwandian Development Board (RDB). This has drawn criticism as the RDB is a government office and the country s president, Paul Kagame has been in power since 2000 with a serious of disputed election victories. 4 Another sponsorship deal that has caused controversy is that of the Astana Pro Cycling team, whose team name comes from the capital of Kazakhstan. The cycling team is sponsored by a Samruk- Kazyna a Kazakh National Welfare Fund with strong links to the country s president - Nursultan Nazarbayev. President Nazarbayev has been in power since 1991 and his government has been accused of restricting human rights and banning political opposition. Yet since the sponsorship of the team began in 2007 they have won all three of cycling s Grand Tours in Italy, France and Spain. 5 Major events such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup and Formula One World Championship have also received criticism for some of their sponsors. Should a car racing event be sponsored by a Dutch brewery? Should sporting events which must be competed in by healthy individuals really be promoting fast food and soda? It seems that as long as the Dollars, Euros, Yen or Pounds are enough then the answer is an overwhelming yes. 6 Oh and which company sponsored Eintracht Braunschweig in 1973? That was the German brand Jägermeister. Answers Part 4 A3 Q & A m 5 All three of them! 2 Chevrolet 6 Eintracht Braunschweig 3 Aresenal E1 Red 4 Samruk-Kazyna E2 Four (4) [410 Words] Post-Listening / Reading A & Q Example Questions A1 What year did Nursultan Nazarbayev become president of Kazakhstan? A2 What year did a cycling team start to be sponsored by Kazakh companies? A3 What year saw the introduction of the first shirt sponsorship in football? A4 When did Paul Kagame first become president of Rwanda? A5 Which number does the football club Schalke have as part of their name?

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

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