Football English

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The Football World Cup is taking place at the moment. You will probably watch some of the matches from Brazil but, how much do you know about football in English?

First of all, have a look at this list of vocabulary at BBC Learning English website. The most basic words are listed first but then you'll find many more that are also very useful.

INTERESTING LINKS ABOUT FOOTBALL

• Short quiz about football
• Vocabulary (it is classified and each section has activities)
• Football phrases (with activities)
• Learn English with the Premier League
• Historical information about football: rules, history and stars
• Football quiz

Russia and the winter Olympics at Sochi

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As you probably know the 2014 Winter Olympic Games are about to start. They will take place in Sochi, in the south of Russia. If you want to know more about Russia today there are some useful links you might click on.
These are the basic data from the Time for Kids website :

• Official name: Russian Federation
• Size: 6,601,668 square miles (17,098,242 square kilometers); the largest country in the world, and nearly double the size of the United States
• Population:  142,500,482 as of 2013
• Capital: Moscow
• Official language: Russian. There are more than 100 other languages and dialects spoken.
• Currency: Russian ruble (RUR)
• Climate: Cold winters; mild summers; frigid in the Arctic regions
• Products: Coal, gas, oil, chemicals, metals, timber, furs; vehicles, aircraft, weapons, machinery; beef, grain, beets

These other links may also prove useful for you:

• Sochi - Time for Kids
• Sochi - Teacher Television
• Guide to the 2014 Winter Olympics

The most important events in 2013

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

• 15th February: a meteor exploded in Russia, injuring 1,491 people. It was the most powerful meteor to strike Earth in over a century.
• 26th February: French diplomat and writer, Stéphane Hessel died.
• 28th February: Pope Benedict XVI resigned as pope.

MARCH

• 5th March: Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela died.
• 13th March: Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th pope and took the name Francis.
• 24th March: Central African Republic conflict.

APRIL

• 2nd April: The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty.

MAY

JUNE

• 14th-30th June: There were floods and landslides in India.
• 22nd June: Presient Mursi was ousted in Egypt.

JULY

• 1st July: Croatia became the 28th member country of the European Union.
• 4th July: Margaret Thatcher died at 87.
• 18th July: The city of Detroit (US) went bankrupt.
• 22nd July: Prince George of Cambridge was born in the UK.
• 24th July. Train crash in Santiago de Compostela.

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

• 7th September: the 2020 Olympics were won by Japan.

OCTOBER

10th October: 140 countries signed the UNEP Minamata Treaty to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury

 
 NOVEMBER

• 8th November: Typoon Haiyan, the strongest cyclon ever, hit the Philippines. 6,149 people died.
• 17th November: British writer, Doris Lessing died. She had been awarded the Nobel prize.

DECEMBER

• 4th December: Nelson Mandela died at 95.