English Through Football Podcast – April 2020: This week on the football-language podcast we discuss some of the words and phrases from the week and of course we continue with our look back at some of the big moments from football’s history in our series of World Cup matches. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the file below – you can also subscribe and listen to all our football-language podcasts – there are hundreds! There is also a transcript to the show (below) and with this transcript you can improve your English by reading as you listen, or if you are a teacher of English you can use the transcript to make several listening and/or reading activities for your learners. If you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damian=DF Damon=DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: April 2020 Introduction DF: Hello everybody, my name is Damian and you are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast. We hope that you are all well and safe wherever you are listening to us in these difficult times. I am here in London where the sun is shining so at least we can sit out in the garden for a little bit. Now, as regular listeners to the podcast will know the other member of the languagecaster team is Damon, who is based in Tokyo. Damon, how are you doing? It’s been a long time since we did a podcast together. DB: Yes it has been a long time. I am well, although of course things are very different to normal life here in Japan too. Like you, I have been outside, not in the garden, but on my balcony. We’ve had some typical spring weather here in Tokyo – sometimes beautiful sun, sometimes rain, and often windy! How are you coping without football? DF: Well, it is certainly strange – it is almost 6 weeks now since the Premier League last played and I was reading yesterday that the FA Cup semi-finals should have been played this weekend – strange times indeed. DB: Yes DF: I know that many football fans have been watching old, classic games and that’s what we have been doing here on languagecaster and you will have noticed that our recent podcasts have focused on classic World Cup matches – this week, I took a look at the 1982 World Cup second round match between Brazil and Italy. DB: Yes, now, that was a corker! DF: It was indeed. Now maybe some of our listeners might not understand the phrase ‘a corker‘ as it is not so common these days, what does it mean Damon? DB: A corker is a phrase used to describe a really exciting match – probably you could think of it meaning really, really, really excellent! DF: So maybe something like a cracker. Stinger: You’re listening to languagecaster.com (In Thai) Latest Podcasts DB: Now, even though there is no football going on at the moment, we have been busy with updating content onto our football-language site here at languagecaster. DF: Yes, Damon, as you mentioned earlier, we have added lots of podcasts connected to previous classic World Cup matches and so far we have done the 1982 Italy v Brazil second round match, the 1986 Brazil versus France quarter-final ...