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Lesson 11. Topic: A world championship.

Task 1. Read and translate the text.
A world championship.
Next year our country will host the World Cup for the first time. The
World Cup is an international football championship, where teams from all

countries compete with each other for the first prize. The winner of the
World Cup will receive a $50 million money prize.
As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will
be building seven stadiums for the World Cup finals, a new airport, and
about 100 new hotels. An entire new city will be built around the stadium
which will host the final match. Also, they will be constructing a series of

new roads and a new metro system, which will take you almost anywhere in
the city in no time at all.
The famous architect Ken Russel has designed fantastic modern
buildings, many of which are skyscrapers. Everybody will be watching
anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are
looking forward to the World Cup because it has never been held before in
this country.

Task 2. Write down and learn the new words.
A team, a prize, a winner, a government, a building, a skyscraper, a
stadium, championship, a competition, a competitor, to compete, to host, to
receive, to build, to construct, to design, a great many, each other, around,
final, fantastic, anxious, anxiously, excited, exciting, modern, an architect, a

metro, a system, a road, a series, a match, international, entire.
T ask 3. Answer the questions.
What is the World Cup?
Who will compete for the first prize?
What will the winner get?
What will the government be building?
What has the architect Ken Russel designed?
Will everyone be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up?

Why is everyone very excited?
T ask 4. Make questions to the following answers.
It is an international football championship.
T eams from all countries compete with each other for the first prize.