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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 05
Section 2 -I'd like to meet...
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Section 2 is based on someone talking about somebody or something they like. It helps you to practise speaking for a little bit longer – for example, when you're explaining something, or telling people something about yourself.
Suggestion: The best way to practise is with a friend who speaks English or is also learning English. However, if you can't find someone, you can send us a paragraph in English.
You listened to Olu talking about Didier Drogba.
Is there a famous sportsperson that you can write about? If you can think of someone, make some notes to answer these questions:
What's his/her name?
What nationality is he/she?
What sport does he/she play?
What do you know about his/her sports career?
Why is he/she famous?
Do you know anything about his/her personal life?
Do you like him/her? Why? Why not?
Is he/she famous for other things too? What?
Now put your notes together to write a paragraph about the person and why you’d like to meet him or her. Go to the bottom of the page to do this.
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Tess: Hi Olu.
Olu: Hi Tess.
Tess: Where are you calling from Olu?
Olu: From West London.
Tess: And what do you do?
Olu: I’m still at school. In Year 12
Tess: OK. And who would you like to meet, Olu? Who are you going to talk to us about?
Olu: I’d like to meet Didier Drogba.
Ravi: Drogba? The footballer? Chelsea? You do know I’m from Manchester, don’t you, Olu? You know, Manchester United?
Olu: Yeah, well, it’s not just because he’s Chelsea.
Tess: Come on Olu – don’t listen to him. Why would you like to meet Didier Drogba? Tell us something about him.
Olu: Well, he’s a footballer – you already know that – and he’s from Ivory Coast, in West Africa, and he plays great football.
Tess: And do you like him because he’s a good footballer?
Olu: Well, I do, I like the way he plays and he scores some great goals and all that, but there’s more than that. He was born in Ivory Coast but he moved to France when he was five – he went on his own to live with his uncle. Imagine that – a five year-old boy moving to a new country by himself?
Tess: Wow.
Olu: And then he went back to Ivory Coast but moved back to France a bit after that. His family were really poor, you know, and they had to move around to look for work and that.
Tess: So did he start playing football in Ivory Coast?
Olu: No – in France. And this is another thing I like about him, see, most players at the really big clubs go there when they’re quite young but Drogba played for a few years with small teams and worked his way up, through hard work. He was 26, I think, when he went to Chelsea. But anyway, what I like him for most is that even though he’s made it now and he’s got loads of money and that he really hasn’t forgotten where he came from. He does loads of work for Unicef – he’s like an ambassador or something for them so he does all this charity work. Y’see, my dad came here from Nigeria when he was really small and, I’ve never been to Africa but all you see on TV is about problems in Africa all the time so it’s really good to see someone who comes from somewhere like Ivory Coast doing good things, you know.
Ravi: And Ivory Coast were in the World Cup in Germany, weren’t they?
Olu: Yeah. It’s the first time they’ve got to the World Cup Finals, and they did OK. Drogba was African footballer of the year as well.
Tess: And what would you like to say to Didier Drogba if you met him, Olu?
Olu: Erm, I guess I’d say thank you to him for the work he does for Africa and for showing people something good from Africa. And for scoring all those goals for Chelsea!
Ravi: Hmmm. I don’t know about that. But that was great Olu, thank you.
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