On this week’s football-language podcast – Aston Villa vs Liverpool – we review the football news from the week, explain the phrase, ‘fitness test‘, we also look ahead to some of the big games from next week in our predictions – we’ll focus on the big top-of-the-table clash in the Premier League between Liverpool and Manchester City. We also have our weekly football language quiz question which is all about the verb beating a player and how it is used in football. If you’d like the transcript to the show please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon). With the 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 activities for your learners. If you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF Damon=DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Aston Villa vs Liverpool

DB: You’re listening to Languagecaster.com’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to the Learn English Through Football Podcast – the podcast for all those who love the beautiful game of football and who wish to improve their English language skills. My name’s Damon and I’m based in Tokyo, Japan, where we’ve had some nice autumnal weather recently. I was been unable to join the podcast last week, apologies for that, and this week, Damian is also unable to join live but has pre-recorded a message and some sections of the show. Here he is.

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DF: Hi everyone, this is Damian – unfortunately I cannot be live on the show this week but I have been able to record some comments, including an explanation of the football phrase, ‘fitness test‘. I’ll also be asking a football-language quiz question which features phrases that mean to beat a player and of course I’ll be attempting to increase my lead at the top of the predictions table when I’ll be talking about games in the Champions League, La Liga and the Premier League.

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