Englishpod 55 Hockey

1. Dialogue

A: Hello everyone, I'm Rick Fields, and here with me is Bob Copeland.

B: How do you folks? And welcome to today's game. You know, Rick, today is a key game between Russia and Canada. As you know, the winner will move on to the finals.

A: That's right. And it looks like we are just about ready to start the match. A ref is calling the players for the face off. And here we go. The Russians win position and immediately set up their attack . Federer of gets checked hard into the boards.

B: Moliseley shot has the puck now and passes it to the center. He shoots. Wow, what a save by the goalie.

A: Alright. A puck is back in play now. Pavel Bure is on a breakaway. He is flying down the ice. The defenders can't keep up. Slap shot. He scores.

A: What an amazing goal.

2. Vocabulary and phrases

Puck, played by hockey

a key game, a really important game

finals, the last game

face off, n. players stand face to face

check,

goalie, prevent the hockey from getting a goal

save, a save.

breakaway,

fly down the ice, ~skating fast on the ice

3. Rewrite

Again, Rick Fields and Bob Copeland are commenting a key game between Russia and Canada, and the winner will move on to the finals. After the hockey match started, the Russians win the position just at the beginning, and set up an attack.