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Preparem os dedos! Esse foi o jogofazer aposta loteriafutebolfazer aposta loteriauma geração.

Mas fãs do Subbuteo deram-lhe o cartão vermelho com a chegada dos gamesfazer aposta loteriacomputador.

Apesar disso, fãs aficionados na Ásia continuaram a competir e estão tentando ressuscitar o jogo 'low-tech'.

Em um recente torneio no Japão, duras batalhas foram travadas sobre panos macios por devotos que ainda acreditam que esse jogo reina supremo.

Vocabulary

fazer aposta loteria gave it the red card a football term used here to mean to reject or to stop using

fazer aposta loteria die-hard determined, dedicated

fazer aposta loteria low-tech simple or unsophisticated

fazer aposta loteria devotees people who are very enthusiastic about a subject or activity

fazer aposta loteria rules supreme is the best and most important

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

1. Ultras, the __________ fans of al-Ahly, Egypt's most successful club, took to the streets of the capital to show satisfaction after 21 people were sentenced to death for their role in last February's football violence.

2. Angst about government currencies has traditionally sent people flocking to gold, and for many _________ of the shiny stuff, gold remains the one and forever answer.

3. Then there is Bologna's world famous ragu, the pasta sauce known in the UK as bolognese. This is a city where meat _____________.

4. Depending on your point of view, Wonga is either an innovative player in the world of personal finance - or should be shown a ________ for wooing people who have little chance of meeting repayments into loans with cripplingly high interest rates.

5. Agriculture contributes a mere 3% to the island's gross domestic product (GDP), with the rest coming primarily from exports - which explains why farming remains relatively ____________ and many Taiwanese rice farmers still wander barefoot through paddy rice fields.

Answers

1. Ultras, the die-hard fans of al-Ahly, Egypt's most successful club, took to the streets of the capital to show satisfaction after 21 people were sentenced to death for their role in last February's football violence.

Source: Egypt unrest: Death sentences over football riots spark violence

http://bbc.in/10WhMXe

2. Angst about government currencies has traditionally sent people flocking to gold, and for many devotees of the shiny stuff, gold remains the one and forever answer.

Source: Killing off cash: Could new tech mean the end of money?

http://bbc.in/15gsO9Y

3. Then there is Bologna's world famous ragu, the pasta sauce known in the UK as bolognese. This is a city where meat rules supreme.

Source: Where vegetarianism is an exotic illness

http://bbc.in/ZN2fnl

4. Depending on your point of view, Wonga is either an innovative player in the world of personal finance - or should be shown a red card for wooing people who have little chance of meeting repayments into loans with cripplingly high interest rates.

Source: Wonga: Premier personal finance player?

http://bbc.in/TGqrIG

5. Agriculture contributes a mere 3% to the island's gross domestic product (GDP), with the rest coming primarily from exports - which explains why farming remains relatively low-tech and many Taiwanese rice farmers still wander barefoot through paddy rice fields.

Source: Black eggs and ripe guava lead Taiwan's tech revolutionhttp://bbc.in/10m9SlX