Dado como morto, jogoluva de pedreiro casa de apostasfutebolluva de pedreiro casa de apostasmesa renasce na Ásia:luva de pedreiro casa de apostas

Transcript

Fingers at the ready! This was the football game of a generation.

But fans of Subbuteo luva de pedreiro casa de apostas gave it the red card when computer games arrived on the scene.

Despite this, luva de pedreiro casa de apostas die-hard fans in Asia have continued to compete and are trying to revive this luva de pedreiro casa de apostas low-tech game.

At a recent tournament in Japan, fierce battles were played out on pitches made of soft cloth, between luva de pedreiro casa de apostas devotees who think this game still luva de pedreiro casa de apostas rules supreme.

Transcriçãoluva de pedreiro casa de apostasportuguês

Preparem os dedos! Esse foi o jogoluva de pedreiro casa de apostasfutebolluva de pedreiro casa de apostasuma geração.

Mas fãs do Subbuteo deram-lhe o cartão vermelho com a chegada dos gamesluva de pedreiro casa de apostascomputador.

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

luva de pedreiro casa de apostas gave it the red card a football term used here to mean to reject or to stop using

luva de pedreiro casa de apostas die-hard determined, dedicated

luva de pedreiro casa de apostas low-tech simple or unsophisticated

luva de pedreiro casa de apostas devotees people who are very enthusiastic about a subject or activity

luva de pedreiro casa de apostas 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