2020-04-02
9 分钟Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome to my podcast where I try to help you with the english language, introducing expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs, and other language in which you can make a contribution both in your working environment and also in your social and personal life.
So what do I have for you today?
Well, in this podcast we're going to talk about something that everybody loves, and everybody, as far as I know, loves football.
So whether you're living in France or England, Ireland, Germany, Spain, wherever it might be, football is one of those unique sports that unites cities and also divides them from time to time.
So if you're lucky to love the game as much as I do, and hopefully you support a team a little bit better than my team.
My team is Newcastle.
But we all have our problems in life.
So whoever your team is, well, enjoy football.
So these are some expressions that we can typically use and hear when we are watching football with friends.
Or perhaps we have the benefit of going to the game.
A live game is a real great experience.
So let's look at some phrasal verbs related to a football match.
To pay off.
So to pay off, well, literally, to pay off means to pay somebody money to go away or to stop doing something.
But in football terms, to pay off means something you did has a good result.
So, for example, the change of position of our central midfielder to a striker paid off handsomely last weekend when he scored two goals.
The purchase of that new defender will pay off eventually.
He's young and when he settles in, he'll be a great contribution to the team.
Okay, so to pay off something has a benefit.