2026-02-02
7 分钟Hello and welcome back to your English five a day season three on the Elan podcast.
This is a short daily podcast for intermediate to advanced level English learners who want to build natural English vocabulary through stories.
My name is Anna and this is week four,
day one of our story following Gabriel as he continues his journey through the UK.
After Liverpool, Gabriel arrives in Manchester and before he's even unpacked,
he finds himself drawn into one of the country's favourite pastimes, football.
Today,
you'll hear five very British football expressions that you'll come across again and again in everyday English.
Supporting materials for this lesson are available at www.joineelan.com forward slash plus PLUS.
Now, before we begin, let me give you a quick snapshot of what's to come.
As Gabriel chats with other guests in his hostel, talk quickly turns to football.
They remind him that every match starts at nil nil and that tonight's game is expected to be a cracking match.
They tell him to arrive before kickoff, warn him,
that it could go into extra time and promise that England will really get stuck in once the game begins.
Alright, it's time for today's vocabulary breakdown.
To kick off.
This in football means the moment when the match begins.
So you might say The match kicks off at eight o'clock meaning the match starts at eight o'clock.
Then you heard nil nil and that's n-i-l-n-i-l nil nil.
This is the score of zero zero nil nil.