Modul 5: Hangutánzó szavak: 09 Football Mad

Hi. Let’s look at some more sounds.

Have you ever been so cold that your teeth start to chatter? It’s not a nice feeling is it-but that is the sound that your teeth make. The chattering sound comes from their movement. This is like when your feet are cold so you keep moving them on the floor. The movement creates energy which gives you warmth.

The sound that your feet make is a shuffle. You hear the shuffling of feet.

Our last sound is a ‘flutter’. The movement of the flags in the wind creates a fluttering sound.

The Story: Football Mad (with explanation)

The rain violently fell on the football arena where Sam was standing, waiting for the game to commence.

If something is violent, it means it is very forceful. So, the rain violently fell on the football arena where Sam was standing, waiting for the game to commence.

A foul wind blew through the crowd which made the spectators teeth chatter.

Foul is another word for bad. A foul wind blew through the crowd of people which made their teeth chatter.

The match was delayed by half an hour due to the rain, but despite the weather, Sam and his fellow supporters were still smiling and manically waving their flags.

The match was delayed, late to start, by half an hour due to the rain but despite the weather (even though the weather was bad) Sam and his fellow supporters (the crowd around him that supported the same football team) were still smiling and manically waving their flags. To wave their flags manically, it means that they were waving them with a huge amount of energy.

Drums and trumpets led the rowdy crowds in football chants to keep them entertained, and Sam shuffled his feet as a way of building energy to give him some warmth.

A rowdy crowd is a loud, unsettled crowd. This rowdy crowd were being led by drums and trumpets in football chants to keep them entertained (amused and distracted from the long wait). Sam shuffled his feet to keep warm.

At long last, the moment came when the rain stopped and the wind calmed.

Finally, the time had come from the game to begin because the rain had stopped and the wind calmed. The wind stopped blowing so harshly.       It was more gentle.

The two teams marched onto the pitch and the crowds erupted with cheers.

Marching is a way to describe when people walk with determination. The two teams marched on the pitch and the crowds erupted with cheers. Have you ever seen a volcano erupt? When a volcano erupts, lava explodes from the top of the volcano. So the crowd exploded with cheers.

The referee followed the football players.He had a whistle hanging around his neck, and his left hand was gripping a flag.

The referee marched on after the football teams. The referee had a whistle hanging from his neck and a flag in his left hand. He was gripping the flag, which is another way of saying that he was tightly holding it.

The ambience of noise faded as the referee lifted the whistle to his lips. There was a moment of silence before he blew the whistle. Finally, the game had kicked off.

The ambience of noise, the noisy atmosphere faded (it quietened) as the referee lifted the whistle. There was a momentary silence before he blew it. Finally the game had started, the game had kicked off.

As Sam’s favourite player, Anderson, kicked the ball across the pitch, a flash of lightning lit up the grey, miserable sky.

When Anderson kicked the ball, a flash of lightning lit up the grey, miserable (or depressing) sky.

Immediately, the referee blew his whistle again and waved his flag, which was fluttering in the wind that had picked up again.

Because of the lightning, the referee blew his whistle again and waved his flag. The flag was fluttering in the wind and the wind had picked up again. It had started to blow hard again.

The game had to finish. Sam was furious because he had been standing in the rain getting soaked only to see the ball get kicked once. The crowds booed the referee as they left the arena.

Sam was furious, he was angry because the game had to finish and he had been standing in the rain getting soaking wet and the ball was only kicked once! The crowds booed to show their anger as they left the arena.

The Story: Football Mad (2nd reading)

Let’s take a look at the story again. 

The rain violently fell on the football arena where Sam was standing, waiting for the game to commence. A foul wind blew through the crowd which made the spectators teeth chatter. The match was delayed by half an hour due to the rain, but despite the weather, Sam and his fellow supporters were still smiling and manically waving their flags. Drums and trumpets led the rowdy crowds in football chants to keep them entertained, and Sam shuffled his feet as a way of building energy to give him some warmth.

At long last, the moment came when the rain stopped and the wind calmed. The two teams marched onto the pitch and the crowds erupted with cheers. The referee followed the football players. He had a whistle hanging around his neck, and his left hand was gripping a flag. The ambience of noise faded as the referee lifted the whistle to his lips. There was a moment of silence before he blew the whistle. Finally, the game had kicked off.

As Sam’s favourite player, Anderson, kicked the ball across the pitch, a flash of lightning lit up the grey, miserable sky. Immediately the referee blew his whistle again and waved his flag, which was fluttering in the wind which had picked up again. The game had to finish. Sam was furious because he had been standing in the rain getting soaked only to see the ball get kicked once. The crowds booed the referee as they left the arena.