80s Photo Trend Goes Viral Among Football Stars
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A new trend is popular on the internet. It shows how people looked in the 1980s. Many football players and coaches are trying it.
People use an app to change their photos. The app makes them look like they lived in the 1980s. Their hair and clothes look old and different.
The trend started on Instagram. Instagram is a place to share photos online. Many famous people posted their 1980s photos there.
One famous person is Sabina Simonato. She showed her new look on TV. She looked back at old times and had fun with it.
The trend asks a simple question: 'How would I look in the 1980s?' Many people want to know the answer. They post their photos for friends to see.
Football fans like seeing their favorite players in a new way. The old style looks funny and interesting to many people.
Vocabulary15 words
- trend
- something many people do or like at the same time
- a phone app for sharing photos
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- nostalgic
- feeling happy about the past
- viral
- seen by many people very fast online
- app
- a small program on a phone
- improvise
- to do something without much planning
- famous
- known by many people
- style
- a way something looks
- decade
- a period of ten years
- internet
- a system that connects computers around the world
- popular
- liked by many people
- photo
- a picture taken with a camera
- post
- to put something online for others to see
- past
- time before now
Quiz
Answer key
1. How people looked in the 1980s 2. — 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A new _____ is popular on the internet. It shows how people looked in the _____.
Many football _____ and coaches are trying it.
People use an _____ to change their photos.
The app makes them look like they lived in the 1980s.
The trend started on _____.
Many _____ people posted their 1980s photos there.
One famous person is Sabina Simonato. She showed her new look on _____.
The trend asks a simple question: 'How would I look in the 1980s?'
Football _____ like seeing their favorite players in a new way.