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Cucurella's Wife Shows Gifts from Real Madrid Event

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The wife of footballer Marc Cucurella showed some gifts online.

She got the gifts at a presentation event for Real Madrid.

One gift is worth more than 8,000 euros.

She did not say what the gift was.

Many football fans watch these events.

Clubs often give nice gifts to players and their families.

This story is about the gifts, not a match.

People online liked seeing the expensive gift.

Marc Cucurella plays football in Spain.

His wife often shows things on social media.

Football news sites wrote about the gifts.

The gift shows how much money is in football.

Vocabulary10 words

presentation
a special event where a new player is shown to fans
gift
something you give to another person
worth
how much money something is
footballer
a person who plays football
online
on the internet
fans
people who like and support a team or player
club
a football team and its organization
social media
websites where people share photos and messages
expensive
costing a lot of money
match
a football game

Quiz

1. Whose wife showed the gifts?
2. How much is the most expensive gift worth?
3. Where did she get the gifts?

Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

The wife of footballer Marc Cucurella showed some _____ online.

She got the gifts at a _____ event for Real Madrid.

One gift is worth more than _____ euros.

She did not say what the _____ was.

Many football _____ watch these events.

Clubs often give nice gifts to _____ and their families.

People online liked seeing the expensive _____.

Marc Cucurella plays _____ in Spain.

His wife often shows things on _____ media.

The gift shows how much money is in _____.

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