Dani Olmo's Donation to Vukovar Moves Croatian Journalists
Dani Olmo is a football player. He plays for Barcelona. He also plays for Spain.
Dani Olmo gave a donation to Vukovar. Vukovar is a city in Croatia. People in the city were happy.
Croatian journalists saw the news. They gave Olmo a special ovation. This means they clapped for him with respect.
Bayern Munich is a big football club. It is from Germany. Bayern wanted to buy Dani Olmo.
Bayern made an offer of 70 million. This is a lot of money. The offer was for Olmo to join the club.
But Barcelona said no. Dani Olmo also said no. This was the third time they said no to Bayern.
Vocabulary8 words
- donation
- money or things you give to help someone
- journalists
- people who write news stories
- ovation
- loud clapping to show respect
- offer
- money someone wants to pay you
- reject
- to say no to something
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new club
- club
- a sports team
- million
- 1,000,000 - a very big number
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Answer key
1. A donation 2. Croatian journalists 3. Three times
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Dani Olmo is a football _____. He plays for _____.
Dani Olmo gave a _____ to Vukovar. Vukovar is a city in _____.
Croatian journalists gave Olmo a special _____.
_____ Munich wanted to buy Dani Olmo.
Bayern made an offer of 70 _____.
Barcelona and Olmo said _____ for the third time.
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