Familiar Cricket Team Starts New Campaign in Unfamiliar Place
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A familiar cricket group is starting a new campaign.
This is an important time for the team. People call it an era-defining campaign.
But the team is not playing in their usual place. They are playing in an unfamiliar place.
The captain is Weatherald. He is coming back to Darwin. But it feels strange for him.
People call this a homecoming. Weatherald grew up near Darwin.
Weatherald made some changes to the team. These changes are called tinkerings.
Now people want to know if his changes will work. This is the test for him.
Weatherald feels new pressure now. He must show his changes are good.
The team wants to start strong. They want to win in this new place.
Fans are watching closely. They want to see if the team can adapt.
Vocabulary10 words
- familiar
- known well; not new
- campaign
- a series of games or matches
- era-defining
- very important for a long time
- unfamiliar
- not known; new
- strange
- not normal; unusual
- homecoming
- coming back to your home place
- tinkerings
- small changes
- test
- a hard check to see if something is good
- pressure
- a feeling of stress to do well
- adapt
- to change to fit a new place
Quiz
Answer key
1. A new campaign 2. Darwin 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A _____ cricket group is starting a new _____.
This is an important time for the team. People call it an _____ campaign.
But the team is not playing in their usual place. They are playing in an _____ place.
The captain is Weatherald. He is coming back to Darwin. But it feels _____ for him.
People call this a _____. Weatherald grew up near Darwin.
Weatherald made some changes to the team. These changes are called _____.
Now people want to know if his changes will work. This is the _____ for him.
Weatherald feels new _____ now. He must show his changes are good.