JFA Chief Responds to Allegations Against Korean Football Association
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There are big news about football in Korea.
People say the Korean Football Association gave sex favors to foreign referees. A referee is a person who controls a football game.
This is called an allegation. An allegation is something people say happened, but it is not proven yet.
People say this problem is very big. Some call it a historic scandal. Historic means very important in history.
The Japan Football Association is a group that runs football in Japan.
Its president is Tsuneyasu Miyamoto. A president is the top leader of a group.
Miyamoto talked about the allegation.
He said, "We are checking the facts."
To check facts means to find out what is true.
He did not say more about the problem.
Many people now wait for more news about this story.
The Korean Football Association has not said much yet.
Vocabulary15 words
- Korean Football Association
- the group that runs football in South Korea
- referees
- people who control a sports game
- allegation
- something people say happened, but it is not proven
- historic
- very important in history
- Japan Football Association
- the group that runs football in Japan
- president
- the top leader of a group
- scandal
- a bad event that makes people angry
- check the facts
- to find out what is true
- foreign
- from another country
- problem
- something bad that needs to be fixed
- group
- many people who work together
- top leader
- the most important person
- news
- information about new events
- story
- a report about something that happened
- wait
- to stay until something happens
Quiz
Answer key
1. The Korean Football Association gave sex favors to foreign referees 2. The president of the Japan Football Association 3. He is checking the facts
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
There are big news about football in _____.
People say the Korean Football Association gave sex favors to foreign _____.
This is called an _____.
People say this problem is very big. Some call it a _____ scandal.
The Japan Football Association is a group that runs football in _____.
Its president is Tsuneyasu _____.
He said, "We are checking the _____."
To check facts means to find out what is _____.
He did not say more about the _____.
Many people now wait for more _____ about this story.