Michel Platini Looks Back on His Life as a French Football Legend
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Michel Platini is a famous French football player. People call him a legend of the French national team. The French team is called Les Bleus. This means "The Blues" in English.
Platini talked about his life and his career. A career is the work a person does for many years. He said something interesting. He said, "A super-hero cannot have flaws." A super-hero is a very strong hero. A flaw is a small problem or mistake.
There is a new TV show about Platini. It is called "Devenir Platini." This means "Becoming Platini." The show talks about his life and football career.
The story also talks about a football club called ASSE. This is a team from the city of Saint-Étienne. Long ago, this small team took a big star player. They took him from a very famous club called Real Madrid. A star is a very good and famous player.
Vocabulary15 words
- legend
- a very famous person who did great things
- Les Bleus
- the nickname for the French national football team
- career
- the work a person does for many years
- super-hero
- a very strong, special person who helps others
- flaw
- a small mistake or problem
- ASSE
- a football club from Saint-Étienne, France
- star
- a very good and famous player
- Real Madrid
- a very famous football club from Spain
- national team
- the team that plays for a whole country
- famous
- known by many people
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- interview
- a talk where someone answers questions
- hero
- a person who is admired for great actions
- TV show
- a program you watch on television
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. They cannot have flaws 2. Devenir Platini 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Michel Platini is a famous French football player. People call him a _____ of the French national team. The French team is called _____.
Platini talked about his life and his _____. He said, "A _____ cannot have flaws." A _____ is a small problem or mistake.
There is a new TV show about Platini. It is called "Devenir Platini." This means "_____ Platini."
The story also talks about a football club called _____. This is a team from the city of Saint-Étienne. Long ago, this small team took a big _____ player from _____.