Napoli Signs Defender Benoit Badiashile
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Napoli is an Italian football club. The club has a new player. His name is Benoit Badiashile. He plays as a defender. A defender stops the other team from scoring.
Napoli's president is Aurelio De Laurentiis. He said the club bought Badiashile. This is now official. Official means it is confirmed and true.
People who play fantasy football want to know about Badiashile. Fantasy football is a game. People pick real players for a team online. Each player has a price. People look at his price and his statistics. Statistics are numbers about how a player plays.
Badiashile is also famous for another reason. An artist named Di Virgilio makes small figures called statuines. These figures are for a Christmas scene called a presepe. Now there is a new statuine of Badiashile.
Vocabulary15 words
- defender
- a player who stops the other team from scoring
- fantasy football
- a game where people pick real players for an online team
- price
- how much something costs
- statistics
- numbers that show how well someone plays
- statuines
- small figures shaped like people
- presepe
- a small Christmas scene with figures
- official
- confirmed and true
- club
- a team and its organization
- president
- the top leader of a club
- purchase
- buying something
- confirmed
- said to be true and final
- famous
- known by many people
- artist
- a person who makes art
- scene
- a picture or small model of a place
- team
- a group of players
Quiz
Answer key
1. Defender 2. Aurelio De Laurentiis 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Napoli is an Italian football _____. The club has a new player. His name is Benoit _____. He plays as a _____.
Napoli's president is Aurelio De _____. He said the club bought Badiashile. This is now _____.
People who play _____ football want to know about Badiashile. People look at his _____ and his _____.
An artist named Di Virgilio makes small figures called _____. These figures are for a Christmas scene called a _____.