New Zealander Fleming Says England Coach Should Be English
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Stephen Fleming is from New Zealand.
He is the new coach of the England Test cricket team.
A coach helps a sports team get better.
Test cricket is a long kind of cricket game.
Fleming said something interesting about his new job.
He said the England coach should be English.
He thinks someone from England should do his job.
Fleming is not from England.
He is from New Zealand, a country far from England.
Many sports teams have foreign coaches.
A foreign coach comes from another country.
Fleming's idea is different and surprising.
People are now talking about his words.
His opinion may start a big discussion.
We do not know what will happen next.
Vocabulary9 words
- coach
- a person who helps a team play better
- Test
- a long, important type of cricket match
- national team
- a sports team that plays for one country
- foreign
- from another country
- suggests
- says an idea; gives an opinion
- appointed
- chosen for a job
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
- opinion
- what a person thinks
- discussion
- people talking about an idea
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Answer key
1. New Zealand 2. England's Test cricket coach 3. It should be done by an English person
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Stephen Fleming is from New _____.
He is the new _____ of the England Test cricket team.
A coach helps a sports team get _____.
Test cricket is a long kind of cricket _____.
Fleming said something _____ about his new job.
He said the England coach should be _____.
He thinks someone from England should do his _____.
Fleming is not from _____.
Many sports teams have _____ coaches.
His opinion may start a big _____.
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