2022/11/10
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Announcer: You’re listening to: Top of the Topics!
[中文] 11月20號世界盃開踢啦!
Now, please welcome your host, Chuck McSilver!
Chuck: Hello and welcome to another episode of Top of the Topics! The show where if you don’t know the news …
Audience: You Lose!
Chuck: Let’s meet today’s contestants: guys, say hello to Harry and Bobby!
Chuck: Harry, Bobby, welcome to the show!
Both: Thanks Chuck!
Chuck: Harry! Last week you fought so hard!
Harry: I’m a born winner, Chuck!
Chuck: Whoof! Bobby, think you can fight back?
Bobby: Attack’s always the best form of defense, Chuck …
Chuck: They’re vicious this week! Only one person can calm their troubled minds: ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for everyone’s favorite resident know-it-all: Sally Smartypants! Sally?
Sally: Thanks Chuck! Today’s Topic is: The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup!
Chuck: Fan-tabby-doozie! Harry, Bobby, I’ll give you a word, you give us a definition. First correct answer wins. Fingers on buzzers. Ready? … Word one: FIFA Bobby.
Bobby: It’s the governing body of soccer around the world!
Chuck: Goal! One nil to Bobby! Sally?
Sally: Held every four years, the FIFA World Cup is a hugely prestigious international soccer tournament, contested by 32 of the world’s best national men’s teams.
Chuck: Word two: ‘Prestigious’ Harry.
Harry: Something people really admire and respect.
Chuck: Correct: one all!! Sally?
Sally: This tournament has been so prestigious for so long, it’s become the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in history, with Oceania the only unrepresented continent this year.
Chuck: Word three: ‘Continent’ Harry.
Harry: It’s a big area of land, made up of close, neighboring countries. We’re in Asia, but there are lots of other continents!
Chuck: You got it! That’s Harry 2, Bobby 1. Sally?
Sally: Qatar 2022 will be this continent’s second world cup. The first in Asia was hosted by South Korea and Japan in 2002. To make up for Qatar’s intense summer heat, this tournament will, for the first time, be held from November 20th to December 18th
Chuck: Word four: ‘Intense’ Harry.
Harry: Something really extreme! Full of strength and force!
Chuck: Correct! Harry’s scored a hat-trick! Sally?
Sally: As always, this year’s contest promises to be really intense! Brazil are the favorites to win … but the world cup is famously fickle! It’s anyone’s game
Chuck: Uh-oh! That sound means we’ve run out of time, and Harry’s our winner with 3 points!
Harry: Bobby, well played! It’s been an honor
Bobby: You too Harry … you’d better win again next week!