Programme 9
Text Two
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Intermediate English Course Programme 9 Text Two |
| Ted | What did you think of the game, Bill? |
| Bill | Dreadful! It was neither exciting nor skilful. |
| Ted | I agree with you. Of course the weather didn't help. They'd hardly kicked off when it started to pelt with rain. Our team are useless in the mud, and they were off form anyway. |
| Bill | Some of our team can't play football in either wet or dry conditions, and I've never seen them on form. I can't help laughing when I watch old Ford. Every time he gets the ball he either falls over or passes it to the opposition. I can't make out why they pick him. |
| Ted | He's too old really. He'd already been playing in the team for about ten years when I became a supporter - and that was eight years ago. |
| Bill | Evans isn't much better. He's not only too slow, he's scared to tackle as well. |
| Ted | Yes, he's always afraid of getting injured. Neither Ford nor Evans is up to it. We need two new defenders and a new forward too. |
| Bill | But the management is too mean to spend money either on new players or on improving the ground. |
| Ted | Yes, that's true. The pitch is a disgrace. It isn't flat
and the drains don't work. Every time it rains the
pitch is covered with great puddles of water.
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| Bill | What we need, Ted, is not only new players but a new manager and a new pitch as well. Then perhaps we could win promotion to the Third Division. |
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