"Flick" - Sebastien Le Toux of Sounders FC
Date: Oct 23 2009
Category: Real Life
Themes: Sports
Grammar: Used to Do vs Be Used to
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
When the Seattle Sounders became an MLS team this year, the first player they signed was French midfielder Sebastien Le Toux. He played with the Sounders the year before they became a top tier team, and proved to be one of the most rock solid guys on the team both on and off the field.
Jason had better hope Sebastien’s soccer skills are rock solid: he recently attended a Sounders practice and asked Sebastien to kick a ball over his head! He also talked to him about movies and what annoying kids do in class when the teacher isn’t looking. What do all these things have in common? You’ll have to watch the video to find out.
3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.
English, baby! English Lesson Video
English, baby! English lesson audio.
Intro
When the Seattle Sounders became an MLS team this year, the first player they signed was French midfielder Sebastien Le Toux. He played with the Sounders the year before they became a top tier team, and proved to be one of the most rock solid guys on the team both on and off the field.
Jason had better hope Sebastien’s soccer skills are rock solid: he recently attended a Sounders practice and asked Sebastien to kick a ball over his head! He also talked to him about movies and what annoying kids do in class when the teacher isn’t looking. What do all these things have in common? You’ll have to watch the video to find out.
Dialog
Sebastien |
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Jason: Welcome to English, baby! I’m Jason, here with Sebastien Le Toux of Seattle Sounders FC. How are you today?
Sebastien: I’m very good, thank you.
Jason: Alright. And so you grew up in France. Did you learn soccer English in school? Or when did you learn all those terms that you need to play the game?
Sebastien: Here when I arrived. I just, you know, pulled my dictionary out of my bag and, you know, ask everybody how you say net, how you say goal, how you say offsides, stuff like that.
Jason: And so, you’ve said in interviews before that you really enjoy playing in the U.S.
Sebastien: Ah, you know, I like the U.S. It’s a very big country. So different than France. There’s a lot of things to visit and you know, the people and the mentality here is wonderful. And, you know, I’m very happy about the welcome I had here and about all the help of everybody. Especially, my English was not so good at the beginning so… You know, everybody was very kind and very nice to me here.
Jason: OK. And so, the term we’re gonna learn today is “flick.” And there’s a bunch of different meanings for this term, but the first one we’re gonna do is soccer. So can you explain what is a flick in soccer?
Sebastien: It’s like to pass the ball over your head in the air.
Jason: Yeah. It’s just like a little short kick, right?
Sebastien: Yeah, I little short kick. So sometimes the ball comes to you with some bounce or you control the ball in the air so, you know, maybe the best way to pass the defender is maybe to flick the ball over his head.
Jason: So that’s how you flick in soccer. And there’s a couple other meanings. Can you show us what a flick is with your hands?
Sebastien: Yes. I know lots of kids who used to do this one.
Jason: Yeah.
Sebastien: And they flick, you know, their friends, so sometimes I say, “No. It’s not very nice so you have to stop doing that.”
Jason: Yeah, not nice at all. But the last one is movies. Have you seen a good flick lately?
Sebastien: The last one I went to was The Hangover.
Jason: OK.
Sebastien: You know, it was very nice and I think even if I didn’t understand all the jokes in the movie I was laughing a lot. So it was good for me and so I’m going to see it again in maybe one year and I will probably understand more jokes in the movie.
Jason: Nice! Alright. Well thanks so much, Sebastien, and good luck with the rest of the season. Can I get an English, baby high-five?
Sebastien: OK. English, baby!
Grammar Point
Used to Do vs. Be Used to
Sebastien says he knows a lot of kids who used to flick people with their fingers. If you used to do something, you did something regularly in the past which you no longer do now. So Sebastien’s friends used to be mean and flick other people with their fingers, but they probably don’t do that anymore. When used this way, used to is always followed by a verb, as in, “I used to be a defender, but now I play offense.”
Be used to looks similar to used to do, but it means something different. If you are used to something, you are accustomed to it. Be used to is always followed by a noun or gerund. For example, I can say I am used to life in the U.S., or I can say that I am used to living in the U.S.
If I play soccer every day, is it better to say, “I used to play soccer every day” or, “I’m used to playing soccer every day?”
Discussion
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When Sebastien first came to the US, he had to bring a dictionary to practice because he hadn’t learned all the vocabulary you need to play soccer! But the Sounders and their fans were happy to have him and made him feel very welcome, so he likes playing in the US a lot.
Jason asks Sebastien to teach a lesson on the term “flick,” which has three different meanings. In soccer, a flick is a short kick that goes over a defender’s head. Sebastien easily flicks the ball over Jason’s head and scores a goal.
But you can also flick with your hand. You put one of your fingers against your thumb and slide it off really fast. That’s what you do when you want to get a bug off of your shirt. Or if you want to bother the kid next to you in class, you can flick him too.
Finally, “flick” is also slang for movie. The last flick Sebastien went to was The Hangover. He says didn’t understand it all but he liked it and laughed a lot. He may see it again in a year and see if he gets more of the jokes.
Could you flick a soccer ball over someone’s head like Sebastien? What’s the last good flick you saw?
For more with Sebastien, visit our blog or the Sounders’ website. The Sounders close a successful season at home this Saturday, October 24, against FC Dallas and then will head to the MLS playoffs!
Comprehension Quiz
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