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Learn English Through Football Podcast: As it Stands/Standings Learn English Through Football
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In this football language podcast we look at the word ‘stand‘ and see how it is used in different ways in football. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Stand
DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners and teachers of English. My name is Damian and I am in London where the sun is shining and the rain has finally stopped! What’s the weather like where you are? And I wonder what the weather is like for the other member of the Languagecaster team Damon who is in Tokyo, Japan?
Now on today’s show we will be looking at the word ‘stand‘ and how it can be used in football. We’ll be looking at the phrases ‘as it stands‘ and ‘the standings‘ both of which are used when describing the league table.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Spanish).
Standings
DF: Right, let’s take a look at the word ‘standings‘ which refers to the positions of teams in a league table. The standings show where each team is in the division; where they ‘stand‘ in the table. Another word that is used to describe this is ‘ranking’ though maybe this is not so common. So, the standings show us the position of each team in comparison to other teams – which teams are at the top and which ones are at the bottom. But they also give us information about how each team has reached this position or place in the division. For example, how many points they have, how many goals they have scored and how many goals they have conceded and even sometimes what each team’s form has been. We might hear commentators and pundits talk about the current standings which refers to where the teams are in the division at a certain time.
As it stands
DF: Another phrase that we use to describe the positions of teams in the league is ‘as it stands‘ which refers to something more current or to describe what the standings look like at a particular moment – it is a little more fluid or flexible as the standings or positions are not finished yet. We sometimes hear this phrase during a game to suggest what the positions might be like if the game were to finish at that time. This phrase is often used on the final day of the season, for example, to describe the standings of the teams as different goals go in. [For example,] ‘As it stands, Tottenham and Manchester United will go into the Europa League but of course that could all change if either of them score in the last 20 minutes of the game’. The phrase can also refer to a moment in time during the league season – to describe the current positions in the league but also to suggest that this might change before the end of the season.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from Sweden).
DF: Yes, that message was in Swedish and remember that you can send us an audio in any language letting us know that you are listening to Languagecaster.com.
Glossary
DF: Remember, that here at Languagecaster,
In this football language podcast we look at the word ‘stand‘ and see how it is used in different ways in football. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Stand
DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners and teachers of English. My name is Damian and I am in London where the sun is shining and the rain has finally stopped! What’s the weather like where you are? And I wonder what the weather is like for the other member of the Languagecaster team Damon who is in Tokyo, Japan?
Now on today’s show we will be looking at the word ‘stand‘ and how it can be used in football. We’ll be looking at the phrases ‘as it stands‘ and ‘the standings‘ both of which are used when describing the league table.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Spanish).
Standings
DF: Right, let’s take a look at the word ‘standings‘ which refers to the positions of teams in a league table. The standings show where each team is in the division; where they ‘stand‘ in the table. Another word that is used to describe this is ‘ranking’ though maybe this is not so common. So, the standings show us the position of each team in comparison to other teams – which teams are at the top and which ones are at the bottom. But they also give us information about how each team has reached this position or place in the division. For example, how many points they have, how many goals they have scored and how many goals they have conceded and even sometimes what each team’s form has been. We might hear commentators and pundits talk about the current standings which refers to where the teams are in the division at a certain time.
As it stands
DF: Another phrase that we use to describe the positions of teams in the league is ‘as it stands‘ which refers to something more current or to describe what the standings look like at a particular moment – it is a little more fluid or flexible as the standings or positions are not finished yet. We sometimes hear this phrase during a game to suggest what the positions might be like if the game were to finish at that time. This phrase is often used on the final day of the season, for example, to describe the standings of the teams as different goals go in. [For example,] ‘As it stands, Tottenham and Manchester United will go into the Europa League but of course that could all change if either of them score in the last 20 minutes of the game’. The phrase can also refer to a moment in time during the league season – to describe the current positions in the league but also to suggest that this might change before the end of the season.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from Sweden).
DF: Yes, that message was in Swedish and remember that you can send us an audio in any language letting us know that you are listening to Languagecaster.com.
Glossary
DF: Remember, that here at Languagecaster,
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