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You'll Never Walk Alone - The Story of the most famous song in Football.

Factfile:

* The Rogers & Hammerstein song was originally written for the 1945 musical Carousel.
* Frank Sinatra was the first artist to take this song into the charts (#9 on the Billboard charts in 1945).
* In the original musical Carousel, the song was sung to inspire a pregnant female character after the death of her husband.
* The Pink Floyd song Fearless ends by fading into a recording of Liverpool Football Club fans singing this song.
* In 1985 a version by The Crowd returned the song to No.1. Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers was again the lead vocalist. Zack Starkey, Ringo Starr's son, was on drums, making him and Ringo the first father and son to both have UK No1s.

Конец формыOrigins as a Football Anthem:

In the 1960's the DJ at Liverpool's Anfield would play the top ten albums in order, with the number one album of the time being You'll Never Walk Alone playing last, right before game time. The fans took to singing it even after the album dropped from the top ten and the "anthem" has stuck ever since. Celtic, Hibernian, Feyenoord, and FC Twente have also adopted the song.

You'll Never Walk Alone

When you walk through a 0)_____
Hold your 1)_____ up high
And don't be 2)_____ of the dark
At the 3)_____ of the storm
Is a golden 4)_____
And the 5)_____ silver song of a lark
Walk on through the 6)_____
Walk on through the 7)_____
Though your 8)_____ be tossed
And 9) _____
Walk on
Walk on
With hope in your 10)______
11)_____ you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

Watch the video about sumo in Japan and fill in the missing words.

Here are 10 amazing 1)_____ about the sumo wrestlers of Japan.

Number 10 - They eat 20,000 calories a day on 2)_____. Breakfast is skipped; lunch consists of a stew with meat, vegetables and fish. Some can eat as many as 10 rice bowls in one 3)_____. For the beginners who are 4)_____ to gain weight quickly, sometimes they force themselves 5)_____ until they throw up.

Number 9 - Average 6)_____ of sumo wrestlers is around 300 to 350 pounds but some can 7)_____ as much as 500-600 pounds.

Number 8 – 8)_____ typically last for a few 9)_____, most to them are under a 10)_____ long!

Number 7 – One of the strict 11)_____ imposed upon wrestlers is that they may not 12)_____ a car.

Number 6 - As part of the guidelines, they have 13)_____ their traditional dress 14)_____, right down to the 15)_____.

Number 5 - All sumo wrestlers have to grow their 16)_____long enough so they can 17) _____ a topknot.

Number 4 - In professional 18)______, women aren't allowed to enter or touch the 19)_____.

Number 3 – 20)_____ references suggest sumo wrestling, although perhaps not in its 21)_____form, originated 22)_____ 1500 years ago.

Number 2 – 23)_____ they retire, they work as ushers and security 24)_____ at sumo events as a way to express humility.

Number 1 – 25)_____expectancy of a sumo wrestler is about 10 years 26)_____ than that of an average Japanese male.

Listen to the dialogue and repeat it. In pairs, use your names to act out similar dialogues.

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