Learner’s Podcast – Week 32 – The Bundesliga

On this week's show the languagecaster team ask our expert, 'Who will win the Bundesliga title?'. There is also a new English for football phrase and a transcript for the reports below as well as the following links for language learners. Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fansa€™ forum Transcript Hello and welcome again to the Bundesliga on languagecaster.com. My name is Hans and being a passionate Bundesliga supporter I want to share with you whata€™s happening at the top of the Bundesliga right now with eleven games to go a€˜till the end of the season. Just to fill you in, in Germany the top five teams at the end of the season get a place in Europe: the top two go to the Champions League, the third place gets a play-off position, and fourth and fifth play in the UEFA Cup. So whata€™s happening at the moment in the Bundesliga? Well, at the moment, there are seven teams battling it out for places in Europe and for the Championship of Germany. I will take you through these teams backwards. In seventh place is Karlsruhe. A very small club who is playing well beyond its ability at the moment. Everybody is enjoying their games, and Karlsruhe in seventh place are playing beautifully. Above them in sixth, is Stuttgart, the current champions. They are in hot form at the moment with four wins in the last four games. In fifth place and fourth place we have two teams from the Rhur - Shalke and Bayer Leverkuson. These two teams seem to spend every year battling out for fourth or third position. Leverkuson have just qualified for the next round of the UEFA Cup, and of course Shalke is in the next round of the Champions League. In third position is Hamburg. They have been very strong this year and with forty-two points so far they areA  looking very good for a place in Europe. They are just behind Werder Bremen in second place who have forty-three points. But unfortunately for all these teams, seven points clear at the top is Bayern Munich, Bayern Munchen, and it seems to all at theA  moment that no-one will win the trophy except for Bayern. Talk in Germany has been that Werder Bremen have lost the Championship. Just a few games ago they were sitting level with Bayern, but, particularly last weekend when they were beaten 6-3 by Stuttgart they have lost momentum. And at the same time they seem to have lost all their defence. So, ita€™s Bayern Munchen to win this year.