Football Stars Messi and Ronaldo Audio Bio from http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/ Glossary in English and Catalan by mnaves3
Amazing career
increïble carrera professional
Football player
jugador de futbol
football player = footballer
jugador de futbol
footballer = football player
jugador de futbol
To play, played, played
jugar
the World Club Championship
la cop del món
Most people
la majoria de la gent
Legendary
llegendari
League
lliga
To score, scored, scored
marcar
To score, scored, scored
marcar un gol
Deeply
molt (lit. profundament)
To show, showed, shown
mostrar, ensenyar
To move, moved, moved
mudar-se
To be born, was born, been born
néixer
To forget, forgot, forgotten
oblidar
To pay, paid, paid
pagar
to get past, got past, got past
passar per davant, al costat
To suffer, suffered, suffered
patir
To suffer from, suffered from, suffered from
patir de
To set, set, set
programar
Breathtaking
que treu l'alè
To pick up, picked up, picked up
recollir
To hear of, heard of, heard of
saber de, sentir
To know, knew, known
saber, conèixer
To sign up, signed up, signed up
signar per
To sign, signed, signed
signar un contracte
Luckily
sortosament
Season
temporada
To work, worked, worked
treballar
Treble
triple
To treble, trebled, trebled
triplicar
To miss, missed, missed
trobar a faltar, enyorar
Trophy, trophies
trofeu, trofeus
an amazing career ahead of him
una impressionat carrera professional (esportiva) davant seu
To see, saw, seen
veure
To kick, kicked, kicked
xutar, donar patades, colpejar amb el peu
To be, was, been
ésser o estar
Coach
entrenador
To coach, coached, coached
entrenar
Team, teams
equip, equips
Mistake
errada
To love, loved, loved
estimar
Football star
estrella de futbol
Career
Carrera professional (no d'estudis)
To make, made, made
fer
He is set to shine
Està programat per brillar
Easy, easier than, the easiest
fàcil, més fàcil que, el més fàcil
Great, greater than, the greatest
gran, més gran que, el més gran
To win, won, won
guanyar
We'll see about that
Ja veurem!
skills on the ball
habilitats o destreses amb la pilota
To set, set, set. E.g. To be set to do something
Programar. Ex. estar programat per fer quelcom.
boyhood heroes
herois de la seva infantesa
At the age of
a l'edat de
To take advantage, took advantage, taken advantage
agafar, prendre avantatge
on the planet
al planeta
To join, joined, joined
allistar-se, unir-se
To go, went, gone
anar
To set someone alight
animar, incentivar
To shine, shone, shone
brillar
expensive, more expensive than, the most expensive
car, més car que, el més car
To start, started, started = To begin, began, begun
començar
To become, became, become
convertir-se
To grow up, grew up, grown up
créixer
scoring record
còmput de gols
Ever since
des de, des de que
To find out, found out, found out
descobrir
transfer fee
despesa de la transferència
To say, said, said
dir, explicar, contar
Unfortunately
dissortadament
In the world
en el món