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Board games are great for fostering teamwork, inquisitiveness, and critical thinking, as well as problem solving, and of course, most people find that playing board games is a lot of fun.
Time
40 minutes
Main Skill
Listening
Theme and topic
Human Ingenuity: Board Games
Learning to play a new game has never been so painful. Watch this comedy sketch on how to play the most complicated game.
You will hear part of an interview in which two board game enthusiasts named Sarah Walters and Ed Zander talk about the renewed popularity of traditional board games.
For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, B, or C) that fits best according to what you hear.
There are some idioms and expressions used in the word game. Here are a few that you may find useful to add to your vocabulary.
ahead of the game - To have an advantage over a situation
fair game - Something that is allowed to take advantage of
give the game away - Reveal a secret
name of the game - The type of activity mentioned
new ball game - A new situation
the game is up - The situation is lost and has a negative outcome
You can find more sentences using these phrases here.
Here are the keywords and phrases covered in this lesson:
- basic simplicity
- board games
- catch on
- collections
- consumers
- corresponding actions
- fundamental changes
- get started
- guess what
- main attraction
- picking a colour
- phenomenon
- popular gaming

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