Why everyone loves the underdog

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0	6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.com
0:07.0	Hello this is 6 minute English from BBC learning English. I'm Neil and I'm
0:12.2	Georgey whether it's Cinderella, David and Goliath or the Rocky
0:16.4	movies we all love an underdog story. The underdog in a situation is the person
0:22.4	who seems least likely to win.
0:25.0	Nevertheless, with some luck and plenty of hard work, the underdog sometimes ends up the winner.
0:31.0	Sport is full of underdog stories, minor teams and sports people who play
0:36.5	with courage and end up beating the superstars and multi-million pound clubs. But if you were given a choice between your team being the
0:45.3	favorite to win or being the underdog, it's pretty obvious you'd want to be the
0:49.9	favorite, right? Well yes, being the favorite gives a team confidence, but maybe the fact
0:56.2	that no one expects the underdog to win is actually an advantage which could help
1:01.0	them to a surprise victory.
1:03.0	In this program, we'll be hearing about an underdog football club doing just that,
1:08.0	and as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary too.
1:12.0	Great, but first I have a question for you, George. be learning some useful new vocabulary too.
1:12.6	Great, but first I have a question for you, Georgie.
1:16.0	One of the biggest underdog stories in sports history happened in the 2015-16 English football season when a little-known club beat top clubs like
1:26.0	Manchester City and Liverpool overcoming odds of 5,000 to won to win the
1:32.0	Premier League but which club was it? A, Charlton Athletic, B, Leicester City, or C, Crystal Palace.
1:40.9	I'll guess it was Crystal Palace. Okay, Georgie, I'll guess it was Crystal Palace.
1:43.5	Okay, Georgie, I'll reveal the correct answer at the end of the program.
1:48.8	The English Football Premier League is a good place to find underdogs. Each season the three best clubs in the second
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