{"id":24879,"date":"2023-02-28T09:14:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T08:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=24879"},"modified":"2023-03-02T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:37:30","slug":"the-billion-dollar-esports-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/02\/the-billion-dollar-esports-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billion-Dollar eSports Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More&nbsp;and&nbsp;more&nbsp;teenagers now&nbsp;prefer&nbsp;playing&nbsp;computer&nbsp;games&nbsp;to&nbsp;doing&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;sports.&nbsp;For them, it&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;dream&nbsp;job&nbsp;if&nbsp;they&nbsp;could&nbsp;play&nbsp;video&nbsp;games&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to know more about\u00a0the\u00a0billion-dollar eSports industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"From playing at home to the arena, inside the billion-dollar eSports industry\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IrnZ7SboHvI?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does the phrase <strong>&#8220;on the cusp&#8221;<\/strong> mean, &#8220;<em>We haven&#8217;t really had our biggest victory yet, but we are really <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on the cusp<\/span><\/strong> of it and I&#8217;m certain there we&#8217;re going to have it very soon.<\/em>&#8220;? Use it in your own sentence. <\/li><li>What does <strong>&#8220;fit for a king&#8221;<\/strong> mean, &#8220;<em>When they\u2019re not on the road, most American teams go back to Los Angeles, the unofficial home of eSports in the US, where their franchises pay for them to live in mansions <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fit for [a] king<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em>&#8220;? Use this idiom in your own sentence. <\/li><li>What does the idiom &#8220;<strong>rise (up) through the ranks<\/strong>&#8221; mean, <em>&#8220;I would describe it like we\u2019re playing like the NBA or something and you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rise up through the ranks<\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em>? Use this expression in your own sentence. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you think of eSports?<\/li><li>What can you say about how professional egamers&#8217; life was presented in the video?<\/li><li>The\u00a0popularity\u00a0of\u00a0games\u00a0at\u00a0times\u00a0even\u00a0surpasses\u00a0the\u00a0popularity\u00a0of\u00a0traditional\u00a0sports.\u00a0Do\u00a0you\u00a0see this as\u00a0a\u00a0problem? Explain.<\/li><li>Do\u00a0you\u00a0agree\u00a0that\u00a0perseverance\u00a0is\u00a0very\u00a0important\u00a0in\u00a0eSports?\u00a0Is\u00a0it\u00a0true\u00a0about\u00a0every\u00a0sport?<\/li><li>What might be reasons\u00a0parents\u00a0don&#8217;t support\u00a0their\u00a0children\u00a0getting involved\u00a0in\u00a0egaming?<\/li><li>Is\u00a0it\u00a0possible\u00a0to\u00a0become\u00a0a\u00a0successful\u00a0gamer\u00a0even\u00a0if\u00a0you\u00a0haven&#8217;t\u00a0started\u00a0at\u00a0an\u00a0early\u00a0age? Explain.<\/li><li>Why\u00a0do\u00a0you\u00a0think\u00a0the\u00a0life\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0pro\u00a0gamer\u00a0requires\u00a0discipline?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate More&nbsp;and&nbsp;more&nbsp;teenagers now&nbsp;prefer&nbsp;playing&nbsp;computer&nbsp;games&nbsp;to&nbsp;doing&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;sports.&nbsp;For them, it&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;dream&nbsp;job&nbsp;if&nbsp;they&nbsp;could&nbsp;play&nbsp;video&nbsp;games&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;living. Watch the video to know more about\u00a0the\u00a0billion-dollar eSports industry. Vocabulary Questions: What does the phrase &#8220;on the cusp&#8221; mean, &#8220;We haven&#8217;t really had our biggest victory yet, but we are really on the cusp of it and I&#8217;m certain there we&#8217;re going to have it very soon.&#8220;? 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