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1. CONTEXT
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Wrigley
Listening Questions 1
1. In what year was Wrigley founded?

2. QUESTIONS.
2. What was the first product William Wrigley Jr. sold?
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3. Why did he decide to focus on selling gum?
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4. When was the Doublemint flavor introduced?
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5. Who bought Wrigley in 2008?
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Listening Questions 2

3. LISTEN

1. Which MLB team did the Wrigley family own and when did they sell it?

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2. How old is Fenway Park?
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3. What does Koshien Stadium share in common with Wrigley Field?
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4. When was the first official night game played at Wrigley Field?

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5. How long did the Chicago Cubs go between World Series championships?
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Discussion Questions
1. What snacks did you eat when you were younger? Is gum a
popular snack in Japan?
2. How do you feel about huge companies investing in sporting
teams? How does it benefit them?

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TRANSCRIPT 1When it comes to chewing gum, the Wrigley name is one of the most famous. The Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Company, or Wrigley for short, was founded by William Wrigley Jr. in 1891 and isheadquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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When William Wrigley Jr. started out, the first product he sold was actually the soap his father’scompany produced. From soap, he went to baking powder and eventually threw in gum for freewith each product to increase sales. After some time, Wrigley realized that his customers wereactually more interested in the gum he was giving away than the baking powder he was selling,
and that inspired him to focus on selling gum.

5. CHECK VOCABULARY
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vocabulary you
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Three of the company’s best-known brands are Spearmint, Juicy Fruit and Doublemint. The
first two products came out in 1893 while Doublemint debuted in 1914. In 2005 Wrigley bought
the multi-colored Life Savers brand. Mars, Incorporated, the company that makes the Mars
chocolate bar and M&M’s, bought Wrigley in 2008.

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LegendaryFill-in the blanks with the appropriate word above:

1. The United Nations, or UN __________, is headquartered in New York.
2. His performance in the final game of the playoffs was __________ .
3. One of the __________ facilities in the world is Madison Square Garden inNew York.
4. The company will __________ their new range of products in the fall.
5. Australia has been suffering from __________ for a very long time,
affecting production and livestock.

6. READ ALOUD

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focusing on
intonation andpronunciation.

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7. SHADOWING

Only one other MLB baseball stadium is older than Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs haveplayed since 1914. The oldest is Boston’s legendary Fenway Park which opened in 1912, justtwo years before Wrigley Field.

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The Wrigley family’s ties to the Chicago Cubs baseball team go back to 1916 when WilliamWrigley Jr. invested in the club. In 1981, his grandson sold the club to a company that owned
one of the newspapers in Chicago.

One of the things that makes Wrigley Field interesting is the ivy that covers the outfield walls. InJapan, ivy has also been a part of Koshien Stadium’s history.
Another interesting thing is that the Cubs didn’t play night games at Wrigley Field until 1988
when the Cubs played and beat the New York Mets after it was rained out the night before.

55In 2016, the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series andended their 108-year championship drought. The Cubs have won three World Series titles intotal (1907, 1908, 2016).