ANDINA university

NESTOR CACERES VELASQUEZ

Faculty of legal political sciences

CARRERA PROFESIONAL DE DERECHO

COURSE: ENGLISH

THEME: RONALDO THE PHENOMENON

TEACHER: LIC. EDITH FERNANDA PAREDES CALATAYUD

SEMESTER: II

SECTION: D

STUDENT: RONY VLADIMIR QUISPE LAURA

JULIACA-PERU

2016

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 Dedication

To my parents, to be with me, to teach a believer and a

fall I must get up, to support and guide me, for being

the bases that helped me get here.

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 Presentation

An important reason to learn English is that we can access a better education, without limiting

ourselves to the universities or training centers of our own country. In addition to our access to

the most up-to-date and complete information, we will know the latest advances and will be able

to access most of the scientific, academic and technological texts written in English. According

to a study more than 56% of Internet sites are published in English. In second place is the

German with 8%.

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 Ronaldo (the phenomenon)

Her Life.

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima was

born on September 18, 1976, in Itaguaí,

Brazil. His parents, Nélio Nazário de

Lima and Sônia dos Santos Barata,

separated when he was 11 and Ronaldo

dropped out of school shortly afterward

to pursue a soccer career.

Ronaldo joined the Social Ramos indoor

soccer team at the age of 12 before moving on to São Cristóvão, where he was discovered by his

future agents, Reinaldo Pitta and Alexandre Martins. The two arranged for the sale of their new

client's contract to Cruzeiro, a professional club in the city of Belo Horizonte.

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Professional Soccer Player

Ronaldo showcased his impressive goal-scoring ability for Cruzeiro, helping the club to its first

Brazil Cup championship in 1993. The talented 17-year-old was named to the Brazilian national

team for the 1994 World Cup in the United States, though he watched from the bench as his

countrymen won the Cup.

Ronaldo hit the ground running when his contract was sold to PSV Eindhoven in the

Netherlands in 1994, averaging nearly a goal per game against top-notch European competition.

Two years with PSV Eindhoven were followed by one with FC Barcelona and then a move to

Inter Milan, a four-year period in which Ronaldo twice won FIFA World Player of the Year and

carried his teams to victory in the Dutch and Spanish Super Cups.

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During his peak, Ronaldo possessed an unstoppable combination of speed and power, equally

capable of plowing through defenders as he was of nimbly sidestepping their attacks and

accelerating away. Adding to his aura was an aversion to practicing and training hard, an attitude

that did little to stem his dominance.

Big things were expected from Ronaldo and Brazil in the 1998 World Cup in France, but while

he was named the Golden Ball winner as the Cup's best player, the tournament ended on a sour

note when Ronaldo suffered a convulsive fit before the final and was ineffective in a 3-0 loss to

the host country. Bigger setbacks followed when Ronaldo ruptured a knee tendon in November

1999 and reinjured the knee five months later, knocking him out of action for almost two years.

Ronaldo made a triumphant return in time for the 2002 World

Cup in South Korea and Japan, netting eight goals to win the

Golden Boot Award as the Cup's top scorer while leading

Brazil its fifth world championship. Ronaldo transferred to

Real Madrid that fall, winning the FIFA World Player of the

Year Award a third time before leading his new club to La

Liga and Spanish Super Cup championships in 2003.

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Ronaldo appeared in her latest final World Cup for Brazil in 2006. Although Brazil was bounced

in the quarterfinals by France, Ronaldo scored three times to set a record with 15 career goals in

World Cup play.

Ronaldo transferred to AC Milan in 2007, but in 2008 he sustained another serious knee injury

and his contract was not renewed after the season. The Brazilian legend returned to his home

country in 2009 to play for Corinthians, helping them to victories in the Campeonato Paulista

league and Brazil Cup that year, before announcing his retirement in February 2011.

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Post-Career and Legacy

Ronaldo is recognized as one of the best soccer players in history. In 2004, he was named to the

FIFA 100, a list of the greatest living players compiled by the legendary Pelé, and in 2010, he

was deemed Goal.com's "Player of the Decade."

Often criticized for not training hard as a pro athlete, Ronaldo set himself up for an active post-

playing career by founding 9ine, a sports marketing agency. He also joined the organizing

committees for the Brazil-based 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, ensuring that he would

remain an influential figure in Brazilian sports and international affairs for years to come.