Задание

BasedonReading, exercise6.

Readthetextsandmatchthemwiththetitles.Thereisonetitleyoudon'thavetouse

  • Sport and Traditions
  • Together with People on Earth
  • One Team, One Colour
  • Record that Needed Courage
  • Testing His Men
  • Six-year-long Race
  • Sport of Nowadays

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Wimbledonisthemostprestigioustennistournamentintheworld.ThefirsttenniscompetitiontookplaceatWimbledonasearlyasin1877.Everytennisplayerintheworlddreamstoplayinit.AtWimbledon, theplayerscompeteongrassandmustwearallwhite.Wimbledonisnotonlyasportsevent, butalsoasocialoccasion, andit'straditionaltoeatstrawberriesandcreamthere.

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SunitaWilliamsisanAmericanastronaut — andthefirstpersontorunamarathoninspace.ShetookpartintheBostonMarathonbutdiditaboardtheInternationalSpaceStation.BythetimeSunitafinishedhermarathon, shehadcircledtheEarthtwotimes.

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RugbyisthemostpopularsportinNewZealand.Thecountryevenhastheworld'sfirstrugbymuseum.Rugbyappearedinthecountryforthefirsttimein1870.NewZealand'snationalrugbyteam, theAllBlacks, havebecomeveryfamous.TheAllBlacksgottheirnamebecausetheywearblackshorts, shirts, socksandshoes.Theirshirtshavethesignofthesilverfern, anativeplantwhichissacredtotheMaoripeople.

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MartinStrel, fromSlovenia, hasbecomethefirstmanintheworldtoswimthewholelengthoftheAmazonRiver.IttookMartin66daystoswim6,259kilometresofthemightyriver.TheAmazonistheworld'swidestriverandthesecondlongest.It'salsoadangerousplacetogoforaswim.That'sbecauseitisfullofpiranhas, crocodiles, sharksandanacondasnakes."Ithinktheanimalshavejustacceptedme.I'vebeenswimmingwiththemsuchalongtimethattheymustthinkI'moneofthemnow," saidMartin.

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Inthe11thcentury, ScottishKingMalcolmIIIorganizedcontestsinaScottishvillagecalledBraemartofindthestrongestandfastestmeninhiskingdom.Thosewhowerethestrongestbecametheking'sbodyguardsandthosewhowerethefastestbecamehismessengers.TheHighlandGameswereveryspectacularandmanypeoplecametoBraemaratthetimeofthecontest.Somewantedtotakepart, othersjustcameasvisitors.

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RobertGarside, aformerpoliceofficerfromBritain, isthefirstpersontorunaroundtheworld.Hestartedoutonhisadventurein1997, andfinisheditin2003.Ittookhimallthoseyearstorunacross30countries.Andit'stakenyearstoprovethathediditwithoutwalking.NowRoberthasacertificatesayingthatheisarealrecord-holder."I'mreallyhappyaboutthis, thisruncostmeeverything," hesaid.