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.