Задание
Read the texts and match them to the headings. There is one extra heading.
- Объекты 1
- Football is the most popular sport in the UK. The FA Cup is a very old football tournament. Every year about 760 football teams play matches against each other. About 90,000 football fans go to Wembley Stadium to watch the FA Cup final every year. They often sing football songs very loudly. They always shout happily when their team scores a goal.
- Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. It started in 1877. The players wear white clothes. About 500,000 people go to Wimbledon every year to watch the matches. People sit quietly during the matches. Children called ball boys and ball girls collect the tennis balls during the matches. They work quietly and they run quickly to collect the balls.
- The Boat Race is a rowing race along the River Thames in London. The race is between Oxford University and Cambridge University. The first race was in 1829. Every year, about 250,000 people go to watch the race. The rowers work as well as a team and they make the boats move very fast.
- Extra
- Royal Ascot is a very old horse racing event. It started in 1711! About 300,000 people go to watch it every year. People dress very smartly for this event. The women often wear amazing hats. The horses warm up before each race by walking slowly around the ‘walking ring’. When the race starts, they run very quickly.
- Объекты 2
- Tennis tournament
- Rowing race
- Archery
- The FA Cup
- Horse racing