Номер 4, страница 126 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс (enjoy english) учебник Биболетова

4 Why didn't Angela take part in the latest competition?

1) She was ill in bed.

2) She was taking an exam.

3) She had injured her leg.

Points /4

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

The Paralympic Games

The history of the Paralympic Games started in 1948 in England. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a well-known doctor, organized a sports competition for British veterans who had taken part in World War II and became disabled. Ludwig Guttmann was sure that sport was a perfect method of therapy for people with a physical disability. He believed in the power of sport to change lives. The doctor kept saying that sport improves physical abilities and helps to stop depression.

Four years later, competitors from Holland joined Guttmann’s competition. The international movement, now known as the Paralympic Movement, was born. Little by little, the sports competition for athletes with a disability became popular. In 1960 the first Paralympic Games were held in Rome, Italy. They attracted 400 athletes from 23 countries. Nowadays the Paralympic Games are the second biggest sporting event in the world.

The name of the competition – Paralympic Games comes from the word ‘parallel’. It means ‘the games in addition to the Olympic Games’. Since 1988, the Paralympic Games are held regularly at the same place as the Olympic Games. As a rule, they begin at least three weeks after the end of the Olympics. The Paralympic flag has a white back-ground, with the Paralympic symbol (three “agitos”, of different colours) in the centre. The agito (“I move” in Latin) is a symbol of movement, it looks like a moon. The agitos are red, blue and green because these three colours are most often used in national flags of countries.

In 2014, the eleventh Paralympic Winter Games were held in Sochi, Russia. 45 National Paralympic Teams took part in the Games. Russia hosted the Paralympics for the first time. The sportsmen competed in five sports. The Russian team had the best results. Russian athletes won 80 awards (30 gold, 28 silver and 22 bronze medals). This is a record for the number of medals won by a single country during a single Winter Paralympic Games.

4 Work with your partner.

Complete the conversation and act it out.