Номер 2, страница 4 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс рабочая тетрадь Афанасьева, Михеева

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Speaker 1: I know you're a great sports lover. You are always aware of Olympics on television and support your favorite football team. But have you ever heard about local Olympic Games?

Speaker 2: Local Olympics? No. Where do they take place?

Speaker 1: I read in the magazine that in Kila Raipu, a small village in Punjab, India, they have Olympics every year. The villagers don't spend millions of dollars in organizing the games, but at the same time, the athletes take their sport very seriously. It looks like the whole event is great fun.

Speaker 2: How long do the Kila Raipu Olympics last?

Speaker 1: They take three days in mid-February each year. The games started as an event giving the farmers a chance to meet, show off their skills and generally have a good time.

Speaker 2: Do only farmers participate in the games?

Speaker 1: As I understood, over the years, they have become extremely popular and now include not only the farmers, but also some of India's finest athletes. The age of the athletes is ranging from seven to seventy years.

Speaker 2: What competitions do the Indian Olympics include?

Speaker 1: The Olympics consist of over fifty events that include modern sports like hockey and athletics, as well as traditional rural sports like tug of war and kabaddi, a team sport that has some characteristics of wrestling and rugby.

Speaker 2: How unusual! I'd like to know which sports and games the spectators prefer.

Speaker 1: The ones that attract the biggest crowds are the local competitions like the four lane bullock race, where bulls compete against each other galloping at high speeds, with their jockeys driving on small carts. Another unusual but equally fun sport is the event that challenges competitors to lift bicycles with their teeth or to pull a car in the same way.

Speaker 2: Well, it sounds like the Indian Olympics are a kind of festival, which local people and visitors can enjoy.

Speaker 1: I think that this event not only tests the strength and endurance of its athletes, but also includes a lot of lighthearted fun. Unlike other sports events, there is no age barrier to entering any sport. It's not surprising that the games attract both competitors and spectators from not only India, but also other parts of the world.

Speaker 2: So we can say that the local Indian games are becoming international. It's a good idea, isn't it? We can organize our own Olympics in our town and turn them into a new tradition.