104 UniT 07 | Move it! Topic vocabulary: Sports Complete the word map using the expressions below. tournament tennis defeat opponents coach indoor sports losers team sports gym players LANGUAGE 26 (1) spectators for weightlifting outdoor sports summer sports winter sports for running for football for American football referee track pitch court field championship (2) (6) (3) (4) (9) for (5) places types of sports taking part in competitions people to play in a league a victory a (8) winners (7) individual sports (10) sports team members 5 cox: Steuermann/-frau (beim Rudern) 6 to be in the lead: in Führung liegen By the way: Row, row, row your boat … It’s one of the oldest sporting events in the world: The Oxford vs Cambridge boat race has taken place almost every year since 1829. It all started when two friends challenged each other to a race on the River Thames. One of them was a student at Cambridge University and the other at Oxford. In the race, two boats row alongside each other for nearly 7 km from Putney to Mortlake in London. They have a crew of 8 rowers and the cox5, who steers and shouts instructions to the crew. It’s traditional for the cox of the winning team to be thrown into the River Thames after the race. You may have heard of this boat race, but here are a few facts you probably didn’t know: The rowing clubs’ presidents throw a coin (an 1829 gold sovereign) for the right to pick which side of the river they row on. The coin is a reminder of the year the race started. In 2015, for the first time ever, the women’s boat race took place on the same course, on the same day as the men’s. The most famous commentary on the boat race was by the BBC radio commentator John Snagge in 1949, who said, “I can’t see who’s in the lead6, but it’s either Oxford or Cambridge.” In 1978, Cambridge’s boat sank completely. In 1912 both teams sank! Can you imagine participating in this sport? Why?/Why not? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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