that most finals are 0-0, 1-0 or 2-1, people keep flocking to see football fames. For me, it remains a mystery what is so attracting about football.
Reading across cultures
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14. There are three: baseball, (American) football and basketball
15. Baseball is a relaxed, leisurely spectator sport; football is more violent, with a contemporary appeal; basketball-in the cities-is a way of life.
16. It involves strategies and the fans become generals planning troop movement (because there is a large number of “set-piece” strategies with players all following practiced moves according to instructions, so fans knowing some of these can pretend they are general, like the team coach.
17. It gives the impression of being busy and active, but you can be lazy and watch it.
18. They are country club sports: You have to pay membership fees to join golf and tennis clubs.
19. Middle Americans (those who live in the central States) love the noise, the violence and the danger of the cars.
20. The small town kids learn to shoot with great skill and accuracy; city kids develop “the moves” (they learn more intricate aspects because they live the game).
21. Because in a gang the kids conform to ideas about manhood and identity, and they also do this with basketball.
Unit 7
Acting Reading (1)
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21. magnificent
22. leap
23. penetrate
24. approximate
25. motion
26. lick
27. giant