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Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1: Test Yourself
- Top sportsmen are items of trade.
- upcoming event
- to qualify for the upcoming Olympics
- latest live scores, news and results
- to fall under the illusion that
- browse around
- If it’s not on TV, it literally doesn’t exist.
- negative influence
- trade
- streaming
- influential blog
- The news and blog sections provide an opportunity for easy communication.
- to deter
- positive contribution
- witness
- the views expressed on this site
- a global organisation that promotes sport
- to estimate
- virtual reality
- sport website
- to watching a match with your own eyes
- Will the media deter visitors from ...
- gold around the neck
- Things work this way.
- There are rumours that ...
- to estimate the results
- to injure a tendon
- brand
- The media presents their picture to us.
- The media comments upon ...
- a talk of the week
- to feel nervous before the competition
- ongoing process
- For many people the non-virtual experience is still attractive.
- to stop a career after the Olympics
- it would be rather interesting to know
- present
- tendon
- an essential part of the lives of millions
- video and audio coverage
- career
- leading sports websites
- Many of the leading sports news websites are part of larger networks.
- item
- reputation
- A champion wears the logo of a famous brand.
- to have a reputation for
- I wonder where these rumours come from?
Grammar Practice
Exercise 1: Transformation
- The champion was wearing a new logo.
- The media had acted somewhat ruthlessly when reporting about incidents in sport.
- For many people the non-virtual experience has been attractive.
- The sportsmen weren't traded in fact.
- While waiting for the upcoming event they had been locked in the changing rooms.
- The event hasn't been presented by media positively.
- Latest live scores, news and results had been broadcasted on three channels.
- Many of the leading sports news websites weren't part of larger networks.