Lesson 4

Reading

2. Read the newspaper article quickly and answer the questions.

1. How many of the jobs that you thought of are in the article?

Jobs mentioned are: handball players, organisers, doctorses, nurses, cleaners.

2. Why do you think the article is called In the bubble?

Because it describes a situation when people at an event were in a bubble: they had to stay inside a place to stay safe during the coronaviruse pandemic.

3. Match the words from the article 1-5 with the words that have a similar meaning a-e.

1. contest, d. competition

2. champions, b. winners

3. competitors, e. players

4. tournamet, c. sports event

5. staff, a. workers

4. Read the article again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.

1. There were 600 teams in the contest. F. there were 32 teams.

2. Some people thought it was impossible to have the contest. T

3. Nobody could watch the handball matches at the stadiums. T

4. The medical team tested the players for coronavirus every day. F. they were tested every two days.

5. Everyone working at the tournament stayed in the same hotel. F. everyone stayed in four hotels.

6. The organisers of the Olympics in Japan have asked the medical team for advice. T