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Listening – Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (2016)
This listening task is based on the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
Let’s begin with some basic information about this event!
Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and branded as Rio 2016, were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to 21, 2016, with some events starting on August 3. Rio was chosen as the host city on October 2, 2009, in Copenhagen.
The Games featured 11,238 athletes from 207 nations, including first-time participants Kosovo, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 medal events across 28 sports, including newly added rugby sevens and golf, competitions were held at 33 venues in Rio and five other Brazilian cities.
These Olympics were the first in South America, the first in a Portuguese-speaking country, the first held entirely in the host country’s winter, and the first in the Southern Hemisphere since 2000. It was also the first Summer Olympics under IOC President Thomas Bach.
Listening Task: The Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games
Watch this video about the Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games and do the quiz below!
The video
Answer the quiz:
Do the following quiz: answer with true or false:
Based on the content of the video above, decide whether these statements are true or false:
- All sports at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games were staged within the city of Rio de Janeiro. (…)
- The Rio 2016 Olympic Village was partially funded by private investors. (…)
- The Baja cluster hosted nearly 50% of Rio 2016 competitions. (…)
- The Olympic Park in Rio 2016 hosted 10 Olympic sports and 11 Paralympic sports. (…)
- The state-of-the-art Wangi Olympic Stadium was built specifically for the Rio 2016 Games. (…)
- Sailing took place at Marina da Glória against the backdrop of the famous Sugarloaf Mountain. (…)
- The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games were intended to inspire a continent and energize the Olympic and Paralympic movements for decades. (…)
2. → False
3. → True
4. → True
5. → False
6. → True
7. → True
