HAVO 2 - Smelly sneakers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Smelly Sneakers 

Page 58 - 59 textbook 

page 69 - 70 activity book 

Top 10 sports Great Britain

1. football

2.rugby

3.field hockey

4.cricket

5.speedway

6.rounders

7.swimming

8.tennis

9.horseracing

10.boxing

soccer shoes

ballet shoes

motor boots

trainers

ice hockey skates

rollerskates

Top 10 sports Australia

2. rugby

3.soccer

5.golf

4.tennis

6.cricket

1.australian football

7.car racing

8.marathon

9.swimming

10.cycling

rugby

baseball

soccer

basketball

volleyball

tennisball

Top 10 sports USA

 1.American 

Football

2.basketball

4. ice

hockey

5.soccer

3.baseball

6.boxing

7.tennis

8.golf

9.car racing

10.volleyball

helmet

shoulder pads

jersey

thigh pads

cleats

elbow pads 

gloves

American Football

top 10 sports in the world

1.soccer

2.basketball

3.cricket

4.tennis

5.athletics

6.rugby

7.formula 1

8.boxing

9. ice hockey  

10.volleyball

What is the story behind Christina’s skate name Brat?

1. haar teamgenoten vonden haar verwend : a spoiled brat
2. Ze heeft in Australië gewoond en ze kan springen als een Brat (een soort kangaroo)
3. Het is haar achternaam
4. Ze heeft in Oostenrijk gewoond en haar naam komt van iets dat daar gegeten word : Bratwurst

10 weirdest sports

10. wife-carrying

9.Sepak Takraw 

8.Hornussen 

7.Buzkashi 

6. underwater hockey

5. shin kicking

3. egg throwing

2.toe wrestling

1.musical canine freestyle

4. cheese rolling

Wife-Carrying

where : Finland

price : the wife’s weight in beer.

Sepak Takraw 

where : Malayasia and Thailand

what : volleyball but you can't use your hands

Hornussen 

where : Switzerland

what :     A puck, the “hornuss” , is tossed  into the airby the striker,                      who hits the puck with a whip . The players on the 

                opposing team then try to knock it out of the air with                              schindels, big placards on long sticks, that they toss into 

                the air.

Hornussen is played with a .......?

1. cheese
2. ball
3. frisbee
4. puck

Buzkashi 

where : Afghanistan

what : horse-mounted players attemp to drag a goat 

             carcass toward a goal

Underwater Hockey

 where: everywhere

what : Also known as Octopush, this sport  involves two teams                        trying to push a puck using a stick across the floor of a                          swimming pool into the opposing team’s goal. The sport 

            has its own World Championship, which first took place in 

            1980. 

Shin Kicking

Where : England

What : Shin kicking takes manliness to a whole new level. 

             Originating in England in the early 17th century, the combat                  sport involves two contestants attempting to kick each 

              other on the shin until one hits the ground.  

with shin kicking you win when ......?

1. your opponent has fallen down
2. your opponent broke his leg
3. your opponent is bleeding
4. your opponent gives up

cheese rolling

Competitors take part in the annual Cheese-Rolling event at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire, U.K. Here’s how it works: a large cheese wheel is rolled down a steep hill, and competitors race after it. The first person to reach the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. It may not sound dangerous, but the steepness of the hill has resulted in several injuries.

cheese rolling is ................

1. not dangerous at all
2. causing many injuries
3. played all over the world
4. not really using a cheese

egg throwing

Where : England

What : According to the World Egg Throwing Federation, egg 

             throwing “has been a sport enjoyed by millions of people 

             since early humans discovered the delight of watching a

             failure of another to catch a tossed egg.” 

toe wrestling

Where : England

what :   competitors are going toe-to-toe. The unusual sport dates back to 1976, when the Brits were looking to gain a world sports title. Rules are simple: with socks and shoes off, two competitors interlock their toes and try to “pin” down their opponent’s foot.

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