Soluzione del esercizio 5 di Performer B1, Vol. 2

Esercizi svolti per il libro Performer B1, Vol. 2

Soluzione

  1. Because children spend less time playing in the street or in the garden in favour of sitting in front of computers and the TV.
  2. In ancient Egypt.
  3. For their particular colours.
  4. Fallen conkers, that is, hard brown seeds.
  5. Children used to make a hole through the chosen conker, put a piece of string through the hole and make a knot at the end. Players used to hit their opponents’ conker until one of the seeds broke.
  6. It is an hourglass-shaped top that balances on a piece of string between two sticks
  7. They became popular in the USA and Europe in the 1960s and early 1970s.
  8. While past generations of young football fans used to collect and swap football stickers, now European football fans prefer a new game, fantasy football, in which the participants play the role of general managers of virtual professional football teams.
  9. One hundred years ago.
  10. Two people are involved: one holds the spool, the other the string. Competitors fight against other kites from the neighbourhood. The goal is to cut the other kite string with your own.