Noemi
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Publicado: 18 de enero de 2013
MORALLY HARMFUL SPORTS
In Uzbekistan billiards was prohibited because it is “morally harmful.” It is not known who prohibited it,
but localauthorities enforced it anyway. The true reason might have to do with organised crime or maybe
just someone “important” lost a game. As thecountry has no free press, no one will find out what exactly
happened. A spokesman of the Tashkent city council said that places with smoke, wherealcohol is sold,
5 can’t be good for sports and should therefore be closed.
The country’s Billiard Federation is very frustrated: they had plannedto take part in many international
competitions, but now they are not allowed to practise any more. “What would the authorities do ifsomething like “peeball” were practised here?” wondered a spokesperson of the Billiard Federation.
Peeball is the “New Urinal Sport” that is a bigsuccess in Britain. The game is easy to play: put a
10 peeball at the base of a urinal and try to disintegrate it with your pee. The faster you are,the more points
you make. You can play it alone or in a group. The balls can be found in pubs, music stores and clothes
shops; they are yellowand cost one pound. Morally harmful? The new sport is sponsored by the Prostate
Cancer Society in Britain and the money collected with the saleof peeballs will go to the charity.
(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)
a) ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE
In Uzbekistan billiards was prohibited because it is “morally harmful.” It is not known who prohibited it,
but localauthorities enforced it anyway. The true reason might have to do with organised crime or maybe
just someone “important” lost a game. As thecountry has no free press, no one will find out what exactly
happened. A spokesman of the Tashkent city council said that places with smoke, wherealcohol is sold,
5 can’t be good for sports and should therefore be closed.
The country’s Billiard Federation is very frustrated: they had plannedto take part in many international
competitions, but now they are not allowed to practise any more. “What would the authorities do ifsomething like “peeball” were practised here?” wondered a spokesperson of the Billiard Federation.
Peeball is the “New Urinal Sport” that is a bigsuccess in Britain. The game is easy to play: put a
10 peeball at the base of a urinal and try to disintegrate it with your pee. The faster you are,the more points
you make. You can play it alone or in a group. The balls can be found in pubs, music stores and clothes
shops; they are yellowand cost one pound. Morally harmful? The new sport is sponsored by the Prostate
Cancer Society in Britain and the money collected with the saleof peeballs will go to the charity.
(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)
a) ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE
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