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1. CONTEXT
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Rio de Janeiro

Listening Questions 1

2. QUESTIONS

1. What did Rio de Janeiro do for the first time in South America?
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2. What’s the population of Rio and Brazil?
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3. What is ‘Christ the Redeemer’ and where is it located?
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4. How can visitors get to the top of ‘Sugarloaf’ Mountain?
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5. Which actor played James Bond in the ‘Moonraker’ movie?
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3. LISTEN

Listening Questions 2
1. What did Rio host in 1950?

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2. What’s the name of the stadium and how many people watched the event?
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3. What was the score in the final game of the 2014 World Cup? Who won?
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4. How many medals did Japan win in total at the 2016 Olympics?
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5. In what year did Rio host its first Formula One race?
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Discussion Questions
1. Would you be interested in travelling to South America?
2. How does the city or country hosting the Olympics benefit fromthe experience? What are the pitfalls of hosting?

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TRANSCRIPT 1
In 2016 Rio de Janeiro, or Rio for short, hosted the Summer Olympics, the first South Americancity to ever host the Games. Brazil has a population of about 200 million people, six million ofwhom live in Rio. Rio was the capital of Brazil until 1960 when it was transferred to Brasilia.
Rio de Janeiro is the capital city of the state of Rio de Janeiro and is located on the AtlanticOcean.

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When people think of Rio, one thing they probably associate the city with is Carnival. Two otherfamous parts of the city are ‘Christ the Redeemer’, a very large statue on top of Corcovado
Mountain which looks over the city, and ‘Sugarloaf’ Mountain.

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Sugarloaf Mountain is nearly 400 meters tall and visitors who want to go up to the top can get
there by cable car. For fans of the James Bond movie series, played by Roger Moore in thiscase, 007 can be seen fighting with Jaws on the cable car in a memorable scene in the 1979
movie Moonraker.

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TRANSCRIPT 2
Rio is also famous for having hosted other top caliber sporting events. In 1950, Maracana
stadium, a legendary facility, was the scene of the final game of the World Cup. Brazil lost 2-1 toUruguay and reportedly some 200,000 people were in attendance. Maracana also hosted thefinal game of the 2014 World Cup when Germany defeated Argentina by a score of 1-0. Thestadium was renovated before the 2014 World Cup and hosted the opening and closing
ceremonies for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The 2016 Summer Games ran from August 5th to 21st and saw over 200 countries and more than
11,000 athletes participate. The United States finished at the top of the medal rankings bringing
home 121 in total. Japan won 12 golds, 8 silvers, and 21 bronzes. Brazil ended the Games witha total of 19 medals.

55Rio de Janeiro has also hosted other sporting events such as Formula One and MotoGP races.
The first F1 race held in Rio was in 1978 but was eventually moved to its present home in Sao
Paulo, birthplace of 3-time World Champion Ayrton Senna.