Outside view

Part 1

4 Watch Part 1 of the video clip and answer the questions.

1 Was this the first time Usain Bolt had won the sprint titles?

2 What is the “Mobot” gesture, and who is it associated with?

3 What was Mo Farah's reaction?

4 How was Michael Phelps feeling when he stepped up to the podium?

Now watch Part 1 of the video clip again and check your answers.

Part 2

5 Watch Part 2 of the video clip and complete the sentences.

Tears too for cyclist Chris Hoy, who became Britain's most successful Olympian, with six golds. And then there were also moments of anguish and frustration. China's star hurdler Liu Xiang (1) _____________ his second consecutive Olympics, and Brazil's footballers once again (2) _______________.

These games were also marked by women. Teenagers Ye Shiwen, Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin set record times in the pool. Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar (3) _____________________________________. Women's boxing became an Olympic sport. And British poster girl Jessica Ennis gave the home nation (4) _______________ when she took heptathlon gold. She was at the forefront of Team GB's biggest medal haul of modern times, (5) ____________ in the medals table. The United States regained their place at the top, (6) ______________________.

For some though, it wasn't about the medals. But it's the (7) __________ that counts. 

 6 Work in pairs and choose the best answers.

1 China's star hurdler Liu Xiang crashed out of his second consecutive Olympics. If you crash out of something, do you (a) win a competition, or are you (b) so badly defeated that you have to leave a competition?

2 … and Brazil's footballers once again failed to lift gold. When you lift gold, are you (a) accepting defeat, or (b) raising a gold medal or cup as a gesture of victory?

3 And British poster girl Jessica Ennis … Is a poster girl likely to be (a) the best known, or (b) the least well-known girl in a team?