10 Unit 01 | Ready to rumble Percentage of young Austrians watching professional sports 90% 100% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 16 years ago 12 years ago 8 years ago 4 years ago now soccer skiing tennis American football almost figure half hardly less more one third only opportunity popularity two thirds possibility trend About (1) of young Austrians watched soccer and skiing 16 years ago. And while soccer has become slightly (2) popular over the years, skiing has become (3) so. The figures for tennis have not really changed, with about (4) of young Austrians being interested in it now. The most interesting (5) is the one on American football, which had an audience of (6) 5% 16 years ago and is now being watched by (7) 40%. One reason for the growing (8) of American football might be young Austrians’ increasing interest in US sports and the (9) of watching the Super Bowl on TV channels worldwide. Chances are that this (10) will continue in the years to come. Topic vocabulary: Professional athletes Complete the words with the missing letters. LANGUAGE 12 be at the pe of their phys fit bec something of a celeb have a short car r sp ri sev inju prov a form of enterta enj immense popul have a maste of spec ski ea a lucra sal put in consid eff have except tal professional athletes requirements outcomes Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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