TD3 - The history of Paralympics

Question 1

un évènement

Answer 1

an event / a contest

Question 2

une piste

Answer 2

a track

Question 3

le pays hôte

Answer 3

the host country

Question 4

récolter des médailles

Answer 4

to harvest medals

Question 5

course de fond, un marathonien

Answer 5

a long-distance runner

Question 6

battre un record du monde

Answer 6

to break a world record

Question 7

lancer de disque

Answer 7

discus throw

Question 8

lancer de javelot

Answer 8

javelin throwing

Question 9

lancer de marteau

Answer 9

to throw the hammer

Question 10

lancer de poids

Answer 10

to put the shot/shotput

Question 11

un participant

Answer 11

a constestant

Question 12

une course

Answer 12

a race

Question 13

un médaillé d’or

Answer 13

a gold medallist

Question 14

hymne national

Answer 14

national anthem

Question 15

haltérophilie

Answer 15

weightlifting

Question 16

lutte

Answer 16

wrestling

Question 17

400m haies

Answer 17

the 400 meters hurdles

Question 18

le saut en hauteur et longueur

Answer 18

the high e=and long jump

Question 19

saut à la perche

Answer 19

the pole vault

Question 20

porteur de la flamme

Answer 20

the Torchbearer

Question 21

pilotis

Answer 21

stilts

Question 22

who opened the first olympics in london ?

Answer 22

King Georges VI in 1948

Question 23

tir à l’arc

Answer 23

archery

Question 24

escrime

Answer 24

fencing

Question 25

how ad when did Margaret Maugham become paralysed ?

Answer 25

in 1959 because of a car accident

Question 26

what, according to Margaret Maugham, is the key word of Guttman's idea ?

Answer 26

"movement". The patients were pushed out of their heads.

Question 27

what was the skill of Margaret ?

Answer 27

archery

Question 28

number of paralyzed people who participated at the Paralympics of Rome

Answer 28

350

Question 29

what hapened in 1960 for Margaret ?

Answer 29

she was invited to be on a team for the 1st International Paralympics in Rome

Question 30

where did the sportsmen stay ? what was the problem ?

Answer 30

in Olympic Village, but with the same accomodation as the Olympics athletes all the buildings were up and were not adapted for disabled athletes

Question 31

how did Margaret define "togetherness" ?

Answer 31

spirit of friendship, they supported eachother

Question 32

Margaret was the first ...

Answer 32

British person to win a gold medal at the Paralympics

Question 33

how many paralympics did Margaret attend altogether ?

Answer 33

5 Paralympics