Finals

• do you think Thomas daley enjoys being a sport star?

  yes because he is good at sport but he doesnt like the media attention because it affects his private life
• do you think someone with no talent can be trained to be good at something?

  yes but hey will never become a world champion
• why do you think are most countries keen on doing good in sports?

  to gain publicity for the country and attract more visitors
• winning streak

  a continuous period of good luck in a agame or sport
• backfire

  had an unexpected result opposite of what was intended
• underneath

  to be directly below something
• overnight

  very sudden
• down to earth

  sensible realistic and practical
• in the limelight

  at the center of public attention
• appeal

  to be attractive or interesting to somebody
• admiration

  a feeling of liking and respect for someeone or something very much
• escalate

  increase
• combat

  to fight against something
• prodigy

  a child who is unusually good at something
• podium

  a small platform for a sepaker or performer to stand on
• call someone names

  use insulting words about somebody
• fame

  being known or talked about by people because of what you have achieved
• provoke

  cause a particular reaction or feelin g
• who developed a machine that made reading texts available to much more people ?

  johan gutenberg
• who was the leader who helped establish the house of wisdom?

  harun al rashid
• who wrote a piece of literature engraved in stone

  the sumerian
• who wrote a book that is still used in the cinema industry today

  homer
• who copied the work of greeks

  the romans
• what do you think are the most important differences between written and spoken language

  written language is easier to understand because you can notice the differences of accents like spoken language
• how important do you think it is to read different types of literature

  i think its important to read every type of literature to know more about cultures
• what are the effects that the computer had on reading skills?

  it helped us gain more access to different types of literature but at the same time it made our reading skills worse
• engraved

  carved into stone or wood
• revival

  tha act of becoming or making something strong or poular again
• epic

  a long poem about the countrys history or the actions of great men and women
• prose

  writing that is not poetry
• literary criticism

  the act of describing the good and bad points of a film play book work of art
• literate

  able to read and write
• privileged

  having an advantage or opportunity that most people dont have
• degenerated

  became worse or lower in quality
• memrorize

  to learn something so you can remember it later
• quest

  a long search for something that is difficult to find
• recitals

  public performances of music or poetry usually performed by one person
• stangation

  the state of not making progress
• accumulate

  increased over a period of time
• flourished

  developed in a succesful way