Writing 4

 
Write down 10 interesting facts about
either
 The 2016  Olympic Games in Rio 
or
the city - Rio de Janeiro
or
the South American  country - Brazil.
 

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  1. 1. Brazil is the largest country in South America.
    2. Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese.
    3. Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population.
    4. Around 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is in Brazil.
    5. Soccer is the most popular in Brazil and they are one of the best.
    6.The capital city is Brasilia.
    7. The largest city in Brazil is Sao Paulo.
    8. Most of the climate in Brazil is tropical.
    9. There are around 2500 airports in Brazil.
    10. Brazil's national animal is the Jaguar.

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    1. 1.Rio is the first South American Country in history to hold the games
      2. There are around 10500 athletes from 206 countries expected to take part in the Olympics
      3.Rugby 7s will debut at Rio
      4.Golf will return to the Olympics after a 112 year absence
      5.60,000 meals will be prepared each day to feed the athletes
      6.85,000 Police and Soldiers will be deployed as security
      7.Rio's taxi drivers can sign up to take free English lessons
      8.the flame will travel more than 90 days to Rio for the olympics
      9.you must have been born before January 1st 2003 to compete in this years Olympics
      10.there are more than 70,000 volunteers needed to help with the Olympics this year

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  2. GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEEEEAugust 14, 2016 at 9:14 PM

    FACTS ON RIO OLYMPICS 2016
    1. The 2016 olympics will take place in Rio from 5th of August to 21st of August.
    2. The opening and closing ceremony will take place in the Marcana stadium.
    3. It's the first time ever that the olympics will be held in South America.
    4. This is the 28th time the olympics have been held. 6 times in North America, 16 in Europe, 3 in Asia and 2 in Oceania.
    5. The Greeks invented the olympic games.
    6. 10,500 athletes are taking part in Rio.
    7. 205 different countries are taking part in the olympics.
    8. There are 42 different sports.
    9. Golf and Rugby are back in the olympic sports.
    10. 7.5 million tickets are ready to sell.

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  3. facts on Rio Olympics
    1. 2016 Rio Olympics is held in BRAZIL.
    2. the opening and closing ceremony will be at Marana stadium.
    3. their is a new Zealand pole vault in rio for the first time her name Eliza mc Courtney .
    4. last year the rio Olympics was held at London.
    5.he invited the rio Olympics the Greeks did.
    6 200,50 people are in new Zealand teams for rio Olympics.
    7 hockey is the most popour sport in the Olympics
    8 there are a lot of different sports in the Olympics.
    9 golf is back in the Olympics so is rugby 7.
    10 meadles we have 1 bronze 6 silvers and 3 golds.

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  4. 1.Lisa Carrington got gold in Canoe Sprint
    2. Mahé Drysdale and Hamish Bond got gold in Rowing
    3. Valerie Adams got silver in Shot put
    4. Sam Meech got bronze in Sailing
    5. We have 10 medals in total
    6. United States is in the lead of medals with 84
    7. Great Britain is in second place with 50 medals
    8. Eric Murray got gold in rowing
    9. Tyla Nathan-Wong got silver in Rugby Sevens
    10. Sam Webster got silver in Cycling

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    1. there is also more silver people just not enough room

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  5. 1. The Summer Olympic Games 2016 will take place from 5th to 21st August in Rio de Janeiro



    2. The opening and the closing ceremony will take place in the Maracanã Stadium



    3. It will be the first Olympic Games ever held in South America



    4. Up until today, the Summer Olympics have been held 27 times (6 editions in North America, 16 in Europe, 3 in Asia and 2 in Oceania)



    5. The first Olympic Games (Olympic Games of the antiquity) were held in 776 in Olympia (Greek) and the first Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896 in Athens (Greek)



    6. 10,500 athletes from 205 different countries will take part in the Summer Olympics 2016



    7. 306 competitions in 42 different sports will be held in 17 days



    8. Golf (returning after 112 years) and Rugby (returning after 92 years) will be the “new” sports of the Olympic Games



    9. There will be 33 different venues in four different districts of Rio de Janeiro (Copacabana, Barra de Tijuca, Deodoro and Maracanã)



    10. A few of the football competitions will not only be held in Rio de Janeiro, they will be hosted by Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Salvador and São Paul

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  6. 1.The capitil of Brazil is Rio De Janeire.
    2.Most played sport is soccer.
    3.Brazil is the 5th biggest county.
    4.Brazil is the biggest county in South America.
    5.The name Brazil comes by the Brazil wood.
    6.Brazil has the biggest rain forest which is called the Amazon.
    7.There are pink dolphins in the Amazon River.
    8.nz so far have 3 gold medals.
    9.New Zealand has 6 sliver.
    10.NZ has 1 BRONZE.

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  7. 10 interesting facts about Brazil.

    Brazil is the largest country in South America.
    Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population.
    Brazil covers 3 time zones.
    In Brazil they drive on the right-hand side of the road.
    There are around 2500 airports in Brazil.
    Brazil is home to a wide range of animals, including armadillo,tapirs, jaguars and pumas.
    The climate in the majority of Brazil is tropical.
    Around 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is located in Brazil.
    Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador.
    Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese.

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  8. Thear was a 19 year old girl from new-zealand that won a meadle in pole volting: thear is 2 new events in rio allimpics golf/rugby7s:there are about 7.5million tickets available for allimpic events:the rio ollimpics expects about 10.500 atheats from aruond the world.

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  9. There will be about 25.000 tenis balls used:by the end of the games there will have been 306 gold meadels given out:a man broke his leg:new zealand won 4 gold 9 silver and 5 bronze:valery adams won silver.

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  10. 1.Rio De Jeniero means January river,but the river is actually a bay.
    2.Most of Rio's samba schools are located in favelas.
    3.The statue of Christ the Redeemer is elected one of the world's new 7 wonders.
    4.Rio De Jeniero has the world's bluest sky.
    5.Rio's carnival party is the biggest carnival in the world.
    6.There are more than one hundred island in Guanabara bay.
    7.Rio is home of the eight biggest library in the world.
    8.People from Rio are among the quickest getting on and off.
    9.Rio is home of the biggest urban forest in the world.
    10.Every carival,the city is run by the mythical king Momo.

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