Revision: Student's Book page 16 1 Complete the sentences about the Oxford-Cambridge
boat race. Use the words in the box.
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1 The boat race takes place in London.
2 It is an
event.
3 There are two
(one from Oxford and one
from Cambridge).
4 In each boat there are eight
and a
who steers.
5 Lots of
watch the race from the banks of
the river.
6 In 1877 both boats finished at exactly the same time -
it was a
7 In 1982 Sue Brown was the first woman to
in the race.
8 In 1998 Cambridge set a new
for the
course - 16 minutes and 19 seconds.
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