1. Introduce the document (type, topic)
This document is an article from a journalistic website, written by Max Winters on the 28th march of 2017. It is about the Olympic games of 2024 and more precisely about French youth supporting it.
2. What do the following words mean?
"bid" (lines 2, 3, 15 and 21): The bid means a bet, a gamble
"survey" (lines 5 and 14): a survey means an inquiry
3. Who was targetted by this survey?
French young people aged between 15 and 25 years old are the target of the survey.
4. Pick out all the results of the survey and find the corresponding pieces of information:
82% of young people in france support Paris' Bid dor the 2024 olympic games
88% of french young people support it in Ile-de-France
89% of french young people see the olympic games as a way to reunite French people.
84% see this opportunity as a way to advance the practice of sport in te country.
72% of parisian young people were optimistic that the Games of 2024 would be in France.
72% would be pleased to help for the great organisation of the Games and 74% of it would like to see it.
5. Pick out all the positive words co-chairman Tony Estanguet uses to comment on this survey (from line 14 to the end).
Tony Estanguet uses : "delighted", "supporting", "great", "get involved", "passion and excitement", "a tool for unity", "real social purpose", "positive change accross the country", "engaging and inspiring", "spectacular celebration", "leave a lasting legacy" ;
6. According to him, what are the positive impacts the Olympic Games can have on one nation?
According to him, the positive impacts that can bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games are that it can be "a tool for unity and a social purpose that can help accelerate positive change accross the country and beyond" ; also he thinks that it can "leave a lasting legacy on French people".
