Air show in Dubai – level 2

17-12-2015 07:00

People call the FAI World Air Games the Olympics of air sports. This year’s games took place in Dubai last weekend.

Over 800 competitors took part in 11 sports and 24 disciplines. Among those was the hot air balloon competition which a German won. He said that the games and the view from the balloon were incredible.

Difficult words: competitor (a person who takes part in a competition), competition (a situation when all of the competitors try their best to win), incredible (amazing).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

What do you think about this air sports competition?

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