BASIC COMPLETION 9

Fill ONE WORD in each blank:

1. This is a big event. The are there.

2. The team from Middlebury College wins first .

3. This is not a soccer .

4. It's a sport in the Harry Potter and movies.

5. But they have one in common.

6. They make and a scoring system.

7. Today, there are more than 500 Quidditch around the world.

8. Harry Potter and his team on broomsticks.

9. Fans T-shirts.

10. The winning team gets a big .

11. Some people say, it's just a game.

12. There is also a to make Quidditch a national sport in the United States.

13. Sports bring people together for fun, and friendship.

14. Fans of Quidditch are not just friends.

15. For the first time, is helping to make a new sport.

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This is the audio script:

In New York City, a large park is very busy. This is a big event. The media are there. More than 700 college students are competing on 46 teams. The team from Middlebury College wins first prize. Yale is 16th. The students from Harvard don't do very well. They are too slow on their broomsticks. Broomsticks? That's right. This is not a soccer competition. This is the Quidditch World Cup. Do you know Quidditch? It's a sport in the Harry Potter novels and movies. But now, fiction is reality. The year is 2005. A group of college students in Vermont wants to have some fun. Some like to play sports. Some don't like sports at all. But they have one interest in common. They all love Harry Potter. The students decide to play Quidditch. They make rules and a scoring system. Soon other students want to play too. News about the game spreads through the Internet. More and more students want to play. Today, there are more than 500 Quidditch teams around the world. Quidditch for real people is hard to play. Harry Potter and his team fly on broomsticks. But try to run with a broomstick between your legs. Players have to ride the broomstick during the whole game. They fall down a lot. At Quidditch World Cup events, people want to win. But they also want to have fun. Fans sell t-shirts. Some dress as Harry Potter characters. The winning team gets a big trophy. A big plastic trophy. People have different reactions to Quidditch. Some people say, it's just a silly game. But many people say, this is a serious sport. There is an international group called the IQA. There is also a movement to make Quidditch a national sport in the United States. Who knows? Maybe Quidditch will be an Olympic event in the future. Sports bring people together for fun, exercise and friendship. This is true for any sport. But fans of Quidditch are not the ones that are in the United States. Fans of Quidditch are not just making friends. They're making history. For the first time, literature is helping to make a new sport.