Exercise 2.1 - Solution

Sample answer.
Intervilles was a French summer programme first broadcast in 1962. Teams of local people from different towns competed in comic, physical games in a stadium, with townspeople in the stands and the mayors present. Points were awarded for each game and the town with the most points won. Slippery surfaces, obstacles, costumes and animals (la vachette, a young cow) were part of the fun.

Elements (any three): local teams, stadium crowd, comic games, points, a winner, animals.