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Elephant Polo




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Elephant Polo

1.� Watch the following youtube video about the Elephant Polo Tournament. Tick the following statements as true or false.

Elephant Polo is a popular sport.������������������������������� True� ���� False�
Elephant Polo needs a special technique.����������������� True� ���� False�
Only experts can play elephant polo.��������������������������True������ False�
Elephant Polo is played in Africa.�������������������������������True������ False�
2. Read the following text about Elephant Polo. Write the words in the box that best fit in the gaps of the text.
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Elephant polo is played �in Thailand, Sri Lanka and India where working elephants are . Every year the World Elephant Polo Championship takes place in Nepal. Teams come from all over the world to , even Iceland and Sout Africa. Each team has four elephants, each with two �or players. One of them is the "mahout" or the elephant's . He tells the elephant where to go and what to do. The other player �to hit the ball into the other team's . He uses a long �stick and a special ball that the elephant's can't . If an elephant lies down in front of the goal line it's a . Sometimes an elephant picks up the ball with its �- but that's just not !