In general, and especially to watch, sports such as football, rugby, and cricket are more popular than sports such as athletics, cycling, golf, or tennis in Britain. Why do you think this is?, In the 1970s, the manager of Liverpool football club once said: 'Football is not a matter of life and death to me - it's more important than that'. What do you think he meant? Is his comment typical of the British attitude to sport?, Would you say that sport has the same public importance in your country as it has in Britain? Does it play the same kind of role?, A big problem for cricket is that it cannot be played during or immediately after rain because the grass is too wet. Somebody once suggested that, instead of grass, cricket should be played on plastic surfaces, so that play could begin again as soon as the rain had stopped. English cricket enthusiasts were horrified at this idea. One member of the MCC commented 'The man must have been drunk when he thought of it'. How do you explain this extreme reaction?.

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