Michael Phelps was born in 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. He became interested in swimming at a young age and was encouraged by his mother. Phelps played several sports as a child, including baseball and soccer, in addition to swimming. He made his U.S. Olympic team debut in 2000 at the Sydney Games and went on to participate in the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won a record number of gold medals.
Michael Phelps was born in 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. He became interested in swimming at a young age and was encouraged by his mother. Phelps played several sports as a child, including baseball and soccer, in addition to swimming. He made his U.S. Olympic team debut in 2000 at the Sydney Games and went on to participate in the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won a record number of gold medals.
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Michael Phelps was born in 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. He became interested in swimming at a young age and was encouraged by his mother. Phelps played several sports as a child, including baseball and soccer, in addition to swimming. He made his U.S. Olympic team debut in 2000 at the Sydney Games and went on to participate in the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won a record number of gold medals.
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1.Read the text and try to find out the wrong information, then answer the questions below.
Michael Phelps was born in
2005 in Baltimore, Spain.
Michael was the youngest of
three children in his family. He became interested in swimming and his mother encouraged him to swim.
When he was young he played
other sports such as baseball and soccer in addition to swimming.
Nowadays he is an Olympic jumper, he made his first
Olympic team in Sydney, some years later he participated in Athens and in 2008 in Beijing (China).
1. Was he born in 1985?
Is Baltimore in Spain?
Is Michael an olympic jumper?
2. Find the missing information in www.biography.com.
Activity 5
The Jonas Brothers group is
comprised of three brothers: Kevin (b. November 5, 1987), Joe (b. August 15, 1989), and ________ (September 16, 1992).
They were born in _______,
Texas.
Singer, songwriter. Jackson was born
August 29, _________, in Gary, Indiana, to an African-American working-class family. When he was young he founded The Jackson ____, a music group with all his brothers.
Albert was born March 14, 1879 in
_________. He was one of the most notable and influential scientists of the ________ century.