Poster P 162 “GO FOR LONDON.”

Fill in the 20 gaps with these words: foreground / throw / held / Indies / arms / push-ups / impressive / size / almost / dominated / below / as / mixed / commonwealth / knees / about / shape / stands / muscles / coloured

1°) The most striking aspect of the poster is the huge proportion of the athlete in the ……………………. compared to the reduced-……………………. tower of Big Ben and the houses of parliament in the background.

2°) An athlete ……………………. in front of Big Ben to both remind us of the famous official poster for the 1948 London Olympic games and that this year's Olympics are ……………………. / take place in London

3°) The viewer feels ……………………. by the athlete because he looks twice as big as he should.

4°) His pose on a platform and his bareness makes him (look) stately / ……………………. / imposing.

5°) The photograph is taken from …………………….  (or a low-angle shot) to make him look (……………………., nearly) as big as the house of Parliament.

6°) He seems to be the same size ……………………. Big Ben.

7°) The athlete is of ……………………. origins / descent.

8°) We assume (suppose) he must be a famous British ……………………. champion originating from, (native of) the West ……………………. or some ……………………. country.

9°) He is imitating the pose / the stance of the Greek statue by Miron, Discobolus.

10°) His ……………………. are (slightly) bent. His ……………………. are stretched.

11°) We guess he is posing and pretending he is getting ready/ is ……………………. / is going to ……………………. a discus.

12°) He looks fit, in good ……………………., in good fettle.

13°) He must regularly do abdominal exercises or sit-ups to develop/tone his stomach ……………………..

 

14°) He also does press-ups (or …………………….) to pump his biceps [baiseps]!