o, zawsze Okładnym ia, gdyż ce ważne e (np. na podane ne z tek- za pra- całego Zaznacz znakiem X odpowiednią rubrykę w tabeli. Za każdą poprawną odpowiedź otrzymasz 1 punkt. THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON Have you ever dreamed of being cheered by millions of enthusiastic fans, being appreciated as a hero, someone who achieves the impossible? Then all you have to do is start training today and enter the ING New York City Marathon. The event takes place on the first Sunday of November each year. When you s finish your 26.2-mile journey, which takes you through all five New York City boroughs, and when you have your medal placed around your neck, you will be at the end of a journey that will make you not only a fitter, but a better' person as well. Early in the morning, race day, more than 30,000 runners from all over 10 the world are brought by hundreds of buses from Manhattan and New Jersey to gather in the military area of Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island - one of the New York boroughs - for their breakfast and warm-up. When a gun fires at 10.10 am runners start crossing the two-mile long Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This spectacular view is broadcast on television worldwide each year. After exiting 15 the bridge, the athletes start their journey through the ethnically diverse areas of Brooklyn. The Hispanic, Jewish, Chinese, Italian and Polish communities enthusiastically cheer their own runners. Right after passing Polish Greenpoint, the runners climb the Pulaski Bridge, where they reach the halfway point. The final stage of the race is the hardest. Many runners encounter something 20 called The Wall'. This usually occurs at around 35 kilometers and is the body's way of saying, 'stop running!" Central Park is only 100 blocks away, so the crowd cheers you on. Some people grit their teeth and keep going, others suffer from muscle cramps and walk, and some even throw up on the sidewalks. A few just give up. The final miles of the race go around Central Park, a 340-hectare green 25 area located right in the middle of New York City. Don't even think of dropping the race right there. The crowd will not let you do it and will push you back on the road. If you can't run, you will have to walk; if you can't walk, you have to crawl. Now you have to finish. And finally you do, and you collect your medal from 30 a smiling volunteer. The runners, who walk through the finish area to collect their clothes from baggage trucks, are all wrapped in silver blankets. They usually don't say a word. They have just won a war with themselves. The time for happiness will come moments later when what they have done finally sinks in. In the New York Marathon everyone is a hero. HAPPY 006/2003 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. The New York Marathon goes through all the major parts of the city. Running in the Marathon is good not only for your body. Before the race runners get a chance to do some practice. 1.4. Some ethnic groups in New York organize protests against the Marathon. 'The Wall' is a place situated near Central Park. 1.8. 1.5. 1.6. During the final miles of the race, the crowd helps the runners not to give up. 1.7. When the Marathon race is over, the best runners get their medals. The author wants to discourage readers from taking part in the Marathon.
