Question

Activity 5: Sports and culture

Communication and cultural awareness
1. Read the text bellow and answer the question in complete sentences:
How do sports shape culture?
Sports and culture
It is said that culture is everything around us. It is the way we speak, we dress, even the way we think about certain topics. The word culture comes from the Latin “cultura”, which means to tend to, to cultivate. It was first understood as growing through education, but in the middle of 19th century, it was related to collective customs and inherited traditions and patterns of meanings in societies. All cultures are different, and even in a single country many subcultures can be identified.
Sports are a universal element found in all cultures. They provide young people with experiences, fun, good physical health, as well as opportunities for social interaction and skills necessary for participation in society. Young athletes are also agents of change in their communities; they can educate others and inspire young athletes. When people are
engaged in sports, identities and goals are shared. Bonds are cultivated across racial,
ethnic, and class lines. Sports help human rights progress.

2. Underline the ideas found in the passage:
a. Culture reflects everything we are.
b. Culture only means “to be educated”
c. Culture is the same in all societies.
We can find sports in all cultures.

Answer 1

We underline the ideas found in the passage "Sports and culture".

a. Culture reflects everything we are.

The text expresses that culture is part of everything that surrounds us, the way we communicate, how we dress and what we think about some issues.

d. We can find sports in all cultures.

It is reaffirmed that sport is the universal element present in all cultures of the world.

Traducción al español:

Subrayamos las ideas que se encuentran en el pasaje ''Deportes y cultura''.

a. La cultura refleja todo lo que somos.

El texto expresa que la cultura forma parte de todo lo que nos rodea, la manera en que nos comunicamos, cómo nos vestimos y lo que pensamos sobre algunos temas.

d. Podemos encontrar deportes en todas las culturas.

Se reafirma que el deporte es el elemento universal presente en todas las culturas del mundo.