Fill in the Blanks Waving the flagOnline version New Success pre-intermediate, Student's book Match the headings to the paragraphs. by Magdalena Antończak 1 5 4 2 1 3 Match headings 1 - 5 with paragraphs A - E . 1 . Cosmopolitan society 2 . Communication brings us closer 3 . Friendly competitors 4 . A sporting example 5 . Something new is coming This week's guest writer in Celebrity Comment is Britain's new star athlete Tiago Larsson . Waving the Flag A Most of us are proud of where we come from . We sing our national anthems and wave our flags ; we cheer when our country wins a gold medal ; we feel different from other nationalities . But the world is changing and it's changing fast and a global community is on its way . B New technologies are breaking down the borders between people . The Internet is helping us to get to know each other . You don't need a passport or a visa to talk on Messenger or Skype . I chat with friends from lots of different countries and I don't mind where they come from . All I know is we enjoy the same things . It's not where you're from that matters the most ; it's who you are that really counts . C Foreign travel too is bringing us together . My mother comes from Brazil , my father's from Sweden , but I live in London and I compete for Great Britain . I speak Swedish , Portuguese and English and in today's world I'm not so unusual . In my neighbourhood you can hear more than a dozen languages , you can eat food from all around the world and there's a wonderful mixture of music and art . D Nationality is still important to us : we follow our flags with pride and compete against other nations . But just because someone comes from another place , doesn't mean they're our enemy . I know lots of athletes from other countries . We're rivals but we get on well and respect each other . E I enjoy national differences , but I'm delighted the divisions between people are disappearing . I love the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games : the athletes from all the different countries are wearing their country's colours , but they're all holding hands , singing the same song and waving the same flag .
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