Cover of the textbook Identity A2 to B1

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Trending Topics 11 for the textbook Identity A2 to B1 with authors Carla Leonard from Oxford University Press

Question

What do these numbers refer to in the text?

Answer

  • 2015: This refers to the year 2015, when the US women's football team won the Women's World Cup. In that year, the team received a prize of 2 million dollars.
  • 2 million: This is the amount of money the US women's football team won for becoming World Champions in the 2015 Women's World Cup.
  • 35 million: This is the amount of money the German men's football team received for winning the FIFA Men's World Cup in 2014.
  • 9 million: This is the amount of money the US men's football team received when they finished in eleventh place in the FIFA Men's World Cup in 2014.
  • 85: This percentage refers to the amount of body strength utilized by a female golfer when hitting a ball 200 meters. The text uses this as an example to counter the argument that female athletes don't work as hard as male athletes. It suggests that, in some cases, female athletes may even exert more effort.