Cover of the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.3 - Brotherly love? for the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Rachael Roberts, Antonia Clare and JJ Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Now read the article on page 15 and check your ideas.

Answer

  • an argument → The Dassler brothers argued, which led them to found separate companies, Adidas and Puma.
  • a business → The brothers formed a shoe company together.
  • a nickname → Adolph Dassler's nickname was Adi, which later became part of his company's name.
  • a shoemaker → The Dassler's father was a shoemaker.
  • a wild cat → Puma was named after a wild cat.
  • the 1932 Olympic Games → The Dassler brothers' first company provided the shoes for Germany's athletes at the 1932 Olympic Games.