THE FIRST WORLD CUP The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days! Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil and Mexico) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe stayed at home. Only four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia. In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2! The World Cup is a tennis / football competition. 1 The World Cup is every three / four years. 2 The first World Cup was in Uruguay / Brazil. 3 The people built a new ship / stadium for the competition in 1930. 4 The journey across the Atlantic was long / easy. 5 It was / wasn’t possible to travel by jet plane. 6 It was difficult / easy to travel from Mexico. 7 Four / Thirteen teams from Europe played in the competition. 8 There weren’t / were any teams from Asia in the competition. 9 More than 9,300 / 93,000 watched the final. 10 Uruguay / Argentina won the cup. Speaking