205. Why Did Britain Invent So Many Sports? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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From tennis, ping pong, and badminton to boxing, rugby, and football, the rules of many modern sports were written by British people! Why? Today I want to explain how and why so many of the world’s sports were invented by the British!

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Vocabulary

- **To invent (v) - **to design or create something that did not exist before. *The World Wide Web was invented in 1989. *

- **Folk (adj) - **traditional to or typical of a particular group or country, especially one where people mainly live in the countryside, and usually passed on from parents to their children over a long period of time. *There are some unique folk dances in this city. *

- **To codify (v) - **to organize and write a law or system of laws. *The UK doesn’t have a codified constitution. *

- **Alumni (plural n) - **men and women who have completed their studies, esp. at a school, college, or university. *There will be reunion of university alumni next week. *

- **Elite (adj) - **belonging to the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society. *Elite universities are very competitive to enter. *

- **Boarding school (n) **- a school where students live and study. *He studied at a boarding school in the UK. *

- **Administrator (n) - **someone whose job is to control the operation of a business, organization, or plan. *She works as a school administrator. *

- **Set something up (phrasal v) - **to formally establish a new company, organization, system, way of working, etc. *She plans to set up her own business. *

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