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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