推嬰兒車大賽

Once a year， you might see some people running along the road， pushing prams[嬰兒車] as fast as they can along Hessle Road in Hull， East Yorkshire. However， there aren’t any babies in the prams， but adults， instead. They jump out of the prams and drink lots of beer at pubs along the road， before jumping back in.

It’s called a Pram Race[推嬰兒車大賽]， and it earns money for charities[慈善]， and has happened here for many years. It began with just a few people racing， but fifteen to twenty prams normally race now， watched by crowds of around three thousand.

It all started when Hull was a fishing town.

Every Friday afternoon， fishermen’s wives used to run with their babies to pick up their money. They needed to pay their bills and buy food quickly， before their husbands returned from sea.

Hull is on the River Humber， very near the sea， where you can have a traditional[傳統(tǒng)的] holiday. It’s not far from the important city of York， the Yorkshire Moors， the Yorkshire Dales and the Peak District.

Activity 1

Find the answers in the text.

1） Where does it happen？

2） How many people come to watch？

3） In the past， what job did most of the men in the city do？

4） What did their wives have to do before they came back？

5） Which river is the city on？

Activity 2

Put these quantifiers in the sentences. You can often use more than one.

Activity 3

What’s the strangest sport you’ve ever heard of？ How do you play or do it？