I was born in Zamora: Ángel Nieto

ÁNGEL NIETO

1. FILL THE GAPS:

 _____everyone! Today we are going to speak about the _____ motorcycle racer in the world during the________ and the eighties. He specialized in racing small displacement bikes and he won twelve _____ one World Championships.

Of _____! He is Ángel Nieto. A pioneer about motorcycle in Spain. An icon for ___ the motorcycle racers in the world.

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This is RADIO 6, from ZAMORA in SPAIN. This is “I WAS BORN IN ZAMORA”.

2. COMPLETE THE WORDS:

Ángel Nieto was b____ in Zamora on January the 25^th in 1947. Time was difficult in Spain, be________ the Civil War had just finish 7 years a_____. But nevertheless, he was ha_____ when he was a child, probably because to have dreams cost no mo______.

3. WHAT IS MISSING:

He loved motorcycling and he started ___ work in a garage ___ Madrid and the garage´s owner helped him competing.

But Ángel Nieto wanted to become a professional rider and ____ decided to move to Barcelona.

In 1964, when he _____ 17 years old he took part in his first world championship race, scoring a fifth place that he would repeat in ____ next two years.

4. WHAT A MESS!:

In 1967 he (acmebe)_________ a professional rider and two years later he scored his first (oivtrcy)_______ and won the first of his 13 titles.

He took part in 186 Grand Prixes and he took 90 wins. (nlOy)______ Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi have won more podiums.

Thanks to his success he popularized motorcycle racing in Spain and Spanish (leesoviitn)_________ started to  broadcast the racers which helped (toerh)_______ children to enjoy this sport. 

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Ángel Nieto's final title was in 1984,

such as Derbi or Bultaco,

when he was 39 years old.

He rode different motorbikes,

and all of them were personal projects  of  European engineers, working for small-volume enthusiast makers.

and two years later he retired

6. WRITE THE PRESENT VERBS:

This legendary Spanish racer won 13 titles, but due to his famous superstitious beliefs, he always preferred to refer to his Grand Prix titles as '12 plus 1'.

He was a MotoGP Legend and a key figure in establishing Spain as one of the most important countries  in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

He was a pioneer in our country. And after his titles other Spanish racers would appear. His sons Angel and Pablo were also Grand Prix motorcycle racers and his nephew Fonsi was a race winner too.

7. WRITE THE INFINITIVE, PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PARTICIPLE VERBS:

Ángel Nieto, the legend, “12 plus 1” titles paved the way to other children who decided to work hard in order to become the best racers in the world. This was our figure today. He was born in Zamora. And he is part of our history.

Our best wishes to your best dreams from Radio 6, from Zamora.

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