Welcome to the unit. Many different sporting events enjoy great popularity among people across the world. Watch the video and finish the following exercises. It's january again. Today, we'll be looking ahead at the year's top sporting events, and we've got some important dates for your diary. The year kicks off with the australian open, the largest annual sporting event held in melbourne, australia. It's commonly held during the last two weeks of january. Started in nineteen. No five IT is the Youngest of the four grand slam tournaments. Sometimes IT takes place indoors during wet weather or extreme heat. Winning a grand slam event is a great achievement in the professional tennis world. So when I now on the australian open in twenty fourteen, he was very proud, along with china, next to formula one motor acing, the world's fastest motor race, the charm of speed and high tech makes IT one of the world's most attractive sporting events. Grandpre french for great prizes are a series of races of a formula one season, and the chinese grand pre health in April in shanghai is an event not to be missed in the racing calendar. The course is famous for its difficult commerce, which really put drivers through their paces. After that, why not head to europe this summer for some two wheel excitement? The toward of france this historic event is a team competition with eight cyclists in each team. IT lasts for over three weeks, and there are twenty one stages. Each stage is an individual competition where the winner of the stage gets to where the famous yellow shirt at the start of the next stage, the overall winner is the cyclist who completes the race with the shortest time and is awarded the yellow shirt after the final stage.