205. Why Did Britain Invent So Many Sports? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>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!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.link/" target="_blank"><u><strong>ENGLISH CLASSES - https://thinkinginenglish.link/</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish"><u><strong>JOIN THE CONVERSATION CLUB &nbsp;-- https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast" target="_blank"><u><strong>NEW YOUTUBE Channel!!! - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2023/02/06/205-why-did-britain-invent-so-many-sports/" target="_blank"><u><strong>TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2023/02/06/205-why-did-britain-invent-so-many-sports/</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>INSTAGRAM - </strong><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1fuqul"><u><strong>thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/)&nbsp;</strong></u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/"><u><strong>Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h2>Vocabulary</h2> <ul> <li><strong>To invent (v) - </strong>to design or create something that did not exist before. <em>The World Wide Web was invented in 1989.<br> </em></li> <li><strong>Folk (adj) - </strong>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. <em>There are some unique folk dances in this city.<br> </em></li> <li><strong>To codify (v) - </strong>to organize and write a law or system of laws. <em>The UK doesn’t have a codified constitution.<br> </em></li>