LIV Golf to Close After Financial Backer Pulls Out
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LIV Golf will soon close. The golf group will make the news public on Thursday.
LIV Golf is a big golf league. A company gave money to LIV Golf. This is called financing.
Now the company does not want to help LIV Golf anymore. This is a withdrawal of support.
Without the money, LIV Golf cannot continue. The league will wind down. This means it will slowly stop.
LIV Golf started a few years ago. It was different from other golf leagues.
Many famous golfers joined LIV Golf. They left other golf leagues to play for LIV.
Some people liked LIV Golf. Other people did not like it.
Now LIV Golf will end because it has no more money support.
This is big news for the golf world.
Vocabulary15 words
- financing
- money given to help a business
- withdrawal
- stopping help or support
- wind down
- to slowly stop or end
- league
- a group of sports teams or players
- backer
- a person or company that gives money support
- announce
- to tell people important news
- support
- help given to someone
- golfer
- a person who plays golf
- famous
- known by many people
- continue
- to keep doing something
- close
- to stop and end
- company
- a business
- news
- new information about events
- different
- not the same
- money
- what you use to buy things
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Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
LIV Golf will soon _____. The golf group will make the news public on Thursday.
LIV Golf is a big golf _____. A company gave money to LIV Golf. This is called _____.
Now the company does not want to help LIV Golf anymore. This is a _____ of support.
Without the money, LIV Golf cannot _____. The league will _____ down.
Many famous _____ joined LIV Golf. They left other golf leagues to play for LIV.
Now LIV Golf will end because it has no more money _____.
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