News Exercise #40

Questions:

1) How many years has he been the working at Wimbledon?
2) He says that he keeps the grass at two different lengths – what are they, and when?
3) How does he make the surface suitable for bouncing the ball?
4) What needs to be done today?
5) What bad dream does he sometimes have? (Notice he is using ‘you’, when he means ‘me’).
6) How does he know if his courts have been prefect?

Answers:
 
1) How many years has he been the working at Wimbledon?
This is his 20th year.

2) He says that he keeps the grass at two different lengths – what are they, and when?
8mm playing surface for summer, and 13mm for other times (outside of the playing season).

3) How does he make the surface suitable for bouncing the ball?
He dries it out to make it firm.

4) What needs to be done today?
He’s watering the courts because they are drying out too quickly.

5) What bad dream does he sometimes have? (Notice he is using ‘you’, when he means ‘me’).
He has a dream that the bass-line (where the server stands) is already worn out before the start of the tournament.

6) How does he know if his courts have been prefect?
He knows when the players say nothing.