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The Invictus Games are a competition for war veterans.

Invictus Games are designed in order to


express their talents.
It’s a speech from the duke of Sussex – namely Prince Harry. He’s talking to an audience
participating to the charity event.
When Harry was serving in the army, he fought in Afghanistan.
Prince Harry gives his speech in order to promote the Invictus Games and to pay tribute to the
friends and families of the soldiers. He’s talking with a serious, convencing, patriotic…tone.

-a limb : a part of the body


-to enlist oneself : to enter the army
-to be wounded : to be injured
-to be crippled : to become disabled
-a PTSD/ shell shock: a psychological trauma
to recover : to heal/ to get better
- to be maimed : to be amputated
- to overcome hardships(/ troubles/ difficulties) 
-to be traumatized
-to applaude/ a round of applause
-to dedicate oneself= to devote oneself
-a soldier : a private
-to pay tribute : to praise someone

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