Vocabulary practice

Reading

Lead-in

Lesson 2.2.3. Sports and fitness

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Can you think of any sports or hobbies? Which would you like to do and why?

Ex 1. Read this magazine article about extreme sports. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-D, for each part (1-4).

A.Hidden adventures C. Thrilling free-time activities

B.Positive fear D.Risky rewards

Imagine this scene: a woman inside a cage in the sea, with sharks all around her. Wouldn’t you expect the woman to feel terrified? Not Gill Williams – she finds such experiences absolutely thrilling. Gill is an “extreme” sportswoman – an adventurer who takes sport to its most dangerous limits.

1) “I love scary animals”, says Gill. “I love being near them and touching them. Great white sharks come and attack the barsof the cage. I touch them, but I don’t let them bite me!” There are more people like Gill than you might think. They leave their offices and business to spend their free doing extremely dangerous things. Some of them fly jets across deserts or go diving in unexplored caves, while others explore African rivers. All of them want to experience something more than their normal lives can offer. They want adventure.

2) Bob Card is a skydiving trainer. He teaches people to leap out of aeroplanes and let themselves fall through the air without opening their parachutes until the very last minute.

“I believe there us an adventurer inside every one of us,” he says. “it doesn’t matter how old or strong you are. The adventurer is there – it’s just hidden away somewhere. If you find that spirit, your life will take on new meaning.”

One advantage of doing extreme sports to satisfy your need for adventure is that you can completely forget about your everyday problems. As Bob says: “You can’t be concerned about business phone calls or examination results when you’re jumping out of a plane.”

3) How much danger can a person take? According to Sandra Quiggen, panic is rare, even when you come face to face with a bad-tempered hippopotamus on the Zambezi River. “You get scared,” she says. “Those hippos have big teeth. But a little fear makes the brain work faster, as long as you don’t let it turn into panic.”

4) There is an element of risk in all extreme sports. “If you don’t do things right, you are asking for trouble,” says Card. But training and proper equipment help to make these sports safer. The difference between extreme sport and “normal” sport is that, although there are organized competitions for these sports, most extreme sports people are more interested in testing their own abilities than in winning prizes. I fact, most of them would agree with mountaineer Sir Edmund Hilary’s reply when asked why he wanted to climb Everest: “Because it’s there.”

Ex 2. Read the text again, then talk about the reasons why people get involved in extreme sports.

Ex 3. Match the numbers to the letters.

1. thrilling a. worried

2. trainer b. very exciting

3. leap c. teacher

4. concerned d. jump

5. abilities e. skills

Ex 4. Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below. Use the words only once.

scary, to ask, to satisfy, face, business, to test, to go, to do, take on, everyday, examination, to win

1. …………..for trouble 7. …………….…………diving

2. ……….extreme sports 8. ……………...…..phone calls

3. ……………...animals 9. your life will …new meaning

4. ……............problems 10. ………….their own abilities

5. ……………....to face 11. ……………….….your need

6. ………………a prize 12. …………..…..………results

Ex 5. a) Look at the list of sports/hobbies and their equipment, and underline the odd words out.

Wind-surfing: board, camera, wetsuit, sail

Knitting: needles, ropes, wool, patterns

Rafting: paddles, life-jacket, raft, binoculars

Fishing: trainers, boat, fishing rod, hooks

Stamp-collecting: album, stamps, helmet, magnifying glass

Scuba-diving: mask, oxygen tank, life-jacket, flippers

Rock-climbing: ropes, boots, light clothes, bat

Painting: palette, canvas, brushers, club

Skydiving: skis, parachute, gloves, goggles

Football: shorts, stick, trainers, ball

Jet-skiing: life jacket, jet ski, flippers, swimming suit

b)Now read the list of skills/qualities and say which are needed for the above sports and hobbies.

Skills/qualities needed: fit, patient, imaginative, courageous, good sense of balance, cooperative, strong, determined, good, training, adventurous

e.g. You need to be fit and strong and you must also have a good sense of balance to go wind-surfing.

Ex 6. Organize these words and put them in the correct columns below.

Football, golf, racket, net, course, court, pitch, clubs, tennis, training, shoes, boots, whistle, athletics, track, vest, shorts, running shoes, motor racing, circuit, crash helmet, swimming, pool, swimming costume, trunks, boxing, ring, gloves, boots, ice hockey, rink, sticks, skates, puck, skiing, ski slopes, skis, ski suit, ski boots.

Sport Place Equipment

Ex 7. Fill in the gaps with the correct verb.

1. Do you … much exercise?

2. I only … volleyball in the summer.

3. If possible, I’d like to … a fitness club.

4. A: I love football.

B: Do you? Which team do you …?

A: Liverpool.

5. My dad played football but he … last year. He said he was too old.

6. We used to … camping in the mountains.

7. Why don’t you … hiking or swimming, or something? You need more exercise.

8. If you want to … fit, you need to run three or four miles every other day.

Ex 8. Complete these sentences with a suitable word.

e.g. Do you still do a lot of weight training?

1. I enjoy jogging and it keeps me ….

2. Liz doesn’t have much opportunity now to go rock ….

3. Nigel loves dangerous sports; I’m the complete ….

4. He has played for several good teams and he takes it very ….

5. I used to play a lot of ice ….

6. We still like watching motor ….

7. I played for years, then I injured my ankle and I had to give ….

8. In the summer I go jogging in the park. I the winter I exercise indoors and go to the ….

9. I love swimming, and it’s really good for ….

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