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IT’S IN THE NET…

(02:28)

1. You are going to listen to a man talking about a football match. Listen and complete the questionnaire.

important people at a football match
the supporters are over the moon
the supporters are gutted
the most important thing
the football match
the teams
the score
the pitch
the controversial decision
Fiona was in the net
the referee’s decision

2. Listen again and discuss the following questions.

What decision was made in the second half?
Why did the referee disallow the goal?
Why did the referee give a free kick?

WATER SPORTS

(06:11)
1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

lightweight fibreglass boards wetsuit windsurfing outdoor activity

do tricks kitesurfing slalom

______ is a race for people on skis or in canoes in which they have to follow a route that bends in and out between poles.
Contemporary surfers use ______ to catch waves of varying shapes and sizes as they roll in towards the beach.
______ is a hybrid of sailing and surfing invented by sailor Jim Drake.
There are many different styles of windsurfing which include ‘freestyle’, where windsurfers ______ .
All a surfer really needs is a surfboard, a _____ and a way of getting to the beach.
Windsurfing has become a hugely popular _____.
______ suggests that kitesurfers are towed along by large kites, allowing them to pull-off incredible tricks in the air.

2. Listen to the article and discuss the following questions.

1. Why do people all over the world head for oceans, lakes, pools, rivers etc?

2. Is surfing an old sport?

3. Where do people go surfing?

4. What do contemporary surfers use?

5. What is the main attraction of surfing?

6. Who does surfing appeal to?

7. Does surfing have its own language?

8. When was windsurfing invented?

9. Is windsurfing a cross between surfing and sailing?

10. Is windsurfing an Olympic sport?

11. Are there many different styles of windsurfing?

12. Has kitesurfing been popular for many years?

13. What do kitesurfers do?

14. When was SCUBA diving invented?

15. What do SCUBA divers rave about?

16. Why is SCUBA diving dangerous?

JUDO

(02:37)
1. You are going to hear a conversation about a martial art between Ian and Rika. They are both sales reps for a large publishing company. Ian is visiting Rika in Japan. Before you listen, answer the following questions.

Which martial arts do you know? Check their pronunciation in a dictionary.
Have you ever done any martial arts? Give a detailed account of your experience.
Have you ever entered any sports tournaments or competitions? How did you get on?

2. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.

Why is Rika famous?
Does she feel proud of her achievements in judo?
What skills does judo demand from the participants?
What made her start doing judo?
How often does she practice judo?
How did she hurt herself last year? Does she find it easy to start fighting again after her injury?
Why didn’t Ian know about her hobby?

3. Listen again and put down the expressions Ian uses to express his disbelieve or surprise.
4. Pay attention to colloquial words and expressions used in the conversation. What do they mean?

A guy; how come; it’s not a big deal; if you don’t mind my saying that; kids, bigheaded, there you go, a big thing.
5. Do you think martial arts can help those who are bullied by their peers?

HANG-GLIDING

(04:18)
1. You are going to hear the man sharing his impressions of hang-gliding. Listen and answer the questions:

What were Daniel’s general impressions of hang-gliding?
Did he have to do a lot of training before he started going up?
Who assists inexperienced athletes? How?
Did Daniel feel any fear while going up?
What were his emotions once he went up?
How did the landing go?
Does Daniel find hang-gliding addictive?

2. Why do you think sports like this can be addictive?
3. Have you ever tried any risky sports? Give a detailed account of you experience.

WIMBLEDON

(02:27)

1. You are going to listen to the man talking about the Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2006. What do you know about Wimbledon?
2. Complete the sentences according to the listening.

Wimbledon is _____ in south-west London.
Tennis championships have taken place there _____ .
Wimbledon is now the only big tennis championship where the prizes for men and women _____.
The men’s prizes are _____ .
The men players play matches with _____ sets, while the women play only _____ sets.
_____ attracts more money from ticket sales and sponsorship, for example, than _____ does.

3. Listen again and answer the questions.

What is Wimbledon?
How often are tennis championships held at Wimbledon?
Are there any important traditions about tennis at Wimbledon?

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

(06:09)
1. Work with a partner. Match the words on the left and the words on the right to make up expressions commonly used when talking about sports and games.

strenuous	adventurous types
to lose	(parachute) training
to set up	a pass for a goal
to train	physical activity
to got	the whistle
outdoor	the winning goal
to do	beaten
to score	a team
to blow	a match
to provide	a goal

2. Listen to the article “Physical education” written by Richard Sidaway. Answer the following questions using the words and word-combinations in brackets.

Cup winners.

1. What happened in the cup final?

(strenuous physical activity, sports field, lose a match, final, to set up the winning goal, a cross, a final whistle)

Forest hike.

2. Why was he chosen to be the leader?

(on school expedition, sheer force of will, to lead smb back, a campsite, to cheat)

Learning to swim, learning to drown.

3. What traumatic experience did this person’s brother have?

(to put smb off for life, to tie a tin can, to throw smb in the deep end, to survive)

Sponsored walk.

4. How did he raise quite a lot of money?

(a physical feat, a walk for charity)

Cross-country ordeal.

5. Why did the cross-country run change the person’s view of human nature?

(to be drenched to the skin, to shiver with cold, to jump over a stream, to climb up the muddy bank, freezing water, to be disgusted by sth)

Dwarfed in Germany.

6.Why did his school team lose all of its matches in Germany?

(to go on a tour of, to play football against a team, to be sick, a bit of a farce, to get beaten)

Climb every mountain.

7. Why was the final part of climbing the mountain more difficult?

(physical endeavour, a zigzag path)

Down to earth.

8. What was surprising about what happened to the person’s cousin?

(an adventurous type, to do parachute training, to have a scratch on sbd)

SURFING

(04:45)
1. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing words in this summary.

Surfing is one of the most exciting water sports there is. Serious surfers must be brave, love 1) _____ and have lots of energy. Many surfers travel around the 2) _____ going to surf festivals. Some surfers carry pagers which beep when there are 3) _____ periods of perfect conditions. Surfers are always in search of the best waves in an unspoilt 4) _____ . Professionals are in 5) _____ every day, and do exercises with 6) _____ . You don’t need to wear a 7) _____ in summer, but it can protect you from the hot 8) _____ as well as from cold 9) _____. Professional surfers look as if they learned to surf as soon as they could _____ .
2. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:

Кататься на волнах, овладеть техникой, гири, профессиональный (опытный) серфер (3 variants), равновесие, доска для серфинга, мускулатура.
3. Give detailed answers to the following questions.

What makes surfing so addictive?
What is the surfers’ greatest disappointment?
Why do surfers have to travel a lot?
In what way do surfers practice?
What equipment do you need if you want to take up surfing?
Do you agree that surfing is exciting? What feelings does the idea of taking it up evoke in you?

SPORT PSYCHOLOGISTS

(03:37)
1. Before you listen, say whether you have ever heard of sport psychologists. What do you think their duties are?
2. Listen and answer the following questions.

Is a sports psychology industry really well-developed nowadays?
What sportsmen are examples of commitment to their success?
Do sportsmen have to prepare for the competitions mentally?
What do the sports psychologists do? How do they help athletes to succeed?
What are the main purposes of the Haka war dance used by the New Zealand All blacks rugby team?

3. Listen again and do the vocabulary quiz. Answer the following questions using the words and word combinations from the interview. The initial letter(s) will help you.

E.g. What a means accomplishment, success? Answer: achievement.

1. What a means ‘sportsmen’?

2. What d means ‘the ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult’?

3. What v means ‘very important’?

4. What s b means ‘trust in your own abilities’?

5. What u means ‘unable to be defeated’?

6. What f on one’s g means ‘to pay a lot of attention to one’s aim’?

7. What c means ‘devoted’?

8. What d means ‘very upset’?

9. What d means ‘suddenly or obviously’?

10. What g o means ‘to overcome’?

11. What e means ‘extremely happy’?

12. What b means ‘very good’?

13. What r means ‘a fixed way of doing things’?

CHILD ATHLETES

(03:45)
1. Listen to a psychologist talking about child sport stars and put the points below in the order they are mentioned.

Child sport stars may have problems when they become older.

Child sport stars do not have a happy childhood.

It’s important for tennis players to be successful before they are 16.

Sometimes it is the parents of the sports star who get the money.

Sports stars are getting younger and younger.

The first child sports stars appeared in 1970s.
2. Answer the questions.

1. Does the psychologist think the child star phenomenon is a positive one? Why? Why not?

2. What in your opinion does the life of the child athlete comprise?

3. Do you think that winning the Olympic medal is worth all the sacrifices the child has to make?
3. Summarize the information you have learnt. Use your active vocabulary.

THE BIRTH OF THE OLYMPICS

(video 05:07)
1. Answer the questions.

Where did Olympic Games originate?
When were they started? How often were they held?
In whose honour were the Games held?
What sports were included in the competition?
What award was given to the winner?
Why were the Games stopped?

TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE OLYMPICS

(video 03:30)
1. Answer the questions.

What is the motto of the Olympic Games?
How often are modern Olympic Games held?
Who competes in the Games: amateurs or professionals?
When were the first Paralympic Games held?
What award do the winners receive?
What ceremony takes place after the conclusion of each sporting event?
What does the opening ceremony include?
What happens at the closing ceremony?
Why have some countries boycotted the Olympic Games?
What is the primary aim of the Olympic Games?

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

(05:54)
1. Listen to the article “The Olympic Games: then and now” written by Craig Duncan. Answer the questions about the text according to the listening.

What do you think the Zappian Olympics were?
What might an Olympic winner receive in ancient Greece?
What is an “Olympiad”?

2. Listen again and complete the sentences according to the listening.

The Olympic Games began around __________ years ago.
776 BC saw the start of a regular festival which was to take place every Olympiad, or __________.
Sport was only one part of the festival; there were also __________ __________, __________ __________, exhibitions of __________ and __________ __________.
The Olympic Games celebrated on the one hand the __________ __________, and on the other hand the __________ of the Greek people.

The early __________ ___________ were only running races, but later other sports such as __________ and __________ came to be included.
There were no professional __________. All the __________ were ordinary Greek citizens who felt that they were among the best in their chosen sports.
Competitors had to arrive four weeks early, and undergo a full month of __________.
It wasn’t only __________ training, either: would-be competitors had to prove that they were morally and spiritually suitable to __________.
Curiously, all sportsmen competed ___________.
At the start of the games, every competitor had to swear an __________ that they were a free citizen of Greece who had committed no sacrilege against the gods.
In today’s Olympics, competitors promise that they shall abide by the rules of the games, will act in an honourable and sportsmanlike manner, and not use any __________ drugs.
__________ is almost as old as the games itself.
The original “winner” of the 1904 Olympic __________, Fred Lorz, __________ __________ after it was revealed that he had travelled half the distance in a car.
Today, athletes compete primarily for the honour of being awarded a __________ __________, but also for the enormous amounts of corporate __________ bestowed upon top sportspeople.
Similarly, while ancient Greek athletes were officially only competing for the honour of being awarded a symbolic __________ __________, winners were usually sponsored by their city state, receiving a large sum of money, or a new home, or a lengthy tax holiday.
In the earliest Olympics, __________ __________ went alongside trade fairs and business deals.
In 19th century Greece the first modern attempts were made to __________ the Olympics.
The “Zappian Olympics”, as they became known after wealthy organizer, Evangelos Zappas, were the bridge between the __________ and __________ Olympics, and took place in Greece between 1859 and 1875.
It was the first real __________ sporting competition, but officially it was about far more than sport, nations were no longer competing primarily in sport, but in __________ and __________.
The sporting side of the games were hugely popular with the public, and in Athens in __________, the Olympics as we know them began.

3. Answer the questions.

1. When did the Olympic Games begin?

2. When did the first recorded Olympic festival take place?

3. Why is the festival called the Olympic Games?

4. Was sport only one part of the festival?

5. What did the festival celebrate?

6. What athletic competitions were included in the ancient Olympics?

7. Could athletes compete if they were only physically fit?

8. What oath did competitors have to swear at the start of the games?

9. What could an Olympic winner receive in ancient Greece?

10. What are Olympic winners awarded nowadays?

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