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Lesson 2
Extreme Sports
sky surfing
bungee jumping
snow boarding
white-water rafting
ice diving
1. People do extreme sports in order
to feel ____.
A.
C. happy
A excited B. nervous
2. Extreme sports have become popular
in the last _____.
A. 5 years B.
B 10 years C. 20 years
3. People usually bungee jump from __.
A. airplanes
B. high buildings
C.
C bridges
4. In sky surfing people do mid-air ___.
A.
A gymnastics
B. dancing
C. swimming
5. Snowboarding has similarities
with ______.
A. skiing B.
B surfing C. canoeing
6. Snowrafting is ________.
A. quite dangerous
B.
B very dangerous
C. not very dangerous
7. For white-water rafting you need __.
A. a big river
B. a warm river
C.
C a mountain river
8. Ice divers ___.
A. swim under the ice
B. walk on the bottom of lakes
C.
C walk upside down under the ice
Listen to two people talking about
extreme sports. Complete the table.
Sports
likes
doesn’t like
would like
to try
wouldn’t
like to try
Carol
bungee
jumping
tennis
Jonathan
skiing/snow
boarding
sailing
sky surfing
ice diving
snowrafting
Bungee
jumping
Listen and fill in the blank.
1. I get _______
nervous you know. But when
I’m jumping I feel great. It’s like
___________.
being a bird
2. I’d love to try sky surfing, but it’s
_____________,
very expensive you know.
3. I also don’t like dull
_________.
sports I hate
_________________.
doing boring sports Like tennis.
Personally, I’d prefer to ___________.
stay at home
4. I _____
prefer winter sports. There’s
something about snow. I love
___________.
going skiing
5. I love sports where there’s speed. I
can’t _______________.
stand slow sports
6. I’d quite like to go ice diving_____________!
it sounds crazy
7.I can’t stand heights. I’d hate to do
______________.
bungee jumping It look _________
absolutely
_________.
terrifying
Listen again. Complete the Function
File with the following words.
quite like,
’d love,
love, like,
like, prefer,
can’t stand,
wouldn’t like, ’d quite
hate, ’d prefer
Preferences +ing/noun +to+infinitive
1. I ____
like bungee jumping.
2. I ’d
______
love to try sky surfing.
3. I ____________
wouldn’t like to do snowrafting.
4. I ____
hate doing boring sports.
5. I ________
’d prefer to stay at home.
6. I ______
prefer winter sports.
7. I ____
love going skiing.
8. I _________
quite like snowboarding.
9. I __________
can’t stand slow sports.
10. I ’d
___________
quite like to go ice diving.
Complete the sentences in the
correct form.
turn up, be into, take up,
back out, go through with,
put on,
set up,
get across
1. Ann waited for Tom for ages but he
didn’t _______.
turn up
2. What kind of music ___
into
are you ____?
3. A friend of mine ___
taken up
has just ________
jogging in order to get fit.
4. Why don’t we ______our
computer
set up
in the study?
5. They were going to have a party
last Saturday but __________
backed out at the
last minute.
Listen to the questions below. In
which of them does the intonation go
up at the end?
1. What sports do you like doing?
2. Do you like watching sport on TV?
3. Have you ever turned up late
for a match?
4. If your school asked you to be in a
team, would you try to back out?
5. Do you think you’ll ever take up a
dangerous sport?
6. What extreme sports would like to
try?
7. What extreme sports couldn’t you
go through with?
8. Have you ever watched extreme
sports on TV?
Do you find out the “rule” about
intonation in questions?
The falling
intonation is
used in
question-word
questions, i.e.
beginning with
‘wh-’
The rising
intonation is used
in questions that
can be answered
by ‘yes/no’
Comparing Cultures
Listen to a person talking about
sports in the USA and Britain and
answer these questions
1. What do American footballs have to
wear? Why?
They have to wear helmets and
special protective clothes because it is
a very physical game and they could
get hurt.
2. How many baseball leagues are
there in the USA?
Two.
3. Are basketball players well paid?
Yes.
4. Is football (score) very popular in
the USA?
No.
5. What is the most popular winter
sport in Britain?
Football.
6. Name another winter sport played
in Britain.
Rugby.
7. How long can a game of cricket be?
Five days.
Are any of these sports popular in
China?
Homework
Finish Exercise 7 on P25.