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Olympics Doping Scandal (Intermediate)
Olympics Doping Scandal (Intermediate)
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1 Warm-up
What is doping?
2 Key words
Match the terms on the left to the definitions on the right.
1. a sample
2. a cheat
3. a doper
4. a whistleblower
5. a scandal
7. compete
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6. The date when it was confirmed that Russian athletes were taking performance enhancing drugs:
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"They show once again that dopers have no place 10 Kenyan athletes were also involved in a recent
to hide. We keep samples for 10 years so that the
doping scandal. However, Kenyan sports minister
cheats know that they can never rest."
Hassan Wario is confident the nation will not be
banned from Rio. WADA has written to Kenya,
6 However, the IOC has not revealed any names of
explaining what it must do to meet the anti-doping
athletes yet. It also said that 12 affected national
regulations.
Olympic associations would be informed in the
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4 Checking understanding
Read the text again and put T (True) or F (False) next to each statement below. Explain why the `False
answers' are false.
1. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) keep tests for 10 years.
2. All samples from the Beijing Olympics were retested.
3. No athletes from the 2012 London Olympics have been put on the list yet.
4. The IOC has already revealed the names of the athletes.
5. Russian athletes are currently not allowed to compete in international competitions.
6. The Russian athletes who were caught doping were already known to be cheats in Russia.
7. Kenyan athletes have not yet been banned from the Rio Olympics.
6 Collocations
Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right.
1. conduct
a. a claim
2. test
b. a rule
3. deny
c. anti-doping regulations
4. break
d. samples
5. meet
e. tests
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7 Talking point
Discuss any of the questions below in pairs or groups.
1. Do you think the 31 athletes should be banned from the Rio Olympics?
2. Is it important to test athletes for doping?
3. Are you going to watch the Olympics?
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1- Warm-up
Encourage a short discussion.
2- Key words
Give examples of each word where necessary. Students can work alone and check in pairs.
1. b
2. d
3. e
4. a
5. f
6. c
7. g
1. 31
4. 250
2. 454
5. 12
3. 10
6. November 9, 2015
4- Checking understanding
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2.
3.
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5.
6.
7.
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F - They only focused on athletes who could potentially take part in the Rio Olympics.
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F - It will reveal names after testing B-samples and informing Olympic committees.
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F - They weren't caught by Russia's anti-doping systems.
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1. banned
4. denied
7. clean
2. advances
5. claims
3. reveal
6. ashamed of
6- Collocations
1. e
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. c
7- Talking point
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Monitor the activity. Make a note of typical errors and write up useful language on the board.
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