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1 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING sports 2 VOCABULARY

a What sports ca n you see in the photos? sports, expressing movement

b 4 55 >)) Look at the spo rts in the list. How do you

a Put these words in the correct column . Do you
pronounce them in Engli sh? Listen and check, and know a ny other wo rds connected to these sports?
underline the st ressed syllable. Do you know the names of
bunker corner hole lap match point
a ny o ther s po rts in English? penalt y serve track
ath le t ics base ball ba sket ball box ing cy cling
athletics football golf tennis
footlball golf hand ball ho ckey mo tor ra cing
rugiby skijing tennis volley ball wind isur fing

p Verbs with sports

1 We use play for sports with a ball, e.g. I play hockey
b 4 56 >)) Listen to the sports commentaries. What
a re the four sports?
at school.
2 With sports ending in -ing (cycling, skiing, windsurfing, etc.) c Listen agai n and co mplete the sentences with o ne
we normally use the verb, e.g. I cycle at weekends, or go + word. Then match sentences 1- 4 with pictures a-d.
sport, e.g. I go cycling at weekends.
3 We use do for sport and exercise in general, e.g. I do sport I D T he ball has gone _ _ the lake.
at weekends, and for martial arts, athletics, yoga, Pilates,
2 [] The ba ll has gone the bar.
etc., e.g. I do yoga twice a week.
3 D ow they have to run _ _ the track one
c Ask and answer with a partner. Give and ask fo r as much more time.
inform atio n as you can. 4 D That's a very hard return, but the ball has
gone _ _ !
SPORT- YOU LOVE IT OR YOU HATE IT.
• Do you do any sport or exercise?
D Yes. What? Do you enjoy it? D No. Why not?
• Did you use to do any other sport s or exercise? Why did you stop?
• Which sports do you think are the most exciting to watch?
• Which sports do think are the most boring?
• Are you (or is anyone in your family) a fan of a sports team?
Which one?
• Do you (or they) watch their matches?
• What is the most exciting sporting event you have ever seen?

d >- p.l62 Vocabulary Bank Expressing movement.

3 GRAMMAR expressing movement
a Complete the sentences wi th a verb fro m t he list.
hit kick run throw
In basketball you have to ___ the ba ll through a r ing with a
basket.
2 In footba ll you have tO _ _ _ the ball into a goa l.
3 In tennis you have to ___ the ball over a net.
4 ln the 800 metre you have to ___ twice round the track.
b Look at the sentence below. Tr y to thi nk of three d ifferent
verbs you cou ld put in the gap, e.g. walked.
c
The man _ _ along the street until he got to the corner.
> p.l46 Grammar Bank llA. Learn more about expressing
movement and practise it.
d Look at the photos in 1. Say w hat t he people a re doing.
0e's hitting the ball over the net.
4 READING & SPEAKING
a W hen you play a s port or a ga me w ith fa mily o r frie nds, bow
do you react if you lose? Are you a good o r bad loser? Are a ny
of you r fam ily or friend bad losers?
b Read the text and answer with a narne. W hich of the bad losers ... ?
1 insu lted the match official
2 did not want to do his job after the match
3 became very emotiona l when he couldn 't take part
4 tried to hit somebody
5 said sorry after the event
c Read the text again and complete the gaps w ith the
preposit ions in t he list.
down in out out of (x2) past
d Look at the highlighted words in the text w hich are
all related to sport. With a partner gue s their meaning.
e In pairs answer t he questions.
I Who do you think was the worst loser?
2 Whose behaviour do you think was understa ndable?
3 Do you know any famou porrspeople who a re bad losers?
5 WRITING
a Talk to a partner. Do you t hink there is too much football o n
TV? W hy (not)?
b > p.l17 Writing An opinion essay. Read a model essay about
footbal l on TV, a nd then write o ne.
6 4 59 >)) SONG The Final Countdown J'
T he hardest lesson to learn in sport is how to
lose with dignity, without blaming your defeat
on the referees or refusing to shake hands with
your opponent. Here are some famous moments
when losing was just too hard ...
In 1981 at Wimbledon a young John McEnroe was
serving. The umpire said that his serve was 1 _ _ _,
but McEnroe thought it was 2_ _ _. He became
furious and shouted 'You CANNOT be serious!' at the
umpire. He also called the umpire 'an incompetent fool!'
In the 2003 Athletics World Championship the 100
metres runner, Jon Drummond, was disqualified for a
false start. Drummond lay 3_ __ on the t rack and
began to cry. Two hours later his coach told journalists:
'He's still crying. We're making him drink water because
he's becoming dehydrated.'
In the 1982 German Grand Prix Nelson Piquet was
winning the race. He was trying to pass Eliseo Salazar
(who was last in the race), but Salazar didn't let him go
4_ _ _ him and Piquet crashed into Salazar. Piquet
jumped 5_ _ _ his car and started trying to hit and
kick Salazar (without much success!).
South Korean footballer Ahn jung- Hwan scored
the goal that sent Italy 6_ _ _ the 2002 World Cup
when t hey beat them 2- 1. But Jung-Hwan also played
for the Italian football club Perugia. After the match
t he president of the club, Luciano Gaucci. announced
that the player's contract would not be renewed. 'That
gentleman will never set foot in Perugia again,' Gaucci
said. 'I have no intention of paying a salary to somebody
who has ruined Italian football.' Gaucci later apologized,
but Ahn Jung-Hwan left the club and never went back to
an Italian club.
When England won the Rugby
World Cup in 2003 by beating
Australia in the last minute of
the match, the Australian Prime
minister. John Howard. was so
angry that in the medals ceremony
he almost threw the medals at the
English players. His behaviour was
described by a journalist as being
'like an unhappy five-year-old at a
birthday party who starts throwing
toys around.'
Adapted from a British newspaper