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1. Before you watch

A Answer these questions

Why do you think spectator spo ts are so popular?

2. Before you watch

A Answer these questions

Would you like to be a professional spo tsperson? Why? / Why not?

3. While you watch

В Watch the video and circle the words you hear.

1 To most people, the cold wind would feel

A uncomfo table

B comfo table
4. While you watch

В Watch the video and circle the words you hear.

2 Roeseler says that the power of the _____________ in a kite can be like a bird moving its
wings.
A wind

B waves

5. While you watch

В Watch the video and circle the words you hear.

3 Wind power is something that's easily found in the gorge which ______________ Washington
and Oregon.
A divides

B connects

6. While you watch

В Watch the video and circle the words you hear.

4 In recent years, more and more people have sta ted using towers for ____________________.
A kiteboarding

B wakeboarding

7. While you watch

В Watch the video and circle the words you hear.

5 Roesele 's tower is ______________ feet off the water.

A 17

B 70

8. While you watch

В Watch the video and circle the words you hear.

6 It's got to go on a ___________ wakeboard boat and get tested in the ight environment.
A small

B big
 9. After you watch

С Complete the summa y of the video below using the words given below.

Co y Roeseler is a mechanical engineer who likes to 1 ____________________ things.

He came up with the idea of kiteboarding in the 1990s.
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than

10. He used a(n) 2 ___ to catch the power of the wind and to allow the board to launch off the
water for a few seconds
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than

11. and to allow the board to launch off the water for a few seconds and 3 ____________________
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than
12. When Roeseler was a teenager, he was the first person to t y kite-skiing. He didn't water-ski
4 ____________________ a boat like other people,
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than

13. he decided to use wind 5 ) ___________________ to ski below a kite.

More recently, Roeseler invented a new kind of wakeboarding boat that has a sail on the
back.
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than

14. Roesele 's boat also has a tower which is six feet higher 6 ) ____________________ other
wakeboarding boat towers,
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than
15. so the wakeboarding rope is placed 7 ) ____________________This allows the wakeboarder to
jump higher in the air. Roesele 's f iend, Jeff, was a bit wo ied before testing the new
equipment because he hadn't seen anything like it before.
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than

16. He needn't have wo ied; as the boat went faster he sta ted moving quickly across the water
and then ( 8 ) ___________________ high into the air.
A behind

B fly

C higher

D invent

E kite

F launched

G power

H than