Unit 2

Competitions
 Competitive Sports
Reading and Speaking •
Read the quotes by famous athletes and •
: discuss the questions
?How are the quotes similar -1 •
Are all these sports popular in your -2 •
?country? What other sports are popular
’.Winning isn’t everything, but wanting it is‘1
Arnold Palmer, winner of 92 golf tournaments
’.I never thought of losing‘2
Muhammad Ali, three times boxing World
Heavyweight Champion
’.I just love winning‘3
AyrtonSenna, racing driver and three times
Formula One World Champion
’.Swimming isn’t everything, winning is‘4
Mark Spitz, swimmer and winner of seven gold
medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else‘5
’.is afraid of winning
Billie Jean King, tennis player, won 129 major
tournaments
’.I hate losing‘6
Sachin Tendulkar, often called the greatest
batsman in the history of cricket
 Vocabulary and sports
Talking about sports •
Use the words from the box to form sentences •
about where you play each sport and what
.you need
 What you need Where to play
Ball bat car club gloves Court course field pool
goggles net racket ring track