Unit 16. Leisure
SPEAKING WARM-UP
Look at the pictures. Do you know what these things are?
In pairs, write down as many different pieces of sporting equipment as you can.
You have three minutes. How many could you think of?
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DEVELOP YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS
WORDPERFECT
Read these sentences and then use the words in italics to complete the sentences below.
Key.1 umpires
2 team games
3 kit
4 golf course
5 track
6 Motor racing
7 final
8 action replay
9 extreme sports
10 beat
• The hotel is situated close to a professional 18-hole golf course.
• Have you ever done any extreme sports like parachuting or hang-gliding?
• Let's have a look at the action replay to see the goal again in slow motion.
• Mum, is my sports kit clean? I've got a match this afternoon.
• Dave can't wait until Saturday. It's the final of the European Cup.
• Moscow Dynamo beat Coventry City last night.
• Cricket and tennis don't have referees; they have umpires.
• There are two types of event in athletics: track events and field events.
• I love motor racing. It's my favourite sport. I never miss the Grand Prix when it's on TV.
• I'm not very keen on team games; I prefer sports where there are only two players competing against each other.
1 Two _______________ are needed for a cricket match, but only one for a tennis match.
2 Baseball, water-polo and volleyball are all examples of _______________.
3 Now you're in the team, we'll have to get you a new _______________.You'll need a shirt, shorts and some football boots, won't you?
4 Apparently, it's the most difficult _______________ in the country. Evenprofessional players have problems getting the ball across the lakenear the 13th hole.
5 I hated running the 1500m. You had to go round the _______________ so many times. It was so boring!
6 _______________ is getting too dangerous. Two Formula 1 drivers were killed last year.
7 Who's playing in the _______________? Is it France against Germany?
8 If you look at the _______________, you'll see that the goalkeeper justtouched the ball with his hand as it went in the net.
9 More and more young people are taking up _______________ such as snowboarding and bungee-jumping.
10 If England don't _______________ Poland on Tuesday, then they're out of the Championship.
PRACTISE YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS
Speaking know-how
• Выполняя задание H, старайтесь, чтобы ваш разговор звучал естественно.Слушая собеседника, повернитесь к нему лицом и поддерживайте зрительныйконтакт.
• Выполняя задание I, постарайтесь избегать, краткиходносложных ответов. Ваш ответ будет более убедительным, если выаргументируете свою точку зрения, приведете примеры, подтверждающиеправильность вашего суждения и т.д.
GRAMMAR FOCUS
I've got to buy a tennis racket as I haven't got one. (singular countable noun)
I've got to buy some tennis balls as I haven't got any. (plural countable noun)
I've got to buy some fishing tackle as I haven't got any. (uncountable noun)
Write 'one' or 'any' in the gaps to complete the sentences.
Key.1 any 2 one 3 any 4 any 5 one
1 I wanted to get some new weightlifting equipment from the sports shop, but they didn't have ________________.
2 Anna wanted to go to an ice-skating rink, but it seems there isn't ________________ near here.
3 I tried to get some tickets for the match on Saturday, but there aren't ________________ left.
4 He said he'd do lots of training, but in fact he hasn't done ________________
5 Apparently, you need a licence to fish there, and Alan didn't have ________________.
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