CROSSING BORDERS

Unit 4KICKS AND THRILLSSports and emotions

1Warm up

Do you like practicing sports?What kind of sports do you practice?How often do you practice it/them?How does it make you feel?Where do you practice it?Is it expensive?Do you need special equipment?Is it dangerous?2Exercise 7 page 20Look at he photograph from the text and guess what is the man in the picture doing. What do you know about bungee jumping?Would you like to do it one day?Why or why not?Read the ex and answer the questions from exercise 7 page 21 on your notebooks.

3Answers

1. bungee jumping2. a harness round his legs and waist3. scared/excited4. Is it safe? What if the ropes break? Etc.5. You are completely safe in our hands.6. You will ascend in our purpose-built Jump Station.

Scan the textScan the text and find words related to pleasure or excitement.

Word formation

1) Suffixes change the grammar of a word.2)Understanding a sentence is easier if you can identify the parts of speech.3) Understanding a word is easier if you can tell what part of speech it is.Example: euphoria (noun) is a feeling of extreme happiness and excitement

People say post-bungee jumping euphoria is quite common.

euphoric (adjective) refers to a person in a state of euphoria

He was so euphoric after he jump that he couldnt eat.

EXERCISE 8 PAGE 20 Noun Adjective

thrill thrilling exhilaration exhilarating ..euphoria euphoric safety ...safe emotion .emotional elation elated enjoyment .enjoyable growth .growing training .trained

EXERCISE 8 PAGE 20

1. tion, -ty and ment are noun endings.2. able, -ic, -ed and al are adjective endings.EXERCISES

What parts of speech are the following words? Adjectives or nouns? energeticphysicalexplorationexcitementunderstandableterrifyingexperiencedunity

EXERCISESFind out the corresponding adjective or noun:

Noun Adjective qualified enthusiasm ... disappointed capability ..... rationality . recommended ........ invested ........ responsible reality .

REPORTED SPEECHIN THE PAST DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT PAST PEFECT WILL WOULD MAY MIGHT MUST HAD TO CAN COULD

LISTENINGWhat do you think about bungee jumping? Are the people who do it brave or stupid? Is it dangerous? What are the risks?Would you like to bungee jump? Why or why not?Exercise 12 page 21a) the girls worries are:safe? rope breaks? heavier than any other jumper? jumper touches ground? do something wrong ?b) the man reassures the girl saying:equipment tested carefullythree ropes used back-up systems built within ropesequipment tested with weights greater than any jumperalways safe distance between jumper and groundwill give basic training

Exercise 12 page 21c) One way of expressing worries:What ifThree ways of reassuring people:Dont worryThat wouldnt matter.Theres really no need to worry. Relax!Speaking Imagine that you are at the top of a jump station.How do things look like from the top, 60 metres above the ground?What do you see?How do you feel?

HomeworkDescribe your favourite sport in no more than 10 lines.THE END OF THE LESSONWELL DONE!