Lesson 2

Extreme Sports

sky surfing

bungee jumping

snow boarding

white-water rafting

ice diving

2. Extreme sports have become popular

in the last _____.

A. 5 years B. 10 years C. 20 years

1. People do extreme sports in order

to feel ____.

A. excited B. nervous C. happyA

B

3. People usually bungee jump from

__.

A. airplanes

B. high buildings

C. bridges4. In sky surfing people do mid-air ___.

A. gymnastics

B. dancing

C. swimming

C

A

5. Snowboarding has similarities

with ______.

A. skiing B. surfing C. canoeing

6. Snowrafting is ________.

A. quite dangerous

B. very dangerous

C. not very dangerous

B

B

8. Ice divers ___.

A. swim under the ice

B. walk on the bottom of lakes

C. walk upside down under the ice

7. For white-water rafting you need __.

A. a big river

B. a warm river

C. a mountain river

C

C

Sports Carol Jonathan

likes

doesn’t like tennis

would like

to try

wouldn’t like to try

Bungee jumping

bungee jumping

skiing/snowboardingsailing

sky surfing ice diving

snowrafting

Listen to two people talking about

extreme sports. Complete the table.

1. I get _______ you know. But when

I’m jumping I feel great. It’s like

___________.

2. I’d love to try sky surfing, but it’s

_____________, you know.

nervous

being a bird

very expensive

Listen and fill in the blank.

3. I also don’t like _________. I hate

_________________. Like tennis.

Personally, I’d prefer to ___________.

4. I _____ winter sports. There’s

something about snow. I love

___________.

dull sports

doing boring sports

stay at home

prefer

going skiing

5. I love sports where there’s speed. I

can’t _______________.

6. I’d quite like to go ice diving-

_____________!

7.I can’t stand heights. I’d hate to do

______________. It look _________

_________.

stand slow sports

it sounds crazy

bungee jumping

terrifying

absolutely

Listen again. Complete the Function

File with the following words.

quite like, ’d love, can’t stand,

love, like, wouldn’t like, ’d quite

like, prefer, hate, ’d prefer

1. I ____ bungee jumping.

2. I ______ to try sky surfing.

3. I ____________ to do snowrafting.

4. I ____ doing boring sports.

5. I ________ to stay at home.

like

’d love

wouldn’t like

hate

Preferences +ing/noun +to+infinitive

’d prefer

6. I ______ winter sports.

7. I ____ going skiing.

8. I _________ snowboarding.

9. I __________ slow sports.

10. I ___________ to go ice diving.

love

quite like

can’t stand

’d quite like

prefer

Complete the sentences in the

correct form.

turn up, be into, take up,

back out, go through with,

put on, set up, get across

1. Ann waited for Tom for ages but

he didn’t _______.turn up

2. What kind of music ___ you ____?

3. A friend of mine ___ just ________

jogging in order to get fit.

4. Why don’t we ______our computer

in the study?

5. They were going to have a party

last Saturday but __________ at the

last minute.

taken up

set up

backed out

has

are into

1. What sports do you like doing?

2. Do you like watching sport on TV?

3. Have you ever turned up late

for a match?

Listen to the questions below. In

which of them does the intonation go

up at the end?

4. If your school asked you to be in a

team, would you try to back out?

5. Do you think you’ll ever take up a

dangerous sport?

6. What extreme sports would like to

try?

7. What extreme sports couldn’t you

go through with?

8. Have you ever watched extreme

sports on TV?

Do you find out the “rule” about intonation in questions?

The rising intonation is used in questions that can be answered by ‘yes/no’

The falling intonation is used in question-word questions, i.e. beginning with ‘wh-’

Comparing CulturesComparing Cultures

Listen to a person talking about

sports in the USA and Britain and

answer these questions

1. What do American footballs have

to wear? Why?

They have to wear helmets and

special protective clothes because it is

a very physical game and they could

get hurt.

2. How many baseball leagues are

there in the USA?

Two.

3. Are basketball players well paid?

Yes.

4. Is football (score) very popular in

the USA?

No.

5. What is the most popular winter

sport in Britain?

Football.

6. Name another winter sport played

in Britain.

Rugby.

7. How long can a game of cricket

be?

Five days.

Are any of these sports popular in

China?

Finish Exercise 7 on P25.

Homework