UNIT 2 SPORTS IN MINAS GERAIS

Look at the pictures.

What sports can you see?

Are they popular in Brazil?

Where are these sports popular?

KING PELE

Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born in Minas Gerais ( Brazil) in 1940; when he was 16 years , he began to play football at the Santos (Santos Futebol Clube), and then it began the legend of King Pelé.

Simply he was, and for many people still is, the greatest football player of the world. Not a single thing was impossible for him: he won three World Cup with his National Team of Brazil (Sweden 1958, Chile 1962, Mexico 1970). He scored more than 1.200 goals during his long career (more than

1.300 official matches). He also won many national Leagues and Continental Cup ("Copa Libertadores"), with his team, the Santos Futebol Clube (of Brazilian 'São Paulo' State). In the Sixties he was nick-named "O Rei" (The King) and in the Seventies 95 peoples out of 100 knew his name. ("Wow, man, you're popular!" said Robert Redford, some years ago, after seeing Pelé give dozens of autographs in New York while he was not asked for one). In the late 1960's, when he and his team, Santos, went to Nigeria to play a few friendly matches, the ongoing civil war stopped for the duration of his visit. He finished his career in the New York Cosmos, in 1977. Now he is a United Nation's Ambassador and has been also Minister for Sports in his country, but, for the people who saw him make magics with his right foot, he is, now and forever, the biggest footballer in the world, and the one and only "King".

SOURCE: www.vitualtourist.com/travel/South America/Sports travel-South America-br-1

1) Choose the correct word or expression, according to the text.

a) Pelé (The King) was born in Minas Gerais in ___________________.

1941 1940 1943

b) When he was _______ years old, he began to play football at the Santos

Futebol Clube.

Sixteen seventeen eighteen

c) He finished his career in the New York Cosmos in ________.

1947 1976 1977

d) He won ______________world cups with his National Team of Brazil.

four five three

2) Are these sentences right or wrong? Mark and correct what is wrong

according to the text.

a) Pele scored more than 1.400 goals during his long career.

_______________________________________________________________

____

b) In the sixties he was nick-named (O Rei) “The king”

_______________________________________________________________

___

c) The King Pelé is not popular in the world.

_______________________________________________________________

_

d) Now and forever, he is the biggest footballer in the world.

______________________________________________________________

2) Look at the list of sports, hobbies and pastimes below and rate them as:

a) very popular b) not so popular c) unusual

________________gymnastics _______________soccer

_______________ice skating _______________dancing

_______________collecting stamps _______________bowling

_______________chess _______________jogging

_______________water skiing _______________roller skating

_______________rugby _______________skateboarding

_______________tennis _______________gardening

_______________swimming _______________table tennis

_______________golf _______________fishing

_______________volleyball _______________basketball

_______________going to the movies _______________ play the guitar

3) Report your conclusions. Use your notebook to write it

Example: Soccer is very popular in ___________________

( name of town/ city/country)

Collecting stamps is not so popular in____________________

It’s unusual in ______________________.

4) Find out your classmates opinions concerning the following activities.

Exciting Dangerous Relaxing Energetic Boring Fascinating

Hang gliding

Diving

Surfing

Walking

Football

Skiing

Watching tv

Volleyball

5) Listen to the following statements and complete the sentences below with the

words in the box.

a) I love fishing. I think it’s so ___________________.

b) I love ___________ sports. That’s why I love surfing so much.

c) Gardening? Oh, I don’t like it very much. It’s so __________________.

d) Skiing is really so _______________. But I think it’s ___________, too.

e) I hate rugby. In fact, I don’t like _____________sports.

f) I think painting is so ________________________.

boring fascinating dangerous relaxing enjoyable

violent exciting energetic creative tiring

LANGUAGE STRUCTURES

Simple Present

We use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or

usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or

something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets

or usually does not do.

Examples: I play tennis.

She does not play tennis.

The train leaves every morning at 8 am.

The train does not leave at 9 am.

She always forgets her purse.

To have Other Verbs ( to work)

I have I work

You have You work

He has He works

She has She works

It has It works

You have You works

We have We works

They have They works

Statement Statement Questions Short answer Short answer

I work I don’t work. Do I work? Yes, I do No, I don’t

He works He doesn’t work Does he work? Yes, he does No, he

doesn’t

She works She doesn’t

work

Does she

work?

Yes, she does No, she

doesn’t

It works It doesn’t work Does it work? Yes, it does No, it doesn’t

You works You don’t work’ Do you work? Yes, you do. No, you don’t

We works We don’t work Do we work? Yes, we do No, we don’t

They works They don’t work Do they work? Yes, they do No, they do

Source: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html

FIND THE CONVERSATIONS

1) Read the sentences in these conversations and find out the right order.

Conversation 1

Vitor Ricardo

( ) What does he do there? ( ) Yes, he lives in Belo

Horizonte, MG

( ) What’s his name? ( ) He’s very talkative and

hardworking.

( 1 ) Is this your father, Ricardo? ( 2 ) No, it’s my uncle.

( ) What’s he like? ( ) He teaches at the PUC

University.

( ) Does he live in the Brazil? ( ) Steve. He is married to my

aunt Julia.

( ) Is he Italian? ( ) No, he’s Brazilian.

Conversation 2

Pat Peter

( ) Every day? ( 2 ) I usually go home and study.

( ) Oh, really? Me too. ( ) No, On Wednesdays I have a

guitar

class and once a week I go jogging in

the Park.

( 1 ) What do you usually do ( ) Usually on Mondays, sometimes

on

after school, Peter? Thursdays. And you? When do you

go?

( ) I always go on Friday.

2) Use the Simple Present tense of the verbs in parentheses:

Example: She cooks in the afternoon ( to cook)

a) He _________ soccer every Saturday. ( to play)

b) She ________ TV every night. ( to watch)

c) My daughter_________ every night. ( to cry)

d) He __________ in the morning . ( to study)

e) She _________ her mother every day. (to kiss)

f) The man_______ his car on Mondays. ( to wash)

HAVING FUN

Illustrate the story

Although the phases below are out of order, they form a story.

Copy them in the right order and illustrate them with pictures from

magazine or newspapers.

1. Every morning he forgets where his glasses are.

2. He plays his keyboard there.

3. He never wins a game. He isn’t a good player,.

4. Trevor always gets up very early.

5. When he finishes his breakfast he goes to living room.

6. At eleven he goes to the club.

7. He puts on his robe and goes to the kitchen to prepare his breakfast.

8. At about midday he has lunch with his parents.

9. His neighbors always complain about the noise

10. His father takes to the studio in the afternoon.