Listening

Listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atPNphv-NEI and choose the right answer.

1. We all know that sport is great for our health - and if you’re ______ it can make you rich.

Listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atPNphv-NEI and choose the right answer.

2. Instead we’ll discuss how sport can _______ the lives of young people from some of the poorest, toughest backgrounds on earth. 

Listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atPNphv-NEI and choose the right answer.

3. Many projects around the world use sports to change children's’ skills.

In Cape Town, South Africa, British surfer Tim Conibear noticed how kids from poor townships hardly ever went to the beach. So he started giving them free ________ lessons. 

Surfing also is quite difficult so you’re learning a very _________ skill that takes a lot of confidence.

Most of the surfers have experienced trauma – emotional pain and shock caused by very __________ experiences. 

Surfing isn't quite well-known in South Africa. But what happens when you take a completely unknown sport into one of the least developed countries on earth? 

You have to ________ a skateboard quite a lot of times before you get better and it really helps children with things like goal setting and resilience and determination.

One important life skill is _________ – deciding what things you want to achieve and how you plan to achieve them.

In this episode we’ve been discussing how sport can help improve the life chances of young people from tough backgrounds, many of whom have suffered trauma – severe emotional pain and distress. 

And of course, sometimes the most important goal is just to have fun! 

a mentor is _________