Урок на тему Extreme Sports

Extreme Sports

1. Read the words and complete the sentences:

These words can help you:

football, golf, baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, hockey,

badminton, various forms of fishing, squash, fishing, sport fishing,

lacrosse, cricket, rugby, table tennis, gymnastics, rowing.

1. Balls are used … .

2. Clubs are used … .

3. Goals … .

4. Nets … .

5. Wickets … .

6. Sticks and bats … .

7. Rods and tackle … .

8. Racquets (rackets) … .

9. Rugby balls … .

10. Oars and boats … . 

2. Find English equivalents to Ukrainian phrases:

3. Complete the table:

1. It keeps us extremely fit. It helps to burn calories and keeps the blood flowing.
2. Equipment needed may be very expensive. So safety is costly in such sports.
3. It helps build confidence and motivation

4. It provides us with new experiences. It gives an opportunity to live life to the fullest and to escape from everyday routine.

5. It gives some thrill to life and these experiences become great memories to cherish during the routine life.
6. They are very dangerous.
7. It is like putting your life in unnecessary danger.
8. It also helps overcome fear and builds strength - physical and mental, endurance, will-power, responsibility, etc.
9. It also gives a sense of achievement.
10. It is a great way of having fun.

11. They help get rid of monotonous life as well as frustration, stress, bad emotions, etc.
12. Added to this, many of the extreme sports are outdoor activities and help us get in touch with nature.
13. There is a very high possibility of injuries. Many even die trying and performing these feats.
14. These sports can be traumatic too.
15. Also family, relatives and friends worry about us and our safety.

16. Some might get into trouble with law.
 

4. Use of English. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the text:

The football FIFA World Cup (1) ___ always watched by millions of people all over the world, and there are inevitably both events that excite us and events that shock us. Apart from the World Cup, in every match, whether it's at international or local level, there are always questions and disagreements (2) ___ decisions (3) ___ have been made by the referee on the (4) ___. The last World Cup made these disagreements very public indeed.

People around the world saw (5) __ that clearly went into the net be disallowed because there is currently no technology in place near the goal line to check. In other sports, such as tennis and cricket, special cameras are regularly (6) ___ to detect whether a ball has crossed a line or not, particularly in top competitions, but for many years the use of this type of technology has been refused by those powerful people who control the game of football internationally.

 There are many companies (7) ___ have invented ways of determining whether a goal has actually been scored. One company has invented a (8) ___ to plant inside the football itself, and others focus on technology which is related to filming from different angles. But one thing is certain – technology will soon be playing its part in top football events.

1 A is                B been        C are            D has

2   A about         B against   C for             D around

3 A who            B –             C that           D where

4   A court          B pitch      C field          D track

5 A rackets       B goals      C points       D players

6 A use              B using      C useful       D used

7. A whose         B which     C –               D what

8   A software    B gadget    C scientific  D mouse

5. Read and translate the texts:

EXTREME SPORTS

A Skydiving   consists of jumping with a parachute out of an airplane for recreation or in competitions. Competitive events include jumping for style, landing with accuracy, and making free-fall formations. Modern skydivers typically free-fall from 3657 m above the ground until 762 m, where they open their parachutes.

B Skiboarding is the art of descending a hill on skiboards. Skiboards are basically a cross between skis and a snowboard. They are about half the length of regular skis (between 80 and 100 cm long), and about twice as wide. The design allows the rider to do everything that skiers and snowboarders do plus go backwards, turn 360’s on the ground, execute one foot turns and perform more tricks than was ever thought possible on normal skis.

C Bungee jumping consists of jumping from a great height while attached to a long piece of elastic that is just short enough to prevent the jumper from hitting the ground.

D Base jumping consists of jumping with a parachute from high places such as buildings or mountains.

E Street luge is the pavement version of ice luge. Both involve lying flat on your back and steering a luge not much bigger than a skateboard with your head just inches off the ground. Complete fearlessness is essential for this sport, as well as a thick piece of rubber, preferably from a car tyre, as footwear. Top lugers can reach speed of 145 km per hour, yet their only way of braking is to use their feet, which often causes painful injuries.

F Ice-climbing As the name suggests, practitioners of this activity climb glaciers with the aid of an ice axe and a great deal of other specialist equipment. As well as all the equipment, incredible physical and mental strength are essential, together with the ability to work closely with other team members in the most dangerous situations.

G Zorbing is the latest adventure experience from New Zealand. It involves rolling around in a ball or zorb three meters in diameter. It requires no more skill than a hamster running in its wheel as centrifugal force keeps the zorbonaut pinned inside the zorb. Although zorbonauts have hurtled downhill at speed of 50 km per hour, the air cushioning inside means they do not risk hurting themselves too seriously.

6. About which of the sports, A - G is true information:

1. You do not need to have any special skills.
2. You need to cooperate with a group of people.
3. It was started by inventors of another extreme sport.
4. You can hurt yourself whilst to stop.
5. You need to be both strong and psychologically prepared.
6. It offers reasonably good protection from injury.
7. It could get you into trouble with the police.
8. You can make your own protection for your feet.

7. Read the dialogue and complete the table:

Interviewer: So tell me, Carol, what sort of extreme sports do you do?

Carol: I like bungee jumping. It’s great, really exciting.

Interviewer: But what makes you do bungee jumping?

Carol: Well, I get nervous, you know. But when I’m jumping, I feel great. It’s like being a bird.

Interviewer: Really? What about other extreme sports?

Carol: Mm, I’d like to try skysurfing, but it’s very expensive, you know.

Interviewer: Right. Are there any sports you wouldn’t try?

Carol: I’m pretty adventurous but even I wouldn’t like to do snowrafting. There’ve been some terrible accidents. I hate doing boring sports like tennis. I’d prefer to stay at home.

Interviewer: Oh, it’s not that bad! Thank you very much, Carol. And now we have another ‘extreme’ sports fan, Jonathan, what extreme sports do you do?

Jonathan: Well, I prefer winter sports. There’s something about snow … I love going skiing. And I quite like snowboarding. It’s really cool.

Interviewer: So, why do you do it?

Jonathan: Well, as I said, I’m a snow fanatic. And I love sports where there’s speed. I can’t stand slow sports, you know, like sailing.

Interviewer: What other sports would you like to try?

Jonathan: I’d quite like to go ice diving – it sounds crazy!

Interviewer: Are there any sports you wouldn’t like to try?

Jonathan: Oh, yeah. I can’t stand heights. I’d hate to do bungee jumping. It looks absolutely terrifying.

 Interviewer: It certainly does. Right, Jonathan, thank you very much.