Unit 1 Sports

Section I Vocabulary & Useful Expressions

Traditional sport events
football figure skating
rugby boxing
basketball Greece-Roman wrestling
volleyball judo
tennis fencing
baseball skiing
handball long jump (:broad jump)
hockey triple jump, hop step and jump
golf pole vault
cricket ootball, soccer, Association throw
swimming medley relay
marathon crawl
decathlon breaststroke
cross-country race backstroke
jumping freestyle
high jump butterfly (stroke)
gymnastics diving competition
horizontal bar water polo
parallel bars penalty kick
rings red card
weight-lifting yellow card
Non-traditional sport events
Base Jumping Parasailing
BMX Freestyle rock climbing
Bungee Jumping Skateboarding
Caving & Cave Diving Skydive
Extreme Skiing Snowboarding
Free Diving Surfing
Hang Gliding Wakeboarding
Jet Skiing Water Skiing
Kite Surfing Wind Surfing
Mountain Biking white-water canoeing
Paragliding

Section II Dialogues and Conversations

A. Is it worth anything?. Multiple Choices. (* 1-1)
Exercises:
1Spencer and Greta are guests on a TV show called How Much Is It Worth? They have brought
objects to the TV studio. Listen to conversations 1 and 2, and write S for Spencers object and G
for Gretas object.

2Check the right column.
Spencers Object Gretas Object
1. The host is looking at a photo of it.
2. Its a fake.
3. A family member gave it to the guest.
4. In the future, the guest will give it away.
5. The guests brother played with it.
6. Its not worth anything.

B. Taking Exercise. Multiple Choices.

Dialogue 1 (*1-2)
Exercises:
What can you infer form this dialogue? (B)
A. The woman goes to work by subway.
B. The woman finally walks up the stairs while the mans waiting for the elevator.
C. The woman will accept the mans suggestion and go to work on foot.
D. The woman will go to gym to take exercise.
Dialogue 2 (*1-3)
Words and Phrases
make a foursome ---four people considered as a unit
Exercises:
Which one is NOT true according to dialogue? ( D )
A. Both of them love playing football.
B. One mans favorite sport is playing tennis.
C. Mary and Peter often play tennis in the gym.
D. As football fans, they have never missed any important football games.
Dialogue 3 (*1-4)
Words and Phrases
Tempting-- highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire ,
Exercises:
1. Which one is NOT true about Grandma according to dialogue? (C)
A. Grandma stays in good condition because of the regular exercise.
B. Grandma goes to park every morning to take exercise.
C. Grandma often walks around the track in the college.
D. When Grandma takes exercise, she stretches her arms, legs and back.
2. Which one CANNOT be inferred from the dialogue? ( D )
A. Fitness unnecessarily means to have the body of a body builder.
B. Nowadays, lots of old people are in good health.
C. Taking exercise is relaxing, which can help people to recover from their stressful work.
D. Beer and ice cream are junk foods but they can help people to relax.

C. Football Fans
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Key words:
Neighbors football match fans trouble large crowds
Vocabulary:
Affectionate/ aggressive/ knock out/ smash/ monster/ terrace/ rugby/ Wimbledon

Section 1
1. In this section, the speaker talks about his neighbors. Write down the key words that he uses
to describe them on different occasions.
a. in daily life: nice/ / /
b. after a football match: / / / /
/ /
2. From what you have heard, what inferences canyou draw about the speakers attitude towards
football fans?

Section 2
3. According to he thirs speaker in this section, how do Brazilians behave when they go to
football matches?

Section 3
4. From what you have heard in this section, what are the other matches that large crowds go to
besides football ones?

5. When people go to Wimbledon, how do they behave?

D. Extreme Sports
Dialogue 1 (*1-6)
Words and Phrases
bungee jumping adventuresome establishedundertake or seeking
Exercises:
Which one is true according to the dialogue? (C)
A. The man and the woman are a couple who will do the bungee jumping.
B. Four accidents have taken place in the company.
C. It may be the first time for both of them to take this sport.
 D. Bungee jumping is quite safe even at the beginning of the sport.
Dialogue 2 (**1-7)
Words and Phrases
determination adventurous
Exercises:
1. Whats the match on TV last night? (B)
A. mountaineering B. rock-climbing C. bungee jumping D. swimming competition
2. Which one CANNOT be inferred from the dialogue? ( D )
A. Neither the man nor the woman knows the rules of the sport well.
B. Theres something in common between rock-climbing and mountaineering.
C. The woman has never tried any X-games.
D. The woman is an enthusiastic spectator for every extreme sport event.
3. Answer the questions below.
a. What does the woman enjoy most when watching rock-climbing competition?
She enjoys the strength and determination that the climbers show during the competition.
b. What happened in the bungee jumping case mentioned in the dialogue?
A woman died.
c. Whats the reason for the accident?
The woman lied for her weight. And the company set the equipment for a lighter person, so
the woman hit the ground and died.
Dialogue 3 (*1-8)
Words and Phrases
maneuver enthusiast zealot
thrill instinct stimuli
Exercises:
1. According to the dialogue, which one is not extreme sport event? (B)
A. bungee jumping B. hockey C. aggressive skating D. rock-climbing
2. Which one is NOT true in playing extreme sport? (B)
A. One should create new moves and improve the existing techniques.
B. One should show off by making dangerous movements thatre beyond his abilities
C. One should know his physical limits and overcome the intrinsic fear
D. One should get the experience in handling unexpected accidents.
3.Enthusiasts are crazy for extreme sports for , , or for the .

E. Extracurricular activities
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Key words
Extracurricular activities secondary school level sporting activities music program club
Personal development fun

Vocabulary
Extracurricular/ specifics/ reserve/ elite/ intramural/ chorus/ choir/ be involved in/ compulsory/
specialty/ a host of/ run through/ annual/ sum up/ vocation/ last but not least/ sheer
British Columbia/ Vancouver Island
A.
Outline
I. The speakers self-introduction
A. Occupation:
B. In extracurricular activities
1.
2. Supporting many of the other areas
II. Extracurricular activities offered in the school
A.
1. An activity
2. An intramural activity
B.
1. Two parts
a.
b.
2. Advantage: good for the students
3.
a. Jazz band
b. Jazz singers
c. Other extracurricular activities
1.
2. A science club
3.
4. A newspaper club
5.
6. a chess club
7.
III. The reason why these extracurricular activities are offered
A. Helping students in a positive way
B. Helping students which may be used for
C. Providing
1. For teachers: in the activities
2. For students: in the activities
C. Now listen again
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Section III Passages

A.Warm-up Exercises
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Key words:
Bend up down raise pull push stretch warmed up
Vocabulary
Elbow/ squeeze/ fist/ hip/ rotate/ clasp

1. 2, 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. The Sporting Spirit
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Key words:
Sport goodwill competitive win mimic warfare attitude

Vocabulary:
Cricket/ inclination/ orgy/ deduce/ utmost/ patriotism/ disgrace/ combative/ instinct/ mimic/
warfare/ spectator/ absurd/ at any rate/ virtue
I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates , and that if only
the common peoples of the world could meet one another at , they would have no
inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936
Olympic Games, for instance) that
lead to hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.
Nearly all the sports nowadays are . You play to win, and the game has
unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you
sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the
: but as soon as the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and
will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are . Anyone who has
played even in knows this. At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare. But
the significant thing is not the behavior of the players but : and, behind the spectators,
of who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believeat
any rate for short periods that running, jumping and kicking a ball are .
C. About Olympics
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Key words:
IOC The Olympic Charter Olympic Museum and Studies Center the International Olympic
Academy
Vocabulary:
Charter/ ideal Lausanne

IOC stands for International Olympic Committee, which governs the Olympics . It
was founded in on . Its headquarters are in the
of Lausanne. Its official languages are . IOC members come from
different continents -- Africa, America, Asia, Europe and . They choose Olympic cities
in advance.
All the Olympic movement's are contained in a called The Olympic Charter.
There's an Olympic Museum and Studies Center in Lausanne. It contains , documents,
, books, photos, paintings, films and .
The International Olympic is a special center at Olympia in . People involved in
sport go there every summer to study the Olympic movement's , ideals and future.

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Key words:
Winter Games five circles the Olympic flame amateur the opening ceremony motto
Vocabulary:
Era/ host/ abide by/ monarch/ motto
Q1 Why are they called "the Olympic Games"?

Q2 How long do the Summer Games last?

Q3 There are Winter Games too, aren't there?

Q4 What do the five circles on the Olympic flag represent?

Q5 When did the tradition of the Olympic flame begin?

Q6 All Olympic athletes have to be amateurs, don't they?

Q7 What happens at the Opening Ceremony?

Q8 What's the motto of the Olympic movement?

D. A Star in the X-Games (***1-14)

Key Words:
in-line skating do tricks
ledge half pipe
handrail go to ones head
vert
Exercises:
Before listening to the passage, think about the questions below.
1. Do you know any extreme sports? Make a list of them. Put down as much as possible
events on your paper.

2. What do you think are the features of extreme sports?

3. Do you like extreme sports? Why or why not?

Now listen to the passage and finish the exercises below.

1. Listen to the passage and add at least one example to each item in the chart below.
Item Examples
1. Location of the X Games Barcelona,
2. Regional teams in the global games Australia,
3. Summer sports In-line skating,
4. Winter sports Snowboarding,
5. categories of in-line skating Park,
2. Listen to the passage again and find information that supports each statements below.
a. Fabiolas family wasnt rich. (eg) Her mother was a housekeeper.
 b. There are not many female athletes.

c. Fabiola can skate against men.

d. Fabiola isnt married.
e. Fabiola is well-known outside her own country.

f. Faiola is South American.

g. Fabiola is not new to in-line skating.

Section IV News
A. News from the Olympics.
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Key words:
Athletes performance-improving drugs risks health violates rules

vocaubulary
hormone/ urine

Fighting against Drug Use

Punishment for those using drugs:

Before an event ---
After winning an event ---
Measurements taken by IOC to intensify the campaign:

Difficulty in finding the drugs:

Drugs ---leaving the body
Increased urine production
Examples or some banned drugs:
Banned drug/substance
Anabolic steroids
EPO (erythropoietin)
Human growth hormone and others
function
Increasing muscle strength
Increasing the production of
Building ______________________
Increasing the production of

Possible dangers caused by banned drugs:

_____________________________
causing an enlarged heart
damaging the reproductive system
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Key words:
Environmentally-friendly goals energy materials water waste products
Vocabulary
Corbstarch/ break down
Environmental goals achieved
________________by increasing the use of solar power
Building structures with materials that can be __________________
Using rainwater
Using __________________________instead of cars
Removing __________________ 24 hours a day
Reusing ______________________
First environmentally friendly Games

B. The World Cup Is Set to Begin (**1-17)

Words and Phrases
unleash tournament streak
Exercises:
Fill in the blanks with the right words
1. The 2010 World Cup was hold in .
2. The opening match of 2010 World Cup was between the national teams of South Africa and
in Johannesburg's
3. Aaron Mokoena said they hoped to continue their which currently stands at
games.
4. The World Cup would open on in .
5. The football park can hold people.
6. The World Cup would last for month and national teams would compete for the

C. Shaking off the post-Cup blues(***1-18)

Words and Phrases
tune in
Exercises:
1. Fill in the blanks with the right words
a. say life without the FIFA World Cup will be a difficult for Chinese soccer
fans.
b. people were surveyed and believed their health had been
by the 2010 in South Africa
c. In the final match of 2010 World Cup, defeated with a score of
.
d. More than of those polled said they had suffered due to regularly watching
the late games, which at 10 pm and .
e. Roughly people put their titles as "I'm tired" and " " on Sina.com's
.
f. A record-breaking people in China watched take on
 in the
g. About Chinese fans on average for the games that began at 2:30 am each
day, the amount that watched the World Cup in .
2. Finish the information of the two interviewees
Name Occupation During the World Cup After the World Cup
Ling Guangxi

Liu Huarui

D. Yoga Class. ** 1-19

Exercises:
T or F questions
1. This yoga class is designed specifically for adults. (F)
2. In yoga class, what people do is to learn new ways to breathe. (F)
3. For a beginner or more experienced teens, yoga first builds strength and flexibility. (T)
4. Doing yoga can help people reduce stress. (T)
5. The most important point in doing yoga is to get the balance of strength and flexibility. (F)

E. Live Report1 *** 1-20

Words and Phrases
debut Premiership striker
Exercises:
1. Dong Fangzhuo was the of Manchester United in this match.
2. This was his competitive in a Match.
3. Dong Fangzhuo thought he had been , and the commentator thought he might have had
a as well.
F. Live Report 2 *** 1-21
Words and Phrases
foul outscore
Exercises:
Answer the questions below
1. Which two teams competed in this match?
Rocket and Spurs
2. Which team won the match at last?
Rocket
3. Who was the key person for win?
Tracy McGrady
4. How many points did he get in total?
33 points
5. Did all the spectators watch the match from the beginning till the end?
No. Therere some people who had left before the game ended.
Fill in the blanks with the right words.
1. Rockets looking for
2. McGrady picked up a 4-point play.
3. During the game, Yao Ming McGrady.
4. McGrady is the best in the game.
5. Theres no left, close to a five second count while he got the ball
6. San Antonio had won 7 against Houston.

Section V Background Knowledge

A. Firsts in Olympic History
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key words
the firsts Olympics
vocabulary
hemisphere/ Melbourne/ Munich

Column A Column B
1. 1990 a. 1 winter Games
st

2. 1924 Chamonix b. TV cameras/ Olympic events

3. ________ Los Angeles c. TV viewers/ opening ceremony
4. 1936 ______________ d. women/Olympic events
5. 1956 Melbourne e. 1st Asian Olympics
6. 1964 ____________ f. 1st Olympics/ southern hemisphere
7.____________ Munich g. 1st Olympic village

1--- 2-- 3--- 4--- 5--- 6--- 7---

BSports for Young Americans (**1-23)

Exercises:
Sports are an important part of life for young Americans. Not only is every student to
attend classes 2 or 3 times a week, but many students in varsity, JV or
daily after school. Often schools have two or three school teams. The team
is for young players who are serious about the sport but not as experienced as older players. JV or
Junior varsity is for older, more , but still not the most players, especially
sophomores and juniors. varsity is for the most skilled and oldest players, who are really for
.