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Virginia Evans - Jenny Dooley y ‘\Wiglics. @ Workbook Teacher's Book ‘Sports & Entertainment.» Food, Health and Safety Travel Time Environmental Issues -. 102 p. 105 Relative Clauses/Identifying and Non-Identifying p. 106 Present Simple and Present Continuous/Stative Verbs .. p. 108, Present PerfectiPresent Perfect Continuous .. = pelO® Past Simple/Past Continuous/Past Perfect .. plll pti pits Reported Statements/Questions pll4 Reported Orders/Commands/Requests/Suggestions . pls Future Simple/Be going to/Future Continuous/Future Perfect! Future Perfect Continuous ple pile p. 120 p.l22 Quite — Rather - Fairly - Pretty ~ VerylBelGet used to ~ Used to - Would .. p.125 ‘The definite article the p27 Inversion . p. 128 The Passive .. p.130 ‘Type 0/1/2/3 Conditionals p. 132, Mined Conditionals/Wishes/Unreal Past ~ had better/would rather 133 There = It oes p35 AlliBothiNeftherINon p.136 Causative Form p37 Concession/Clauses of Result/Clauses of Purpose p39 Far — Every - Each - Much ~Too ~ Even ~A bit ~ Any plat Quantifiers .. p. 142, Appendices Ill Appendix | Phrasal Verbs ..... pla "Appendix Il Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns with Bipeskione p.148 Prepositional Phrases ...... p. 150 p. 152 p.153 p. 162 Reading Reading & Vocabulary | Youare going to read a text. For questions |-8, choose the answer, A,B,C or D, which you think fits best according to the text. My patents always said | was bom to be a sportsman. ‘They said that even when I was in nappies, | wasrit haopy Unless | was Kicking oF throwing a ball My frst memory is of Dad and me playing football n our back garden. | recall ‘my mum sit down on the grass under the summer sun cheering me on as | clumsy kicked a football into the goal net! my ded was ‘defending. The sense of achievernent ‘when | scored my fst goal stuck with me, and my Ife has revolved eround football ever since. ‘As | grew up, | dreamed of becoming @ football player uring class, | tied to stay focused on my studies: | knew that few people became professional sportsmen and it was crucial o get a good education? But | devoted every ‘Spare second to my passion. At breck times, | could: be, {ound in the playground practising ball skills, and almost as ss00n as the bell rang at the end of the school day, | was playing five-a-side games atthe local playing field. I krew that if | wanted to become @ success; | would have to-put all my energy into the game. My big break came when I was 18. Leicester City’ FC offered me a place in the squad. It was there that earTied the true valve of teamwork | played witha fantastic group ‘of guys there and we worked toward one common goal? ~ to win! | leamed that every person has their own individual talents, and a great team brings these talents togethe We enioved great success at Leiebetor, and 1 was Ricky enough to become one of the UKs top scorers! | was transferred to Everton and, while | was sad to leave: my fellow team-mates, | was excited about working with new Beople and making new friends. My fine at Everton was an outstanding experience 4 While T was there, | scored 38 ‘goals in 62 games. fe wasnt long until | was on a new journey, tis time across the-sea to Spain to play for FC Barcelona. | was nervous at fst, but it tumed out that 35. there was no reason to panic Lett great pride when | stepped into the stacium anc onto: the pitch in Barcelona®. Many footballers dream of playing for such @ Glorious team! It was a wonderful time for me Not onty'did We beat Gur archrvals, Real Madd, but we also fought our way through to the UEFA finals whote we defeated Sampdoria and became European Champions, ‘As you can imagine, the proudest | fet was when | played for | What is the writer's first memory? A throwing a ball with his father B running around his garden in his nappy © scoring his frst goal D sitting in the garden with his mother 4\ mooute 1 ‘my country, England, nthe World Cup, The tournament raises ‘he level of compatitivenses for every player. Not only do you have to be. prepared, but you have to be at the peak 45 Thad to play the tounament with my left am heavily strapped ‘upt But | was determined not to let one inury stop me and layed anyway! Because we were a strong team, we got to the quarter finals, and | scored six goals dung the entire 50. competition and won the Golden Boot! award Football has taken me around the world, from England to Spain. to Japan! | have become fuent in two other languages and have experienced other cultures. Since retiring, | have worked as a sports commentator and as a 55 ‘iter. ve even done some TV advertisements, but fm not uite_an Oscar winned” Ive become quite the allound ‘Sportsman = Ve even played for Leicester Cricket Club. My career provided me with many happy memories that | ‘wouldnt change for the world Pus, ve played many fun 60. ‘Games of footy! 2. What was the writer's attitude towards his ‘education? B He believed it was important to get a good education. B He didn’t like concentrating on his studies. © He would rather have practised his ball skis He wanted to put all his energy into the game. 3 What did the writer learn at Leicester City FC? A that the only thing that matters is to win the importance of working as ofa team to show people his jual talents it was his big break in 1 did the writer feel about at Everton? ‘was sad there and missed his. ‘team-mates. ‘always felt nervous when he playing. found it to be a wonderful rience. ‘would have preferred to play Barcelona. 38, the writer refers toa s team’. Who is he two things are required rid Cup player? jtiveness. and physical ination and physical and mental fitness. ‘and mental fitness impression do we get of an Oscar. doesn’t think he is very good acting. ‘expects them to improve. thinks he might win an Oscar does the writer seem to bby the end of the text? has some regrets, but he is happy. is very happy that he can k two other languages happy he can play more and try new things. believes that he has had ‘great experiences: in his b aun Vocabulary ‘Choose the correct word. She felt a great ...... of achievement when she qualified for the national championships. Asensation —_B spirit ©sense D feeling ‘Can you ...... when you scored your first goal in a match? Aremind B memorise € picture Decal ‘The veteran figure skater said her whole life ...... around the ice rink. Aturned ®revolved —C evolved D circled David Beckham’ father ...... of becoming a football star when he ‘was young. : A wished B hoped ©adreamed —_—D fancied ‘A successful athlete needs to ...... alot of time to training. @devoe —_B concentrate C apply Dinvest Its not easy to ...... a success in the world of sports. A develop ®become Cur D have Professional footballers have to ...... all their energy into their job. Agive B spend C provide Dput ‘A good chess player knows how to stay ...... on the game, Acentred @®focused C trained D attentive Golfers tend to travel a lot and ...... other cultures. Alearn B acquaint experiment (D)experience He has dedicated his whole life to rugby and he wouldn't .. for the world. Aaker it ©change Fill ins commentator, competitors ival,referee, runner-up, spectators, trainer, umpire, More than 30,000 competitors took part in this year's London marathon. “The safety of spectators should be the priority at all sports events. J. Norman was runnerup in three events and took home three silver medals. Manchester United and Liverpool are two wel-known rival teams. Some tennis players tend to argue with the umpire during matches. The commentator shouted into the microphone with joy as the whistle blew and England took the cup. The referee was criticised for allowing an offside goal during last night's match. France's trainer has promised to make major changes to the team for next week's match. B exchange Dvary Fill ine break, playing, physical, professional, score, sports, top, Win. score a goal 5 break times win an award 6 sports commentator top scorer 7 professional player physical fitness 8 playing fields mooute 1| 5

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