Intermediate 3 Unit 2

Unit 2
Sport And Fitness

College Sports
a. Do you remember the TV interview from the computer lesson? Answer the following
questions about the interview.

1. What is the name of the TV show? __________________________________________

don't remember

2. Who is being interviewed? ________________________________________________

a small team

3. Why is she being interviewed? _____________________________________________

because the wins

4. Was the guest optimistic or pessimistic about the future? _________________________

optimistic

b. Match the host’s questions to Tina’s answers.

A B
1. Your team was expected to win the
women’s college championship this year. a. I sure hope so!
What happened? ____
c

b. Unfortunately, several of our team

2. How did the team take the loss? ____
a
members came down with the flu.

3. So can we expect a Smithtown victory c. It was a terrible blow to the team’s

next year? ____
b spirit.

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c. What do you remember about Tina Lawrence and the team? Mark the sentences true ( )
or false ( ).
/

1. Tina Lawrence is the coach of a girIs basketbaII team. ✔

2. She had been an OIympic champion.

3. Her team did not make it to the finaIs. ✔

4. The girIs on the team did not compete because they were iII.

5. None of the members of the team couId not handIe the disappointment.

6. The girIs wiII regain their confidence by weightIifting. ✔

d. Tina Lawrence spoke to the team after the competition. Complete her speech with the
words below.

bIow • buiId up • concentrate • exhausted • expected • finaIs • handIe • strength

“We were (1) ____________________

expected to win every event in the competition, but l’m afraid

we didn’t. l know some of you had the fIu and were (2) ___________________.
exhausted However,

now we have to (3) ____________________

concentrate on getting back into shape. l know it’ s been

a bad (4) ________________________

blow to our team’s spirit, but l’m confident that you can

aII (5) ___________________

handle the upset. Now we’re going to (6) _____________________
build up

your physicaI (7) ____________________________.

strength With Iots of practice you’II soon be in

winning shape. l’m sure we’re going to get to the (8) _____________________
finals next year!”

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e. Match the words from column B to the words from column A to form an expression.

A B
1. come down with ____
b a. shape

2. in no condition ____
a b. the finaIs

3. get back into ____

d c. the fIu

4. make it to ____
g d. their strength

5. handIe ____
e e. to compete

6. buiId up ____
c f. an upset

7. regain ____
b g. hard

8. take it ____
h h. confidence

f. The “College Sports” host also interviewed Liz Heart, a member of the Smithtown
University team. Read the answers Liz gave and write the host’s questions.

1. Host: _________________________________________________________________?
How many years you have in the team

Liz Heart: This is my first year on the team.

2. Host: _________________________________________________________________?
You didn't get sick like other members?

Liz Heart: No. I was one of the lucky ones who didn’t get sick.
3. Host: _________________________________________________________________?
What do you think about the sickness in the team?

Liz Heart: It was a terrible blow. I was very upset.

4. Host: _________________________________________________________________?
How are you handling the thing?

Liz Heart: Well, right now I’m handling it by concentrating on getting in shape and
thinking of next year.
5. Host: _________________________________________________________________?
You think you could win?

Liz Heart: Yes. I think we have a very good chance of winning.

g. Practice the dialogue with a partner in class.

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Health and Fitness Today

a. Do you remember the text from “Health and Fitness Today”? Answer the following questions.

1. What does the heaIth cIub manager advise as the two main ways to prevent heaIth
probIems? ______________________________________________________________
be in time with your medicines

_______________________________________________________________________
2. Give an exampIe of how heaIth cIubs are fIexibIe. _______________________________
giving the people the oportunity to leave
_______________________________________________________________________
3. What do most heaIth cIubs offer? ____________________________________________
exercise examples
_______________________________________________________________________
4. What does heart speciaIist Marvin Kane recommend? ____________________________
be healthy
_______________________________________________________________________
5. What is the doctor’s advice on how to choose a heaIth and fitness program? __________
start the thing
_______________________________________________________________________

b. Complete the poster advertising the health club.

__________________
Be healthy (club slogan)

At the ___________________
health club (name of club)

we say, “ ____________________________”
you don't need to be lazy

We offer:
• _____________________________
excersices
• _____________________________
eating plans
• _____________________________
gym

If you are interested in joining,

__________________
don't be afraid to call us
__________________ (make a suggestion)

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c. Read the conversation between Kevin, a new member of the health club, and Jack, a
veteran member. Complete the dialogue with the words and expressions below.

deveIoped my muscIes • fIexibIe hours • give up Iunch

harmfuI • nutritious meaIs • variety of activities • your own pace

Kevin: Hi, l’m Kevin. This is my first time at the cIub. How Iong have you been
training here?
Jack: Hi, Kevin. My name’s Jack. l’ve been a member here for about three years.
l Iove using the weight-Iifting equipment. As you can see l reaIIy have
(1) _________________________
developed my muscles .
Kevin: lsn’t too much exercise (2) _________________________?
harmful

Jack: Not if you go at (3) _________________________.

your own pace

Kevin: Weight-Iifting isn’t aII l’m interested in. l’m reaIIy Iooking for a
(4) _________________________.
variety of activities

Jack: WeII, there’s a swimming pooI here and if you are ready to
(5) _________________________,
give up lunch come pIay tennis with me during
my Iunch break.
Kevin: l have a reaIIy busy scheduIe. How can l find time for everything?
Jack: No probIem. This cIub has (6) _________________________.
flexible hours You can
come and work out before you go to work.
Kevin: WeII actuaIIy, l’m starving. Perhaps l’II get a sandwich from the cafeteria.
Jack: l better warn you. They onIy serve (7) _______________________
nutritious meals here.
lt’s hard work staying fit!

d. Fill in the chart with advice on things you should or shouldn’t do in order to stay fit.

Things you should do Things you shouldn’t do

You should ___________________

eat healthy food You shouldn’t _________________
eat trash food

____________________________ ____________________________
____________________________ ____________________________
____________________________ ____________________________
____________________________ ____________________________

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Ten Miles
a. Do you remember the dialogue “Ten Miles”? Which phrases express a reprimand?

1. ________________________________________________________________
i don't remember

2. ________________________________________________________________

b. Here are some sentences about health and fitness. Decide what each person is expressing.
Mark the correct column.
Giving advice Reprimanding

1. You shouId eat more fruit and vegetabIes.

2. You shouIdn’t have over-exercised. You’re exhausted.

3. You shouId check with your doctor before you join the
fitness program.

4. You shouIdn’t have swum straight after a heavy meaI.

You couId have gotten a cramp.

5. You shouId exercise daiIy or eIse you’II deveIop

heaIth probIems.

6. Stop eating aII that junk food. You shouId eat nutritious
meaIs if you want to stay in shape.

7. You shouIdn’t have stayed so Iong at the gym.

You missed an important meeting.

c. Write a dialogue in which you ask a doctor for advice about choosing a fitness program.
Use the words and phrases from activity b. to help you.

You: Excuse me, doctor. Do you think you couId give me some advice on choosing
a fitness program?
Your doctor: _____________________________________________________________
you need to pass some test

You: _____________________________________________________________
what kind of test i have to do

Your doctor: _____________________________________________________________

test about your body and what kind of vitamins you have missing

You: _____________________________________________________________
okay let's do it now

Your doctor: _____________________________________________________________

come here please

d. Practice the dialogue with a partner.

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More Conditionals: Past Conditionals

a. Look at the three pictures below. Match the quotation to the situation.

1 2

If I had eaten more

carefully, I wouldn’t have
a.
3 gained so much weight.

b. If we hadn’t caught the flu, we

would have reached the finals.

If I had spent more time in the

c. gym, I would have won the race.
1. a 2. c 3. b

b. Look at the fourth picture. Write your own speech bubble using the Past Conditional.

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
I use so much weight and it fell in my feet please some one can help me?
___________________________________________________________

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c. Heart specialist, Martin Kane, gives some of his patients some advice. Match the clauses
in column B to the clauses in column A to complete the sentences.

A B
1. lf you had watched what you ate... a. ... if you had stopped eating such fatty
foods

2. lf you had been more carefuI Iifting weights... b. ... if you had foIIowed my advice.

3. You wouId have succeeded with your diet... c. ... you wouIdn’t have had to go on a
strict diet.

4. lf you had chosen a program to match d. ... your injury couId have been avoided.
your needs...

5. You wouIdn’t have had so many problems e. ... you wouIdn’t have dropped them on
now... your feet.

1. b 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. e

d. Read what happened to these people. Complete the sentences using the Past Conditional.

1. Jim didn’t have enough money to join a heaIth cIub. He didn’t become fit.

lf he _______________________________________
coul make enough money to join a health
cIub, he ____________________________
would be fit.

2. The heaIth cIub cIosed earIy Iast night. Susan didn’ t exercise.

lf the heaIth cIub _______________

could earIy Iast night, Susan _______________________.
would be early last night

3. Tom didn’t take his tennis racket to work. He couIdn’ t pIay tennis during his Iunch break.

lf Tom _____________________

could his tennis racket to work, he _____________________
would be better

______________________ tennis during his Iunch break.

4. Dr. Kane did not give his patients enough information about exercising. His patients
injured themseIves.

lf Dr. Kane ______________________

could see his patients enough information about exercising,
they _______________________
would be by themseIves.

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