Unit 2 Competitions
FEATU R ES
22 Crazy competitions
iVhlking rnl for new
competition
24 Winning and losing
I comp titio11 important
in port?
26 Bolivian wrestlers
Women comp ting in a
national port
30 Mongolian horse
racing
A video about horse ra ing
at a Mongolian fc ti al
RULES FOR A COMPETITION
my life AN ADVERT OR NOTICE
1 ook at the photo. Whc1t port is it? Do . oti like this kind
of port?
2 Cll1J Listen to someone talking about th photo. Answer
the questions.
1 How many race arc there in the lromnan compctiti n 3
2 How many kilometres do the competitors wim and y le"1.8 km
3 How many people corn petl' ~ 1 hundred
3 Look at these words from the ·amc family. hich word is:
a verb? compete
2 an adjective? competitive
3 a noun (thing)? competition
4 a noun (person)?competitor
competi.tor competitive competition compete
4 omplete the que tions with the word from xer ise 3. hen
ask and an wer the qu sti n with a partn r.
1 Jn . port,areyounormallya competitor ora ·pectat r?
2 Do you ever compete in sport ?
3 What type· of competition do you like?
4 Are you a competitive per on? Why? / Why not?
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 reading c:razy c:ompetitions • vocabu lary sport • gra es for a competition

2a Crazy competiti
Reading Vocab la ort
1 Look at the ti tl' of th. article and
the two 5 Look at thl! hi~M •·
photos. Why do you think the competitions e the word _ hi co
are 'crazy'?
Runners at lh lym_ 1c ame:,, ge t <1 gold medal
2 Read the c rtlcle. \ hich competition is a rac when they win a race
between different teams? Whid1 is a match 2 In football, there .ue d e, en players on 4.'ach
between two teams? side.
3 Al Lhc beginning of the chilm pio m,hip there are
Re,,d the ar tjcle again and match the ·entcnce 24 teams . In the final. thl·re can onl, be two.
(1--6) with the competitions (A-B).One 4 A rugby goals la-.t- eighty minutes.
scnten c is true for both competitions. How many point did you score?
] Competitors tart and end at the same
6 The ball didn't cross the line , so it wasn't
place. A a goal .
7 The winner receh ed a gold medal.
2 The rule ar th sam~ <'IS ctnoth.cr real
sport. b 6 Work in pairs. Ans·w er these ~1uestion .
3 The ompctition is once a year.b and a
4 You use a type f transport. a How manv di ferent kind of race can vou lhink of?
5 It's for team . b and a 2 How man;, pbyers are there in your faivouritc team
6 here is a time limit. b sports?
3 What Me the names of the port:, team::. in your
4 Which of the two sports would you like town or city?
to pla , or watch? Do you hm·c any crazy -l [n what games do you score go;:ils and i.n what
competitions i.n your country? g;imc · do o.i score points?

The ldiotarod
The ldiotarod is an annua1 race i twenty different US cities. Eacr team rnust
have five people and a shopping cart One person usualy rides in the cart and
four people pull It. Tea'lls can decorate the shopping cart but they can't crnmge
lhe wheels. All the teams have to start and finish at the same prace but lhey oon't
have to nm on the same roads. The members of each team must cross lhe finish
hne together and they mustn't finish without the cartJ

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 Unit 2 Competitions

ra mma verbs for rules 9 Complete th de ·cription of another competition

with these vt•rb . Use •ach verb n e only.
IJi> VERBS FOR RULES
must have to don't have to can't can
:ach team must have five people and a shopping ,art.
- ey can't change the wheels.
- rhe teams have to start and finish at the same place.
ey don't have to run on the same roads.
- ey mustn't finish without the cart!
:i ayen can pick up the ball and run with it

- r furthe r information and practice, see page 158.

Look .1t lh ' · ntences in the grammar box. Complete

the e planatiom, (a-cl) with the verbs in bold in the
grammar box .
•, We use must or have to when th
ru lL' · say it's obligatory.
b We u~ can when it's allow d in the
ru l '.
,: \i\i'e use don't have to when something i • not
oblig.ltory but is allowed by the rul , .
d Weuse can't er whenit
isn't allowed in th ru l .

Choo the correct option to compl te lhe sentences

about different port:,.
In golf, you lrrnff.' tu I dou 'I hcwr lo hit the ball into
nine or cighte n holes.
~ Competitors cm1 I m11st11 't arg ue ,vith th referee.
3 In football, a goalkeeper i:, the only player
who can I /ms to pi k up I he ball.
Players nm'l / 1m1st throw th e bal l ba kward Eve ry year, ove r three hundred competitors enter the
in mgb_. Bea rd and Moustache com petit ion in Ala ska. The rul es
:> A referee rn11 / 11111s/1(t send a player off the pitch are simpl e. Yo u ' 11111st be over eig htee n yea rs
when he brca th rul of th gam . old and you 2 have to have a mou stache or a
b In table tennis, the ball has to I crm ·1 hit the table. beard, or both. Also, you 3 can't put on false
7 ln te1mi "' lh playc 111ust I ,io11 -1have to win
1
hair! In total, there are ei ghteen d iffere nt catego ries,
e\' ry point to win a mat h. but compe tit ors • can only enter one
category. There are categories for short beards and
different moustaches, so you 5don´t have to have the
longest moustache or the biggest bea rd to win a prize.

Speaking my life

10 Work in pa irs. You are going to expl i.n th rule

for a sport or competition. Cho one of the
follow ing . Make a list of six to even ru!tc?s.
• a popu lar sport in your oun try
• a popu la r TV quiz how or V competition
• an annua l nationa l or intemation. I competition
Bn,·eba/1 i~ 11 poprilar ~port in my co1111try. You Juwe to
piny iPitli two te11111s, n ball 1111d n 1ml.
11 \ ork with another pair. Take turns toe pl. in our
rules. A k qu stion if you don' t und r tand.
Do I have to l•c orer 18?
Can I c,ilcr the t ompl'lithm 011 /Ill/ own ()/' d(l l luwe to
/ie in II fc{IJ11 1

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my life AN AD\lr.Rl OR NOTKE