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1 Warm-up
These pictures show things related to swimming. Say how the items in each pair are the same and
how they are different.

swimming costume and trunks flippers and flip-flops

goggles and a mask a swimming cap and a sports cap

Do you enjoy swimming and diving?

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2 Listen for main idea

Nick and Margaret work together in an office. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer for
each sentence

1. Nick is / is not a very good swimmer.

2. Margaret was / is / wants to be a good diver.

3. Margaret thinks a few / some / many people are afraid of the water.

4. The swimming pool is in Nick’s apartment building / near the office / opposite the train station.

5. The showers at the pool are dirty / broken / hot.

3 Listen for detail

Listen again and write the missing words in the dialogue. You need to write THREE or FOUR words
in each gap.

Nick: Wow – it’s so hot! I can’t wait to finish work today.

Margaret: Have you got plans?

Nick: Yeah – I’m going swimming!

Margaret: What a great idea! Are you a very good swimmer?

Nick: Not really. I’m going to do a few lengths and then lie on a sun lounger and
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for a bit. Do you like swimming?
Margaret: Well, I was the junior diving champion when I was at school and I worked as a lifeguard
for a few summers when I was at university.
Nick: Junior diving champion? That’s amazing! I was a bit afraid of the water as a kid. It took
me years to get out of the shallow end of the pool. I didn’t like all the splashing and
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dunking the other kids did and I certainly didn’t .
Margaret: Lots of people feel the same way. It’s great that you learned how to swim and that you
can enjoy the water now.
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Nick: Yeah. I love hanging out at the pool these days. I go a
week.
Margaret: Which pool do you go to?

Nick: It’s the Metropole Club, just around the corner from here. They’ve got
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pools. There’s even a water slide for the kids!
Margaret: What are the changing rooms like?

Nick: Pretty good - they’re really clean and the showers are always hot. The only thing I don’t
like about the Metropole is that you have to wear a swimming cap in the pool. No one
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looks good !
Margaret: I know, but it keeps the water clean. Tell me how much it costs to join the Metropole
Club. I think I’d like to start swimming again ...

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4 Vocabulary
Match words or phrases in bold from the dialogue with these meanings.

1. swim many times across the pool for exercise =

2. spending time relaxing in a specific place =

3. playing and fighting in the water =

4. the places where you take off your clothes and put on your swimming costume =

5. a person who watches swimmers and saves them if they are in danger =

6. the part of the pool where the water is not deep =

7. a play structure that you climb up and then go down quickly =

8. a piece of furniture that you sit in or lie on to relax at the pool or beach =

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5 Language point: rules

Read what Nick says about a rule at his swimming pool.

The only thing I don’t like about the Metropole is that you have to wear a swimming cap in the pool.

We use have to + verb to say it is necessary to do something – this is a rule and you cannot choose what
to do. We can also use must + verb to express the same idea, especially in written rules, for example on a
sign:

You must wear a swimming cap in the pool.

To express the opposite and say that is it necessary not to do something:

You mustn’t eat or drink in the pool area.

You can’t eat or drink in the pool area.

This is a rule and we cannot choose what to do.

However, if we want to say that it’s not necessary to do something, but we can choose to do it if we
want to:

You don’t have to bring your own towels to the pool because you can rent them there.

Finally, if we want to say that it’s possible to do something if we want to, although there may still be
some conditions:

You can reserve a sun lounger for two hours.

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Study the table below. Then read the pool sign and write sentences which explain the rules in the
best place in the table.

DO SOMETHING DON’T DO SOMETHING

You don’t have to bring your own towels to the

YOU CAN You can reserve a sun lounger for two hours.
CHOOSE pool because you can rent them there.

YOU
You mustn’t eat or drink in the pool area.
You have to wear a swimming cap in the pool.
CANNOT
CHOOSE
You must wear a swimming cap in the pool. You can’t eat or drink in the pool area.
(often written)

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

THE METROPOLE CLUB - RULES AND REGULATIONS

Welcome to the Metropole Club Pool. Please keep these points in mind:

1. Keep the water clean — always shower before swimming!

2. Don’t run in the pool area.
3. Stay safe — wear flip-flops at all times.
4. No diving — the deep end is only 2 metres.
5. The slide is for children 8 years and older.
6. It is not necessary to be a member of the Metropole Club to use the pool.

Can you think of any more rules for the pool?

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6 Writing

The Metropole Club also has a gym, sauna and spa. Work in pairs or small groups to write 6-8 rules
for the club using these structures:

• must
• have to
• mustn’t

• can’t

• don’t have to
• can
Extension: draw signs which explain your rules and then show the signs to the class. Can they guess
the rule and make a sentence?

Example: You mustn’t/can’t bring dogs into this area.

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