Before you start … Module 6

Describe your typical school day.

What is your favourite school subject? Why?

busy
to start at …
6 lessons
to have a rest
to come home
to do homework
favourite subject
to interested in …
to look forward
to meet friends
to study together
to have the same interests
to discuss
lazy
 Which of the following activities can you see in the pictures?

1 2
OUT of the
ordinary
ice climbing
sandboarding

paragliding
sandboarding zorbing
underwater
3 4 hockey
zorbing
rock climbing

snowboarding
ice climbing underwater hockey skydiving
 Before reading the first text learn the new words and phrases.

песчаная
sandдюна,
dunesбархан

скорость
speed

speed
любитель freak езды
быстрой

to strap
привязывать ремнями

to whizzкружиться
быстро двигаться,

скользить
to slide

участвовать
to enter a competition
в конкурсе

участник
entrants
соревнований
What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.
 Before reading the second text learn the new words and phrases.

inflatable
надувной
скатываться
to roll down
крутой
a steepсклон
hill
пристегивать
to strap
ремнями
отскакивать
to bounce
невесомый
weightless
врезаться,
to hit
ударяться
bumpsудары
and knocks
причудливый
bizarre
to originate
брать начало, происходить
What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.
 Before reading the third text learn the new words and phrases.

пристраститься
to be addicted кtoч-л

to fall in love
влюбиться with
в ч/к-л

frozen waterfalls
замерзшие водопады

to swing
втыкать an axe
в размаху ледоруб

to be
быть in good shape
в хорошей форме

to stay
оставаться safe
в безопасности
What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.
 Before reading the fourth text learn the new words and phrases.

к моему
to my удивлению
surprise

изобретать
to invent

flippers
ласты

дыхательные
snorkelsтрубки

хоккейная
puck шайба

команда
an opposing
противника
team

по
forэтой
thisпричине
reason

зрелищный
a spectator
видsport
спорта

to
брызгать
splash
What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.
Ex. 2. Decide which of the statements are True, False or Not Stated.

4
 Ex. 2. Which person or people (A, B, C or D) …

1 have been doing their sport for over two years? A C A

2 has to be very fit? C

3 do a sport that is similar to another sort? A D

B
4 found out about their sport from the media? D

5 has taken part in an event? A

C
6 do their sport with others? B D

7 didn’t believe their hobby existed at first? D

D
 Ex. 3. Match the highlighted words to their meanings. What are these
words in your language?
to move very fast to whizz
hits to strap
to be hooked on entrants
to fasten to bounce
rival bumps and knocks
competitors bizarre
to slip to originate
to jump to roll
strange to be addicted to
to start to slide
to turn over many times opposing team
Ex. 4. Why are the following mentioned in the text?

snowboarding?
New
splashing?
thewaterfalls?
frozen Zealand?
Alps?

That’s
It all
wasLynchthat
inZealand
the
Sandboarding
Paul
New hasspectators
Alps that
isclimbed
issimilar
where Paul
up
to
outside
Lynchthe pool
fell
zorbing
frozen canstarted.
see
withduring
inwaterfalls.
love
snowboarding.
first the
the underwater hockey match.
mountains.
 Ex. 4b. Why might someone want to do an unusual sport? In three minutes
write a few sentences on the topic. Use some of the phrases from the texts.

• to find nothing more exciting than … • to fall in love with

• to enter a competition
• entrants
• to be pretty proud
• in certain circles
• to be totally protected
• bizarre
• to be addicted to
• right equipment
• to be in good shape
• to stay safe
• to discover sth new and unusual
• a spectator sport
• extremely bright impressions
• rich experience
 Ex. 5. Which of the following do you enjoy doing in your free time?

to play a musical to listen to to go art to paint to read

instrument CDs galleries pictures books

to go to the to design your to watch

to eat out
cinema own clothes DVDs

to go to I haven’t got much free time, tobut

workI enjoy
out reading
fashion shows to watch or
magazines a game
going to the cinema when I can.
at a gym
 Ex. 6. Speaking. Choose any of the sports in the text. Then make
notes under the headings for each activity.
equipment rules/technique

1 2 3 4

Use your notes to describe one activity to your partner. Your partner
guesses the activity.
 Ex. 7. Writing. Write a short paragraph for an international student’s
magazine about your favourite activity. Write:
• name • water skis
• equipment • a life jacket
• rules/technique • bindings
• why you like it • water ski ropes
• water ski tubes
• a boat
• a large area of water
water skiing

• to relax
• to breathe slowly
• not to panic
 Workbook
Parachuting

Ice Climbing

Rock Climbing
Skydiving

Underwater
Snowboarding
Hockey
2 Complete the grid. zorbanaut
What’s the hidden word?

knock

snorkel

Sandboarding
Hidden word: zorbing
addicted

entrants

originated
e
d
a
c
f
g
b
h
2 Complete the sentences.
spectator sport
• whizzed down
opposing team
• spectator sport
• bizarre activity
• bounce around general idea
• opposing team
• sand dunes
• inflatable ball sand dunes
• general idea
bounce around

whizzed down

bizarre activity

inflatable ball
go work
• work
• read
• go
• paint
• watch
• play
watch read

paint play