Unit 2 What I We arrive 2 We are training than 3 It is to practise in winter. 4 Our coach is 3 Complete the passage with the words in the box against chance coach practice short usual We all know(1) makes perfect. But it is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are(2) and it is cold. The team is training harder than (3) Their (4) is pleased with them. They are going to play(5) a team from another school next week, and they have a good (6) of winning. 4 Put the words in the box into pairs with opposite meanings badly carefully carelessly difficult early easy late quickly slowly well badly Writing. 5 Complete the sentences so they are true for your school basketball team. Learning to learn 1 It is. and the basketball team You can use at that time/ yesterday/last week/last 2 The practice starts at.. but they month/last vear... to talk 3 Last year about what people did in the 4 This year ast: and use now/todav/this week/this month/this year.to 5 The coach is pleased/is not pleased talk about what they do now with them because 6 So they now have a better/poor chance of. 6 Add some more details about your school basketball team. Write a passage. It is Saturday morning and the school basketball team is training hard 21
odo 3 Sports Unit 3 Language in use Language practice This week's match is already more exciting It is more difficult to practise in winter We are training harder than usual This year we want to do better 1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and talk about the sports. Use the words in the box to help you boring cheap difficult easy exciting expensive popular relaxing What s your favourite sport My favourite sport is swimming. It ' s exciting Now compare the sports. I Table tennis is more exciting than tennis 4 Football is 2 Tennis is 5 Swimming is 3 Basketball is 6 Baseball is 22
Unit 3 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1 We trained (hard) this year than last year. 2 The team played (well) on Saturday than on Tuesday 3 They practised (carefully)this week than last week 4 Playing football is (exciting) than watching it 5 Playing tennis is (expensive) than swimming 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets Tom did his homework careless/y(careless) The music is loud(loud) I They are working (hard) to learn English 2 This bike was (cheap), so we decided to buy it 3 The teacher speaks slow) and (careful) 4 Mary is going to get up (early) because she needs to catch the first bus 5 Running Is very (easy). You can do it anywhere 6 i do not like to be (late) 7 I am afraid our team is doing very (bad) 4 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. I wanted to choose a sport to keep fit. First I tried swimming. I joined the swimming club, but the lessons were(1) (expensive) than I thought. So I stopped swimming and tried running. The running club is(2) (popular)than the swimming club. We ran (3) (slowly) in the park. Soon, I felt that running was(4) (boring)! I decided to try something(5) (exciting). I went walking in the mountains. Once we got lost in the mountains, and I hurt my (badly). It is a bit(7) dangerous) to walk in the mountains, but I like the sport all the same 23
odo 3 Sports 5 Listen and choose the correct answer. O I What was the race? a)Boys800 metres b) Girls’800 metres c) Girls'400 metres 2 How many classes took part in the race? a)One b) Four c)Eight 3 Who ran faster than the others at first? a)Joy. b) Sandy c)Mary. 4 What happened to Sandy later on? a)She stopped b) She ran slowly c) She cried 5- Who finally won? A student from a) Class 4 b)Class 5 c) Class 1 6 Read the passage and complete the sentences. a A lot of people around the world enjoy enjoy jogging with my friends Tommy jogging Jogging means running slowly, but and Anna In the early mornings, we often it is still faster than walking. In the mornings go jogging in the park. Then we are ready and evenings, you can see people jogging for school. At weekends, we sometimes go in parks or along city streets. Jogging is jogging in the countryside. It is more fun cheaper than many sports- to start, just than jogging in the city and we feel good get some comfortable sports clothes and in the fresh air. The more you go jogging, good running shoes the healthier you will feel. Just try it! 24
Unit 3 I Jogging means 2 Walking is than jogging 3 To start jogging, you only need some 4 Jogging in the countryside is than jogging in the city 5 The more you go jogging, you will feel Around the w○ra The marathon race The marathon gets its name from a battle over 2,500 years ago between the greeks and the persians The battle happened at a place called Marathon. After 1156 the Greeks won the battle, a soldier ran over forty kilometres to tell people the good news. Todays marathon race, an important Olympic sport, is popular all over the world. Thousands of people race in many different marathons every year Module task: Making a sports poster 7 Work in groups. Talk about your favourite Olympic sports and choose one for your poster. A: What s your favourite Olympic sport? B: My favourite Olympic sport is A: Why do you like it? B: like it because 8 Make a poster. Find a photo for your favourite Olympic sport and include it in the poster. Our favourite Olympic sport Our favourite Olympic sport is swimming/table tennis/ We like it because it is exciting, popular It is more exciting than 9 Show your poster to your classmates. 25