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Why do people participate in extreme sports?

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2.5.Additional reading.

Now, read this personal web page “Jumping for Joy” and then complete the table "Extreme Sports". What new items can we add?

While reading think of possible answers to the following ques-

tion:

What sort of person is pushing himself to extreme (and even dangerous) levels?

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Jumping for joy

Hi, I'm Jason Barricelii and thanks for visiting my website. I've been building this site for a while, and I'm almost finished. I've written this page to introduce myself.

I've always been a work-hard, play-hard kind of guy. I grew up in Idaho, and my family did a lot of adventure sports like rock climbing and white-water rafting. Lately, people have named these activities "extreme sports," but to me they've al-

ways seemed just like normal fun.

I've been working on a master's degree for a couple of years, but I still take time out to play. Since I moved to San Diego, I've gone on six scuba dives, and last year, 1 finally learned how to skydive. This month, I've already completed five jumps.

Yes, I have a social life too. In fact, last month I got engaged to a fantastic woman. Here's a picture of the two of us jumping together.

Joy hasn't been skydiving that long, but she wanted to celebrate our engagement with a jump.

2.6. Answer the following questions:

What sort of person is pushing himself to extreme (and even danger-

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2.7.Discussion.

-Do you do any sports?

Vote and write down your answers on the blackboard

-Why do you do sports?

Example: Sports amuse and excite me.

-Do you participate in extreme sports?

Vote and write down your answers on the blackboard

-Why do you participate in extreme sports?

Example: There are no rules. You can do what you want and no one cares.

3.Why do people risk?

3.1.Pre-reading focus.

1)Have you ever done extreme sports?

-Work all together. Vote. Fill in the table on the blackboard.

-Have you got some friends who are very fond and interested in extreme sports?

Work all together. Vote. Fill in the table on the blackboard.

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-What is it that makes people regularly risk their own lives for a short adrenaline buzz?

Why do people risk? What do you think?

3.2.Pre-reading task.

Read the text about extreme sports. The author of the article – Nina Zavrieva – interviewed a few people on their opinions on extreme sports.

Focus on people’s opinions.

3.3. Reading.

X-treme Sports Why do people risk?

I’ve never done extreme sports and never really intended to, I have some friends who are very fond and interested in them though. I was always wondering what it is that makes people regularly risk their own lives for a short adrenalin buzz, so I interviewed a few people on their opinions on extreme sports.

The first person I talked to about it was my friend Peter. Here’s what he said:

‘Personally I don’t understand why they do it. Maybe it’s like a drug, they do it for the first time just because some of their friends said it was great and then end up being addicted to it. The more they do them the more they want to do it again. Or probably they start doing it because they want to show how strong and courageous they are and then end up liking it and as I’ve said before become addicted. I’d never try anything like that, I’m addicted to safety.’

I was having a conversation with a girl called Anna the other day. What she said was this:

‘I’m just dying to do BASE-jumping. All my friends do it. It’s a relatively new sport, base is an acronym for building, antenna, span (bridge) and earth (cliffs). Jumpers leap from stationery objects and deploy a parachute. Unlike skydiving, no aircraft is involved. They’ve said it’s a feeling nothing can be compared to, in a short period of time

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you experience so much. They go almost every month, I think they’re obsessed. Even though it’s pretty dangerous I’m not a least bit scared, the only problem is my parents – I’m afraid they will not let me do it.’

Then I spoke to my relative Michael who is a lot older than me. He is interested in extreme sports so I wanted to know his opinion.

‘I work in a bank and I can’t say it’s a particularly exiting job. You often want a change. You get bored with e-mails, faxes, deadlines, work challenges. I found the perfect escape in skydiving. When I do it all my personal problems go away, and when I get back to real life they don’t seem that bad anymore. And to add up to that skydiving is an ultimate thrill and a real pleasure. I’ve also made a lot of friends who share the same passion. I’d never abandon it. Never’.

Whatever you say Michael. Now it’s clearer to me why people do extreme sports. I started to understand them better. But it definitely doesn’t mean I’m going to do it. Too scared, and as well as Peter, I am addicted to safety.

Nina Zavrieva

3.4.Post-reading discussion.

1)Speak out Peter’s, Anna’s, Michael’s and the author’s opinion on extreme sports. Who do you agree with? Why? Who do you disagree with? Why? Explain.

2)What is your personal opinion on extreme sports? Is it clearer to you now why people do extreme sports? Can you explain?

3)Have you got any stories on sports to share? (about you, your group/former classmates, your friends, your parents and relatives, etc.). Write a few lines. Keep in mind the following issues:

- Who is your essay about?

- What kind of sports/extreme sports is/was he/she fond of and interested in?

- Why is/was he/she keen on it?

- What is your opinion on it? Do you like it or not? - Do you understand him/her or not?

- Would you like to do it or not? Why/why not?

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4. Quiz

Answer the questions given in the following quiz. The results of the quiz will help you to figure out whether “extreme sports” can be your hobby or one of the ways of spending your leisure time.

Pop quiz

Are you the sort of person who loves adventure?

1.Which activity would you prefer?

a.Gliding

b.Horse-riding

c.Stamp-collecting

2.You are lost in a strange town. What would you do?

a.I'd panic. If I had enough money, I'd take a taxi.

b.I'd ask a passer-by for directions.

c.If I wasn't in a hurry, I'd explore.

3.You've been to a disco. It's past midnight and you have missed the last bus home. What would you do?

a.I'd start walking home.

b.I'd hitch a lift from a passing car.

c.I'd phone home and ask to be collected.

4.You are invited to dinner by some Australian friends. They want you to try a special dish: kangaroo steaks. What would you say?

a.I'd say 'Fantastic! I wouldn't miss it!'

b.I would make an excuse so that I didn't have to go.

c.I would accept the invitation, a bit hesitantly.

5.If your best friend dyed his/her hair blue, what would you think?

a.I would think about changing my own hairstyle to something a little bit more original.

b.I'd think that they were mad.

c.It would depend whether or not the colour suited them.

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5. Fans

5.1. Pre-reading focus.

Hobby does not include only participating in sports but also being a fan of your favourite sportsman or team. There are a lot of people including some famous ones who are sports fans.

1) Are you a sports fan?

2)What is your view of sports fans?

Is it basically positive, basically negative, or something in between?

Vote and write down your answers on the blackboard

5.2. Pre-reading task.

Read the article about football fans in England. Work in 4 groups. Each paragraph is for each student within the group.

While reading the article think of the answers to the following questions:

- What sort of person can be a sports fan (a football fan)?

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- Why is there an epidemic of violence associated with football in England today? Each group should explain it from different points of view.

The 1st group gives the reasons, connected with culture. The 2nd group gives the reasons connected with money. The 3rd group gives the reasons connected with history.

The 4th group gives the reasons connected with nationalism.

5.3. Reading.

‘The Barmy Army’ – Football:

ENGLAND’S GLORY?

Solicitors, doctors, bankers, teachers... What do all these groups have in common? Well, individuals from these professions have all been arrested at some point for football hooliganism. Surprising? In England today there is an epidemic of violence associated with football. But why is this? There are many reasons — connected with culture, money, history and nationalism.

Myth number 1:

Football is a working class game, for working class people. Fact:

Probably more than in any other country in the world, football in England has a national following. Just switch on the TV on a Saturday. Much of the afternoon on the two major channels is taken up by football coverage. People from all walks of life watch, play, and go to matches. It is also big business, with top players like Beckham getting paid around $40000 a week, whether they are fit to play or not. Much of the violence associated with football actually comes from the richer supporters. People with prestigious, well-paid jobs often go to football matches just in order to have a fight. It is as if they have the right to lose control and go mad for a while — to forget they are respectable people. This perverse situation even extends to semi-secret uniforms among hooligans. Many fans interested in ultra-violence wear the same checked Burberry clothing — an extremely expensive American brand. Other hooligans are members of the shadowy Combat 18 neo-nazi organisation that has provoked huge race-riots in the north of England.

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Myth number 2:

Football hooligans follow a favourite team and especially their national team.

Fact:

Hooligans often don't even watch the match of the team they are supposed to be following. They are more interested in 'having a go' at supporters of the opposing team. They travel large distances in order to attack anyone in the vicinity of the ground, or the town centre. Sometimes they even fight their own supporters. Unfortunately this is especially true of the England fans. At the recent Turkey-England Euro2004 qualifier in Sunderland all the fighting was between rival England supporters — in particular between club supporters of Sunderland and Newcastle: two towns about 15 kilometres from each other, both premier division teams with an intense hatred and rivalry.

Myth number 3:

Football violence is unorganised and spontaneous. Fact:

The police and the Home Office have tried to deal with hooligans travelling to England matches abroad by confiscating the passports of known hooligans and by monitoring ports and airports carefully. Groups of hooligans have recently gone as far as travelling through third countries. For example: if there is a match in Holland, then to avoid getting caught, hooligans have flown to Spain and caught trains to Holland to escape detection.

Once near the football ground, rival groups of hooligans even telephone each other by mobile to organise massive fights and to avoid the police. One English club side has even begun to employ former hooligans as security specialists, but this seems to have backfired, as the club in question still has some of the worst violence and racism in the country.

Myth number 4:

Football violence is an English problem. Fact:

It is true that a lot of club violence takes place in England rather than on the Continent. But much of the time it is limited in scope and ferocity. At a recent UEFA match in Turkey between Galtasarai and

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Leeds, two peaceful Leeds supporters were stabbed to death in the city centre.

Of course, 99% of supporters who travel to games are completely peaceful. 99% of supporters are not racist or neo-nazis. Unlike many European countries, families including women and children make up a large proportion of supporters who travel to games. Hopefully, this kind of tendency will improve the game and discourage hooligans. Hooliganism is not an English problem alone. It is just that English hooligans are perhaps the most visible (partly because of the effective British police campaigns against them). Football will continue to be the 'beautiful game', the biggest spectator sport in the world. And Britain will always be the birthplace of this most English game. As the supporters of England like to sing: 'It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming. Football's coming home!' Hopefully, with an improved reputation, England will sometime soon host a major championship again.

Jeremy Morris

barmy ['ba:mi] спятивший, сумасшедший glory ['glori] слава, гордость

solicitor адвокат individual индивидуум

at some point в какой-то момент hooliganism хулиганство

epidemic of violence эпидемия насилия to associate ассоциировать, связывать nationalism национализм

myth миф, легенда

to have a national following иметь поклонников, приверженцев по всей стране

major channel центральный канал (TB)

football coverage освещение футбольных событий

people from all walks of life представители всех слоев общества to be fit to play быть в форме, быть готовым к игре

supporter болельщик prestigious престижный

respectable уважаемый, респектабельный perverse порочный, извращенный

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to extend [ik'stend] распространяться semi-secret полусекретный, подпольный checked клетчатый

brand [ brænd] торговая марка shadowy тайный, теневой neo-nazi неонацистский

to provoke провоцировать

race-riot расовые столкновения, беспорядки

to have a go зд. выяснять отношения, устроить «разборку» in the vicinity (of) поблизости (от)

ground (football ground) футбольное поле, стадион qualifier отборочный матч

rival ['raivl] соперничающий, конкурирующий in particular особенно

premier division teams команды премьер-лиги intense [in'tens] сильный

hatred ненависть

rivalry соперничество, конкуренция spontaneous спонтанный, неподготовленный Home Office Министерство внутренних дел to deal with бороться

monitoring мониторинг, наблюдение, контроль to avoid [avoid] избегать

to escape detection избежать ареста

club side зд. руководство клуба, администрация

to employ нанимать на работу, пользоваться услугами former бывший

security безопасность

to backfire иметь обратный эффект, привести к неожиданным последствиям

in question данный, упомянутый

Continent Европа (в отличие от Британских островов) scope масштаб, размах

ferocity жестокость

to stab заколоть, зарезать to discourage отбивать охоту visible заметный

spectator sport зрелищный вид спорта to host принимать у себя

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5.4. Post-reading discussion.

Now, after reading the article and discussing it within your group, exchange your ideas in the class.

- What sort of person can be a sports fan (a football fan)? What does the text run? Continue:

People from all walks of life

- Why is there an epidemic of violence associated with football in England today? What does the text run? Exchange your ideas.

The 1st group gives the reasons, connected with culture. The 2nd group gives the reasons connected with money. The 3rd group gives the reasons connected with history.

The 4th group gives the reasons connected with nationalism.

5.5.Discussion.

-Is there an epidemic of violence associated with football in Russia today? What do you think? What do you know? Give some examples.

-Is there an epidemic of violence associated with any other kind of sports? What is it?

-If there is any, explain: Why is this? Are there any reasons? What are these reasons? Give your own attitude towards this.

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5.6. Class debate.

Work in 2 groups.

Group 1 – fans and people who approve their actions Group 2 – those who don’t approve fans’ actions

Exchange your ideas trying to persuade each other that your opinion is right.

At the end of the discussion vote again. What is your view of sports fans now? Is it basically positive, basically negative, or something in between? Has your view changed during the discussion?

Vote. Write down your answers on the blackboard

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Listening

I.Hobbies

1.Happy people

READING AND LISTENING

Read and listen to the text.

The happiest person in Britain

The happiest person in Britain today is a professional married man between the ages of 35 and 54. He lives in the south of England but not in London. He owns a comfortable, detached house and has two children.

What does he do?

He has a steady job in an office in London. After a hard day at work, he relaxes in front of the television or watches a video. He doesn't go out every evening, but two evenings a week he meets friends for a drink in the local pub. He owns a pet, usually a dog, and takes it for a-walk every day after work. He spends on average £120 per week.

Where does he go?

At the weekend, he regularly eats in restaurants, goes to see shows, and plays a sport (usually golf). Most weekends he puts on a pair of old blue jeans, and potters in the garden. He usually goes on holiday abroad more than once a year.

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What does his wife do?

His wife is happy, too, but not quite as happy. She runs the home and has a job, but she doesn't earn as much as her husband.

Grammar questions

-What tense are all the verbs in italics? Why?

-Why do the verbs in the text end in -s?

-Which auxiliary verb is used to form questions and negatives in the Present Simple?

PRACTICE

Speaking

1. Ask and answer questions about John Smith.

Example

... married?

a.Where ... live?

b.What … do?

c.How many children ...?

d.How ... relax after work?

e.How much ... per week?

f.What ... do at the weekend?

g.How often … holiday abroad?

Listen and check your answers.

2. Ask and answer the same questions with a partner.

Are you married?

No, I’m not.

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3.John Smith's lifestyle doesn't seem very exciting.

-Why do you think he is so happy?

-Why is his wife less happy?

-Do you think men are generally happier than women in your

country?

Now listen to Roger Dromard, also age 45, talking about himself. [T.1]

1.Answer the questions.

1)What's the best thing that ever happened to him?

2)What was his

job before? What does he do now?

3)Where does

he live?

4)Is he married?

5)What does Fiona, do? Does Roger earn more than Fiona?

6)What is Roger's hobby? What is Fiona's hobby?

7)Does Roger play any sports?

8)Are there any problems with his job?

9)Does he often eat out in restaurants?

10)Is Roger's life like John Smith's? Is he happy?

2.Listen again. Complete the sentences with the exact words Roger uses.

a.In summer I usually ________________ home at about 5.30 in the morning.

b.I _________________ a small van, and I ______________

all my tools and equipment in that.

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c.It's autumn now so I ____________ the gardens and

_____________ leaves.

d.I ______________ lots of daffodils and tulips.

e.After work I always ___________ home and ___________ in a hot bath.

f.I usually _______ our evening meal because she (Fiona)

_______ home from work after me.

g.At weekend we often __________ into the country and

____________ to antique shops and antique sales.

h.We ____________ a television! Everybody ___________ one these days but we_________.

i.I ____________ old radios and Fiona ___________ old cookery books.

j.I've just bought two 1930s radios and I _____________ them and ____________ them.

k.I never___________ any sports.

l.I ____________ much in autumn and winter so I

_____________ much at the moment.

Grammar questions

-What tense are the verbs in sentences a and b? Why? Find some more examples of this tense.

-What tense are the verbs which complete sentence c? Why? Find some more examples.

- What part of speech are the words in italics? Which tense do they (nearly always) go with?

Note-taking and speaking

Write notes about John Smith and Roger Dromard under the headings.

John Smith

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Roger Dromard

Talk to a partner. How many similarities and differences can you

find?

2. Collectors LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Pre-listening task

1.What kinds of things do people often collect?

2.Do you collect anything? Did you use to when you were younger?

Listening

You are going to listen to two people who are both keen collectors. Divide into groups.

Look at the picture about your person. What can you see? What does she/he collect? What questions would you like to ask her/ him? Listen and answer the questions.

Group A

[T.2a] Listen to Margaret Tyler. She lives in Wembley, north London. Her children have now grown up and left home, and so she lives alone with her incredible collection.

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Group B

[T.2b] Listen to Ted Hewill. He lives with his wife and three small children in Chorleywood, a village between London and Oxford. He owns a coach business.

Comprehension check

1.Where does she/he live? Who with?

2.What does she/he do for

a living?

3.How big is her/his col-

lection?

4.How long has she/he been collecting?

5.How many rooms of the house are taken up with the collec-

tion?

6.What’s her/his favourite piece?

7.How much has the collection cost?

8.Where do the pieces come from?

9.Is she/he in touch with other people who share the same

hobby?

10.What ambitions does she/he have?

When you have answered the questions, find a partner from the other group. Compare and swap information.

Guessing Game

Your teacher will tell one student what he or she collects. The others must ask questions to find out what it is.

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