Unit 2 sports crazy

LEAD-IN

1 In pairs. Take it in turns to ask and answer the questions below.

• What hobbies or interests do you have?

• Is sport your hobby?

• Do you like sport or not?

• Do you watch much sport on TV?

• Do you play any games, like chess or cards?

READING

2 Now you are going to read the text.

• Look at the title of the text and say what you think it is about.

• Look at the questions and read the article quickly to find the answers.

1 Which sport is Ann interested in?

2 Does Ann do the sport or watch it?

3 Does she support a special team?

4 Does she often go to see them play?

Although Ann Crossley is 58 years old,

she is a keen supporter of Manchester City

football Club. She went to her first match

in 1946, and she goes to see the

Manchester team play in matches all over

England, and also in other countries.

“My husband and children don’t like football”, she says, ”but I watch every Manchester City match. The team is the most important thing in my life”.

At matches Ann always wears blue clothes – the colour of the Manchester City team. For important matches she dyes her hair blue as well. “But if it’s an international match, I dye it red, white and blue!” she says.

3 In pairs or groups, discuss the questions below.

• Does Ann go to see football matches in other countries?

• How do Ann’s family feel about football?

• How does Ann feel about football?

• What does she do to her hair for international matches?

4 Number the topics below in the same order as in the passage.

Ann’s family 

Ann’s first match 

Ann’s age 

The most important thing

in Ann’s life 

The colors Ann wears at

matches 

The team Ann supports 

The places Ann goes to 

5 Complete this summary of the passage about Ann Crossley.

Ann follows her football (1) … to every (2) … . She wears (3) … clothes and dyes her hair (4) … , or red, and (5) … . She is (6) … years old, but (7) … is the most (8) … thing in her (9) … .

6 Work in pairs. Cover the text “Sports crazy” and tell your partner about Ann Crossley. Use the topics in activity 3.

7 Read the article about fishing in Britain. For questions 1- 2, choose A, B or C.

1 Why is fishing for salmon and trout the most expensive one?

A It is the most popular sport in Britain.

B There are too many anglers in Britain.

C Salmon and trout live only in private rivers and lakes.

2 British anglers catch a fish and …

A throw it back into the water again.

B take it home

C wait hours to find a canal or a river.