Dvizh. Spotlight 8

1.

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

2.

Which of the following activities can you see in the pictures?
1
2
ice climbing
sandboarding
sandboarding
3
zorbing
4
paragliding
underwater
hockey
zorbing
rock climbing
snowboarding
ice climbing
underwater hockey
skydiving

3.

Before reading the first text learn the new words and phrases.
песчаная
sandдюна,
dunesбархан
скорость
speed
любитель
быстрой
speed
freak езды
to strap
привязывать
ремнями
быстро двигаться,
to whizzкружиться
скользить
to slide
участвовать
to enter a competition
в конкурсе
участник
entrants
соревнований

4.

What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.

5.

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
брать начало,
происходить
to originate

6.

What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.

7.

Before reading the third text learn the new words and phrases.
to be addictedкto
пристраститься
ч-л
to fall in love
with
влюбиться
в ч/к-л
frozen waterfalls
замерзшие
водопады
втыкать
в размаху
ледоруб
to swing
an axe
to be
in good shape
быть
в хорошей
форме
оставаться
в безопасности
to stay
safe

8.

What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.

9.

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
for
этой
thisпричине
reason
зрелищный
a spectator
видsport
спорта
брызгать
to splash

10.

What does each of the activities involve? Read and listen.

11.

Ex. 2. Decide which of the statements are True, False or Not Stated.
1
2
3
4

12.

Ex. 2. Which person or people (A, B, C or D) …
1 have been doing their sport for over two years?
2 has to be very fit?
A
C
A
C
3 do a sport that is similar to another sort? A
D
B
D
4 found out about their sport from the media?
5 has taken part in an event? A
6 do their sport with others?
B
C
D
7 didn’t believe their hobby existed at first?
D
D

13.

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

14.

Ex. 4. Why are the following mentioned in the text?
snowboarding?
New
splashing?
thewaterfalls?
Zealand?
Alps?
frozen
That’s
all
that
spectators
It
wasLynch
inZealand
the
Alps
that
Paul
Sandboarding
Paul
New
has
isclimbed
issimilar
where
up
to
outside
the
pool
canstarted.
see
Lynch
fell
inwaterfalls.
love
withduring
the
zorbing
frozen
snowboarding.
first
the underwater
hockey match.
mountains.

15.

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 enter a competition
• entrants
• to be pretty proud
• in certain circles
• to be totally protected
• bizarre
• to be addicted to
• to fall in love with
• right equipment
• to be in good shape
• to stay safe
• to discover sth new and unusual
• a spectator sport
• extremely bright impressions
• rich experience

16.

Ex. 5. Which of the following do you enjoy doing in your free time?
to play a musical
instrument
to go to the
cinema
to listen to
CDs
to eat out
to go art
galleries
to paint
pictures
to design your
own clothes
I haven’t got much free time,
I enjoy
to go to
tobut
work
out reading
to watch or
a game
magazines
going to the cinema
when I can.
fashion shows
at a gym
to read
books
to watch
DVDs

17.

Ex. 6. Speaking. Choose any of the sports in the text. Then make
notes under the headings for each activity.
equipment
1
2
rules/technique
3
4
Use your notes to describe one activity to your partner. Your partner
guesses the activity.

18.

Ex. 7. Writing. Write a short paragraph for an international student’s
magazine about your favourite activity. Write:
name
equipment
rules/technique
why you like it
water skiing
• to relax
• to breathe slowly
• not to panic
water skis
a life jacket
bindings
water ski ropes
water ski tubes
a boat
a large area of water

19.

Workbook
Parachuting
Ice Climbing
Rock Climbing
Skydiving
Snowboarding
Underwater
Hockey

20.

2 Complete the grid.
What’s the hidden word?
zorbanaut
knock
snorkel
Hidden word: zorbing
Sandboarding
addicted
entrants
originated

21.

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d
a
c
f
g
b
h

22.

2 Complete the sentences.
whizzed down
spectator sport
bizarre activity
bounce around
opposing team
sand dunes
inflatable ball
general idea
spectator sport
opposing team
general idea
sand dunes
bounce around
whizzed down
bizarre activity
inflatable ball

23.

go
work

24.

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paint
watch
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paint
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