English for sport volunteers

1.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО СПОРТА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ
ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«ПОВОЛЖСКАЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ ФИЗИЧЕСКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ, СПОРТА И ТУРИЗМА»
Course: English for sport volunteers
Session 10 (2 hours)
MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT
Казань – 2020

2.

Discuss these questions
1. What kind of things do self-help books give advice
about?
2. Do you ever buy self-help books?
3. Have you found them useful?

3.

The headings below come from self-help
books about relaxation. Choose two or
three and guess what the advice will be.
a) Water while-you-wait g) Stressed out?
b) Musical relief
c) Empty your brain
d) Your mind
e) Unblocking your
emotional flow
f) Skip-to-it
h) Getting rid of the
clutter in your life
i) Stress in the workplace
j) Instant air-conditioning
k) Colour your thoughts
l) New beginnings

4.

Use the box to complete the gaps.
Notice there are four extra words (1)
than
more
among
about
less
one
the
likely nothing most
some
What
better than
either
of
The ancient art of reading someone's palm has always been (1) ________ the
most popular ways of foretelling the future ... after all, you don't have to
believe it. And the best thing (2) ________ it is that it doesn’t require a lot of
time or expensive equipment (3) ________. But many are skeptical that palm
reading has any scientific basis at all. (4) ________ could be more ridiculous (5)
________ the idea that our future can be predicted from the random lines and
creases on our hands? Cynics claim that palmists use other dues to gain their
'amazing' insights ... in other words, the (6) ________ experienced and
observant the reader is, the (7) ________ she becomes at noticing things
which help her to 'predict' the future ... while the more cynical the 'victim' is,
the (8) ________ likely they are to believe a word of it!
However, scientists at the University of Barcelona have discovered that
palmistry may have some basis in scientific truth.

5.

Use the box to complete the gaps.
Notice there are four extra words (2)
than
more
among
about
less
one
the
likely nothing most
some
What
better that
either
of
Having compared the palms of 140 children, they discovered that (9)
________ more arches and loops children have on their palms, the
more (10) ________ they are to be intellectually impaired. And the
existence of a Simian line - a rare crease across the palm - appears to
be (11) ________ of the most reliable indicators of mental deficiency.
This may be connected with events between the thirteenth and
eighteenth weeks of pregnancy, a crucial time for brain development
and the period when fingerprints are formed. So maybe there is some
truth in what the palm reader says... and there's (12) ________ more
guaranteed to cheer you up than the news that you're about to meet a
tall dark stranger who will change your life for the better!

6.

Vocabulary
a) Explaining your choice
b) Expressing reservations
He showed great courage/
determination in the way
he ...
He/she could easily have
(done) ...
She must have felt terrified
about...
They took a big risk when
they ...
What particularly strikes/
impresses/me about... is
(the fact that) ...
They set a great example to
...
She is a positive role model
He risked his life to ...
Personally, I don't think she
should have ...
You could argue that it was
a bit stupid/naive to ...
c) In your speech
We found it difficult to
come to an agreement ...
After a great deal of
discussion ...
In the end, we decided ...
I am very proud to present
the award to ...
The first prize goes to ...

7.

Write a short news article describing
the awards ceremony. Use these
guidelines
Make the winner (and to a lesser extent the runner- up) the main focus
of the article: describe what he/she has achieved, why the panel chose
him/her, and include some imaginary quotes from the delighted winner.
Refer briefly to the other finalists, their achievements and possibly,
why they were not chosen.
Remember to refer briefly to the TV programme, and describe the
atmosphere at the award ceremony, etc.

8.

Use the definitions to guess the
appropriate part of the body in the
idioms.
1.
A ________ to cry on (= a sympathetic
listener)
2.
keep a straight ________ (= stop
yourself from laughing)
3.
________ -raising (= very scary!)
4.
turn a blind ________ to something (=
pretend not to notice)
5.
turn your ________ up at something (=
treat something with contempt)
6.
________ -watering (= delicious, tasty)
7.
up to your ________ in it (= totally
busy and overwhelmed by work)
8. get your ________ round something (=
understand something difficult)
9. ________ -rending (= extremely sad
and moving).
10. to have butterflies in your ________ (=
feel very nervous before you do
something)
11. win________ down (= win easily)
12. all fingers and ________ (= very, very
clumsy)
13. pull someone’s ________ (= make fun
of somebody)
14. put your ________ in it (= say
something that upsets somebody)

9.

Check your answers
1. shoulder
2. face
3. hair
4. eye
5. nose
6. mouth
7. chin
8. head
9. heart
10.stomach
11.hands
12.thumbs
13.leg
14.foot

10.

Spend a few minutes studying the
idioms. Which of them could relate
to:
a)
food and drink?
b)
worry, sadness or nerves?
c)
embarrassing situations?
d)
humour?
e)
stressful situations?
f)
sport

11.

Look at the leaflet. What is it for?
What other places have leaflets like
this?
Match the headings
below to the correct
section of the leaflet.
Why are the headings
questions?
Think of questions for
the other four
sections.
Who are the trainers?
What if I don’t have
much free time?
How long do I have to
join for?
What other facilities
are there?

12.

Complete this advice for writing
leaflets using the words and phrases
below.
1) The________ should be visually attractive.
2) It is a good idea to use________, illustrations, colours, etc.
3) The language should not be________
4) ________ should be avoided.
5) Headings should ________
6) ________ should be quite short.
7) The information given should move from the ________.
too complex layout
bullet points
stand out
sentences
long blocks of prose general to the specific

13.

Check your answers
1) The layout should be visually attractive.
2) It is a good idea to use bullet points illustrations, colours, etc.
3) The language should not be too complex
4) Long blocks of prose should be avoided.
5) Headings should stand out
6) Sentences should be quite short.
7) The information given should move from the general to the specific.

14.

https://www.examenglish.com/B1/b1_listening_sports.htm

15.

much and many
much with uncountable nouns in questions and negatives.
How much money have you got?
1 We use
There isn‘t, much milk left.
many with count nouns in questions and negatives.
How many people were at the party?
I didn't take many photos on holiday.
2 We use

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21.

You have been asked to write a leaflet for
a new sports centre in your area.