way2go! 5, Schulbuch

91 Statements T F First four words 0 The author doesn’t mind being watched. Practically speaking, that means 1 As a child, she was too shy to ask for candy at Halloween. 2 The author’s parents got her to start doing sports. 3 The boys in her soccer team treated her with care. 4 She was aggressive and determined from the start. 5 She always trained very hard in order to be successful. 6 Drug abuse is a big problem amongst girls who do sports. 7 Sports give the author a feeling of power. The author says that organised sports gave her ‘swagger’, meaning self-confidence. Together with a partner, discuss how being good at sports can have that effect. Then think of more reasons why people do sports. 9 Have a mini-discussion of about three minutes with a partner. Roll the dice and find your topic below. Before you start, agree on who argues for and who argues against the statement. 1 Winter sports are more exciting than summer sports. 2 Indoor sports are more attractive than outdoor sports. 3 Team sports are more fun than individual sports. 4 School sports are more motivating than sports with the family. 5 Doing dangerous sports is better than doing no sports at all. 6 Watching sports events is more interesting than doing sports. Choose one of the topics from exercise 10 and write a PEEL paragraph about it.  See PEEL , p. 35. SPEAKING 10 WRITING 11 I have been asked how one gets swagger if they never played sports. My answer is this: Work out. I wish it were easier. I actually hate exercising. But I love the feeling after. The sense of accomplishment. Overcoming the pain and fatigue. Pushing yourself beyond what you thought you were capable of. Not giving up. The way you do one thing is the way you will do all things. And when you exercise, you be- come more in tune with your body. You can feel yourself getting stronger. It affects your posture, your gait. You feel like an athlete, a warrior, power- ful. That’s swagger. So start running, do Pilates, try P90X, take a kickboxing or ballet class. Run faster, be aggressive, go after it. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv