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38 Unit 07 Move it! Read the interview that Mark gave to the local Cambridge paper On Route after winning the Wushu District Championship. Some words are missing. Change the word in brackets to form the missing word for each gap (1–11). Write your answers in the spaces provided on the next page. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 1 Unit 07 | Move it! Reporter: Congratulations on winning the Junior  District Championship in Wushu, Mark. Wushu is a type of Chinese martial art, so what made you choose such an unusual sport? It’s not exactly typical of a lad from Cambridge! Mark: My grandmother is from Taiwan, and I    watched local Taiwanese (0) (compete) with her on cable TV and really loved it, so she found a club for me, and I first started when I was five. It’s a way of connecting with my Chinese roots, I suppose. Reporter: Wushu is typically Chinese, isn’t it?  It plays with opposites, like yin and yang. Mark: Yes, that’s a good way of putting it.    It’s self-defense and attack at the same time, and always combines (1) (athlete) opposites, like speed and slowness, for exam- ple, or hard and soft moves. And it is also a very holistic sport, in that, during competi- tions, everything is (2) (rate) , from the way you move your body, and the steps you take, to things like how you control your breath and show your strength. Reporter: How long did it take you to get to  where you are now? Mark: About three years ago, I started doing  Wushu really (3) (serious) . I practise at home and I also go to the gym three times a week, but I may have to increase this a bit. The big stars train six to seven hours a day, which is what I cannot do at the moment. Reporter: Do many people (4) (practice)  Wushu? Mark: Yes, quite a few. It’s not as popular as  football or cricket, obviously, but more and more people are starting to take an interest. It’s become an Olympic discipline, and will be part of the Olympics soon. Reporter: And you’re planning on being part of  our team then, aren’t you? Mark: Well, if everything goes well for me  and I don’t injure myself and if I can win some (5) (Europe) competitions, that’s definitely a possibility. But that’s still a long way off, and I don’t know whether I’m really good enough. Reporter: I hear you are also one of the star  students at Whitehall, which limits the amount of time you have for (6) (train) . Mark: I don’t know whether I’m one of the  star students, all I can say is that I get a lot of support from the teachers there and from the other students too. This is tremendous. There’s never a problem with getting time off to go to a competition, and also my classmates are very (7) (understand) . When we work together on projects outside class, they always manage to fit in with my schedule, which is really great. But I also have to say that I’m afraid either my school or my sports results will suffer the (8) (close) we get to GCSEs, and I can’t see a way beyond that to A levels at the moment. Reporter: Is that a worry? Mark: Yes, definitely, it’s a worry. But I try to  concentrate on the here and now, and not worry too much about the future. It’s too un- certain anyway. I might injure myself, some- thing might happen at school. It’s not worth (9) (spend) too much energy on it. Reporter: Any dreams for the future? Mark: I think anybody who does a particular  sport seriously and spends a lot of time on it dreams of (10) (participate) in the Olympic Games or in a world champion- ship – so that would be my dream. But I know that I have a long way to go before this dream becomes (11) (real) . Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv