Unit 9, exercise 26 Group A Technical mountaineering course (TMC) → alpine mountain climbing course → very popular training centre in the Alps → lots of famous climbers started career here → previous experience not necessary → participants must be fit and ready to learn → participants must have basic rope skills (e.g. rock climbing, caving) → learn new skills and practise in real alpine terrain → at end of course, participants will be able to climb almost all alpine terrain safely and with confidence → 6-day-course → group rate: EUR 880 per person (includes all meals, transport, accommodation, technical gear) In groups, talk about your attitudes to success. 1 Do you have the same or different attitudes to success? 2 Do you think people in different countries have the same or different attitudes to success? Unit 6, exercise 21a Student B Rooms: You’d like to swap rooms with C. C has the biggest room, and you have a lot of stuff. TV: Your parents have bought a new TV. Where should the old one go? Household chores: Your parents expect you all to do a share of the chores. So, should there be a rota for shopping, cooking and other household chores? If not, what’s the alternative? Noise: How do you feel about noise and having parties? Should there be rules? Unit 10, exercise 24a Student A Is money in sport out of control? This week saw the beginning of an unpleasant new development in the financing of sport. Baseball star Dustin Pedroia signed a new six-year contract worth a record $40.5m, which will keep him at the Red Sox until 2014. Pedroia was quoted as saying, “I’m extremely excited – I definitely want to be here a long time.” With that sort of wage, I’m not surprised. It was also reported this week that Manchester City, now the wealthiest football team in the world, offered £129 million for Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillias. And on top of this, they were willing to pay him £11 million a season to play. What with the recent controversy surrounding cricket players joining the Indian Cricket League because of the vast sums of money available and the recent trend of Olympic (amateur) boxers to turn professional, I’m starting to wonder what sport really is about today. 136 A Activities Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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