94 Unit 07 Move it! 74yi7k In this unit you will: compare different kinds of sports find reasons for getting off the couch say how things are done using adverbs have a conversation about sports hear about people running like Greek warriors write a formal email to a teacher abroad Match the nine quotes to the five statements about sports in the middle. READING + SPEAKING 1 a “When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.” (Lindsey Vonn, skiing) 1 “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” (Muhammad Ali, boxing) 2 “You win some, lose some, and wreck1 some.” (Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR racing) 3 “Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can’t handle!” (Sanya Richards-Ross, athletics) 4 “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” (Wayne Gretzky, ice hockey) 6 “The only one who can tell you ‘You can’t win’ is you, and you don’t have to listen.” (Jessica Ennis-Hill, athletics) 5 “Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hardto-find alloy2 called guts.” (Dan Gable, wrestling) 7 “The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision3 the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” (Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilding) 8 “You can’t win until you learn how to lose.” (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball) 9 If you don’t try, you can’t win. Winning is hard work. Losing is a natural part of competitive sports. The only thing that’s stopping you is yourself. Never give up! 1 to wreck sth.: etw. zerstören 2 alloy: Legierung (Verbindung von Metallen) 3 to envision sth.: sich etw. vorstellen Compare your answers in class. Then discuss these questions in pairs: 1 Do you agree that these quotes fit the statements? Give reasons why/why not. 2 Are these statements true only for sports or also for other things? Give examples. 3 How many famous female athletes can you name? What could be the reason why only three of the quotes are by women? Decide which of the statements in the middle appeals to you most. Rank them from 1 (most appealing) to 5 (least appealing). Compare your rankings in class. b 2 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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