48 Unit 07 Move it! Read the interview that Marc gave a local paper after winning a sports contest. 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 Reporter: Congratulations on winning the Junior District Championship in wushu, Marc. 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! Marc: 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 roots, I suppose. Reporter: Wushu is typically Chinese, isn’t it? It plays with opposites, like yin and yang. Marc: 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 example, or hard and soft moves. And it is also a very holistic sport in that, during competitions, 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? Marc: About three years ago, I started doing wushu really (3) (serious). I train at home, and I also go to the gym three times a week, but I may have to increase that a bit. The big stars train six to seven hours a day, which is what I can’t do at the moment. Reporter: Do many people (4) (practice) wushu? Marc: 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 not an Olympic discipline yet, but we’ll try again for 2032. Reporter: And you’re planning on being part of our team then, aren’t you? Marc: 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). Marc: 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? Marc: 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 uncertain anyway. I might injure myself, something might happen at school. It’s not worth (9) (spend) too much energy on it. Reporter: Any dreams for the future? Marc: 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 championship – so that would be my dream. But I know that I have a long way to go before this dream becomes (11) (real). UNiT 07 | Move it! Interview with a martial arts champion Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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