51 Boost your vocabulary with ‘How sports gave me swagger’ Read the article on pp. 96/97 in your coursebook again and find out what expressions the author used for options a–j below. a properly behaved (only used for women): (adj.) b brothers or sisters: (n.) c a try: an (n.) d football: (n.) e wish: (n.) f to win against someone in a competition: to someone (v.) g the sound of people clapping: (n.) h with child; going to have a baby: (adj.) i the feeling of being extremely tired: (n.) j to do sports: to (v.) or to (v.) LANGUAGE 6 Prepositions Complete the following sentences from the FM4 feature on Spartan Races with the correct prepositions. Then listen again and check. Presenter: A few dozen people, mostly just (1) in shorts and shirts and (2) all sizes and ages, run off to tackle an arduous obstacle course that will take them (3) mud, water and (4) barbed wire. De Sena: No, we’re taking it pretty seriously. We’re working (5) getting (6) the Olympics. We think it’s got the makings (7) an Olympic sport. This is less (8) coming with a bunch of friends and partying and more (9) digging deep, training, discipline, goal-setting and pushing (10) or crawling (11) a barbed wire and getting (12) the walls, climbing the rope and getting it done. Presenter: Yet, with courses ranging (13) around 5 kilometres (14) full marathon length, you don’t have to be an elite athlete to take part (15) a Spartan Race. LANGUAGE 5 19 74r8kk Remember the rules you should follow when doing a paired speaking activity. Match the sentence halves. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. SPEAKiNG 7 1 Take turns 2 Make sure your partner understands 3 Agree or disagree 4 Let your partner know 5 Invite your partner to express 6 Interrupt your partner politely 7 Express 8 Try to come to an agreement 9 Discuss all the points 10 Find arguments for and against a you understand what they say. b to express your view. c speaking. d given. e what you want to say. f each of the aspects given. g with your partner. h their opinion. i at the end of the discussion. j your opinion. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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