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2 Challenging Sports
A Before you watch
1 Label the six pictures below with the words in the box.
1 2 3
4 5 6
2 Have you ever tried any of these sports? If not, would you like to try them?
B While you watch
1 Answer these questions.
1 Which two sports are Simone and April comparing?
2 Which sport does Simone prefer?
3 Which sport does April prefer?
mountain climbing parachuting bungee jumping snowboarding scuba diving surfing
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2 of 22 Challenging Sports
2 Complete the two fact files.
C After you watch
1 Complete the information using the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses or as … as.
In bodyboarding the athlete lies flat on the board. It’s the 1 (easy) surfing to learn, but one of the 2 (difficult) to perfect. It requires many hours of practice. Speed is 3 important
stamina. But the 4 (smooth), 5 (precise) surfers usually
win gold.
Kneeboarding is surfing with both knees on the board. Again, speed is critical. The 6 (good)
kneeboarders know how to handle the waves and avoid the white water. People like kneeboarding, but it is not
7 popular surfboarding.
2 Work in pairs. Imagine you are Simone and April. Role-play a conversation to decide which of the two sports above to feature on your sports segment.
D Language points
1 Match the two halves of the sentences.
1 It looks like a precise, so complex. 2 It takes b could do it. 3 Each movement is so c incredible timing. 4 It’s a lot harder d great fun.5 Anybody with a sense of balance e than it looks.
2 Work in pairs. Use the sentences above to describe some of the sports in the exercise in Before you watch.
E Your viewpoint
Work in pairs and write two dangers for each sport in the exercise in Before you watch. Then, rank the six sports from 1 (the most dangerous) to 6 (the least dangerous).
Did you know …?1 Surfing has huge numbers of
around the world.
2 The 19th World Surfing Games were held in Durban, .
3 A total of countries attended these Surfing Olympics.
4 There are major divisions of surfing.
Did you know …?1 Snowboarding is one of the world’s
-growing sports.
2 In the 1980s it wasn’t as acceptable as .
3 For many years snowboarders were considered too and too wild.
4 In it became an official Olympic sport.
SNOWBOARDING SURFING