1. Unit 6 Sports Events and Outdoor Activities

2. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Session 2 Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage I

3. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Passage I The Triathlons Great Attraction

4. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 1. What is your favorite sport? Give your reasons. Warm-up questions

5. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 2. Do you know anything about triathlon? Warm-up questions

6. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading of the passage The Triathlons Great Attraction passag e passag e

7. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading comprehension Fill in the blanks with the information about Melanie Sears.

8. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Information about Melanie Sears Name: ______________ Age: _______ Sex: ___________ Sport item: ___________ Motivation for triathlon: ____________________________________. Melanie Sears 17 Female Triathlon It is a great fun and all efforts are worth it Reading comprehension

9. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Information about Melanie Sears Achievement at 14: _________________ _______________________________ Reasons for failure in National Championship: ___________________ Weakness of the three items: _________ Big trouble faced: _____________________________ Winning the junior section in her first triathlon match Took the wrong way Cycling No one of her age to train with Reading comprehension

10. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 her personal ideas about triathlon her parents opinion about triathlon her first match in triathlon the reason of her failure in the National Championship her performance in the European Championship Reading comprehension Role-play a TV sports talk show with Melanie Sears. Ask Melanie Sears the following questions:

11. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 2. Thank you, and hello, everyone. 3. …… 4. …… Reading comprehension The talk could start like this: 1. Hello, everybody. Today we are very pleased to be able to have Miss Melanie Sears with us. Welcome to the Sports Talk Show, Melanie.

12. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Useful words and expressions a. promise to do: be likely to do; have the chance to do (skyscraper, promise to be This new skyscraper promises to be the highest building in the city. Key:

13. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 b. be worth (doing) sth.: having a certain value of doing sth. I think the work is worth the time and energy we spent. Key: Useful words and expressions

14. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 c. end up doing sth.: complete sth.; with the result of Having different opinions about the matter, ________ ( ). we end up debating heatedly Useful words and expressions

15. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 d. all the way: in the whole course of…; during Useful words and expressions Its late. It seems that I have to run all the way to school.

16. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 e. be tempted to do: be attracted to do Many students are tempted to play the games online. Useful words and expressions Key:

17. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 f. sooner or later: in the end (realize, protect environment) They will realize the importance of protecting the environment sooner or later. Useful words and expressions Key:

18. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Exercises Key to Ex. 5: 1. What has made the triathlon one of the most attractive Olympic sports? 2. In order to do the research project, many scientists have given up their personal happiness.

19. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Exercises Key to Ex. 5: 3. The audience has got tired of these often-repeated phrases. 4. It will do us a lot of good to take part in more social activities. 5. She is confident to come first at the Olympic Games.

20. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Exercises Key to Ex. 5: 6. He is not quite sure if it is worth doing. 7. They will realize the importance of environmental protection sooner or later. 8. Its late. It seems that I have to run all the way to school.

21. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Exercises 1. Susan promises to be an outstanding student. Key to Ex. 6: This new skyscraper promises to be the highest building in this city.

22. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 2. What makes the professor devote so much time to his work? Exercises Key to Ex. 6: What makes the parents feel so satisfied with the school?

23. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 3. The performance seemed so interesting that all the people in the entire crowd is attracted. The cookery seemed so fascinating that Im eager to try at once. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

24. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 4. Curiously, the children watched the experiment with full attention. Hopefully, he entered the final competition. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

25. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 5. We realized then that we had made a wrong decision. We ended up losing a very good opportunity. She realized then that they had cheated her. Her company ended up losing $100,000. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

26. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 6. Im afraid that if he doesnt follow our advice, he will run into trouble. Im afraid that if you miss the chance, it will be hard for you to get a second one. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

27. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 7. I was almost as good as my mother in cooking, but much less skilled in knitting. I was almost as good as they are in speed, but much weaker in endurance. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

28. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 8. With her devotion to the research, she will find a way to cure the disease sooner or later. With his devotion to writing, his novel will be published sooner or later. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

29. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 1. Recite the first paragraph of Passage I. 2. Preview Passage II and the exercises.

30. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading of the passage The triathlon promises to be one of the most popular Olympic sports. Recently it has drawn huge crowds attracted (and worried) by athletes swimming 1500m, cycling 40km, and then running 10km without stopping. Great for those watching, maybe, but what makes the triathletes want to punish their bodies so much? And what makes an attractive 17-year-old, with excellent academic results, give up everything for the strange pleasures it offers?

31. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading of the passage Melanie Sears has not yet learnt those often- repeated phrases about personal satisfaction, mental challenge and higher objectives that most athletes always use when asked similar questions. "You swim for 1500m, then get out of the water and jump on your bike, still wet. Of course, then you freeze. When the 40km cycle ride is over, you have to run 10km, which is a long way when you're feeling very tired. But it's great fun, and all worth it in the end," she says. Melanie entered her first triathlon at 14. "I won the junior sectionbut then I was the only junior taking part. It seemed so easy that I was waving at my team- mates as I went round."

32. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading of the passage Confidently, Melanie Sears entered the National Championships, and although she had the second fastest swim and the fastest run, she got nowhere. "I was following this man and suddenly we came to the sea. We realized then that we had gotten lost. I ended up cycling 20 kilometers too far. I cried all the way through the running."

33. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading of the passage But she did not give up and is determined that she never will. "Sometimes I wish I could stop, because then the pain would be over, but I am afraid that if I stop just once, I would be tempted to do it again. It's dogged that does it."

34. Unit 6 New Practical English 1 Reading of the passage Melanie was top junior in this year's European Triathlon Championships, finishing 13th. "I was almost as good as the top three in swimming and running, but much slower at cycling. That's why I'm working very hard at it. The big trouble is, I have no one of my age to train with," she says. Funny, that. Melanie is truly a teenager with a taste for endurance. With her devotion to the triathlon, she will succeed sooner or later.