2. Extreme Sports
Listening & Speaking

3. get to know what extreme sports are and types of extreme sports.
Objectives
By the end of the lesson, you’ll be able to
get to know what extreme sports are and types of extreme sports.
read a short passage about extreme sports fluently after the speaker in the tape.

4. equipment, jump off, pull
bungee jumping
equipment, jump off, pull

5. Use a board to “surf” the air, do gymnastics in mid-air
sky surfing

6. surf on snow
surf on snow
surf on snow
snowboarding

7. snowrafting
a rubber boat
sail down
at great speed

8. fast flowing mountain rivers
whitewater rafting

9. dive into frozen water
ice diving

10. Words extreme 极度的 various 各种各样的 gymnastics 体操 fanatic 狂热者
equipment 设备 dull 枯燥无味的
bungee jumping 蹦极 sky surfing 空中滑板
snowboarding 单板滑雪 snowrafting 动力雪橇滑降
whitewater rafting 急流泛舟 ice diving 冰水潜水

11. Introduction
Speed, excitement, danger. You can find all these in the various extreme sports, which have become popular in the last ten years or so. Take bungee jumping. You jump off a bridge. When you hit the ground or water, a rope pulls you back. In sky surfing you jump out of an airplane and use a board to “surf” the air. Snowboarding, which has all the excitement of surfing but on snow, is more dangerous even than skiing. Probably the most dangerous of all the new winter sports is snowrafting. You sit in a rubber boat and sail down a mountain at great speed. In whitewater rafting you sit in a small raft and go down a river at great speed. Then there is ice diving. You put on diving equipment and dive under a frozen lake. So, extreme sports appear just as crazy.

12. Role Play
In this part, you are required to act as a role and complete three communicative tasks: listen to the conversation, ask three questions and then answer six questions.

13. Ask Three Questions
1. 卡罗尔，你从事什么类型的极限运动？
2. 你为什么喜欢蹦极？
3. 卡罗尔，有没有你不尝试的运动？

14. Answer Six Questions I do bungee jumping.
1. Carol, what sort of extreme sports do you do?
I do bungee jumping.
2. Why do you like bungee jumping?
Because I get nervous. When I’m jumping I feel it’s like being a bird.
3. Carol, are there any sports you wouldn’t try?
Yes, there are snowrafting, dull sports and boring sports I wouldn’t try.
4. Jonathan, what extreme sports do you do?
I like winter sports, like skiing and snowboarding.
5. What other sports would you like to try, Jonathan?
I’d quite like to go ice diving.
6. Jonathan, are there any sports you wouldn’t like to try?
Yes, I’d hate to do bungee jumping because I can’t stand heights.

15. Read Aloud
In this part, you are required to read loudly after the speaker in the tape.

16. Speed, excitement, danger
Speed, excitement, danger. You can find all these in the various extreme sports, which have become popular in the last ten years or so. Take bungee jumping. You jump off a bridge. When you hit the ground or water, a rope pulls you back. In sky surfing you jump out of an airplane and use a board to “surf” the air. Snowboarding, which has all the excitement of surfing but on snow, is more dangerous even than skiing. Probably the most dangerous of all the new winter sports is snowrafting. You sit in a rubber boat and sail down a mountain at great speed. In whitewater rafting you sit in a small raft and go down a river at great speed. Then there is ice diving. You put on diving equipment and dive under a frozen lake. So, extreme sports appear just as crazy.

18. Summary Don’t be nervous whether you listen or you read aloud.
Write down what you think is important when you practise “Role Play”.
Pay attention to pronunciation, intonation, stress and pause during your reading.

19. Homework
Read the passage about introduction to extreme sports again.
Preview Lesson 1( Adventure Holidays)

20. Thank you!