Extreme Sports Listening & Speaking

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.

equipment, jump off, pull bungee jumping equipment, jump off, pull

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

surf on snow surf on snow surf on snow snowboarding

snowrafting a rubber boat sail down at great speed

fast flowing mountain rivers whitewater rafting

dive into frozen water ice diving

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

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.

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.

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？

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Thank you!