新世纪大学英语视听说3 Unit7 Sports and Hobbies

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Vocabulary Link Fun things to doLook at the website. Pay attention to the words in bold. Add one more item to each category.

Sports

Games

Art & Crafts

Collections

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Vocabulary Link Fun things to doFor each category in the chart below, write your favorite example. Don’t show your chart to anyone!

Sports

Games

Art & Crafts

Collections

sport board game card game computer game

art or craft things to collect pastime comic book

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Vocabulary Link Fun things to doTry to guess your partner’s favorites for the categories. Make guesses using the questions below or others of your own. sport board game card game computer game art or craft things to collect pastime comic book

Do you do it alone?

Do you do it sitting down?

Do you do it outdoors? Does it require special equipment? Is it popular?

Does it require special skills or training? Is it traditional?

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Listening Is it worth anything?

Language Notes Proper names Spencer Other words athletic worth move away Greta torch fun object nope Lehmann Company event teddy bear collection fake

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Listening Is it worth anything?Spencer and Greta are guests on a TV show called How Much Is It Worth? They have brought objects to the TV studio. Listen to conversations 1 and 2, and write “S” for Spencer’s object and “G” for Greta’s object.

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__ G

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Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Listening Is it worth anything?Listen again. Check the correct column.

Spencer’s object 1. The host is looking at a photo of it. 2. It’s a fake. 3. A family member gave it to the guest. 4. In the future, the guest will give it away. 5. The guest’s brother played with it. 6. It’s not worth anything.

Greta’s object

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Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Speaking I’ve got cricket practice.Asking if someone knows something

Useful ExpressionsAsking if someone knows something Do you know the rules of cricket? Do you know how to play snooker? Are you familiar with karate? Have you ever heard of backgammon? Do you have any idea how chess is played?

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Speaking I’ve got cricket practice.Read and listen to Roshan and Olivia talking about cricket. Underline anything you learn about cricket.

Olivia: Where are you rushing off to? Roshan: I’ve got cricket practice. It starts at 5:00. Olivia: Cricket? Roshan: Are you familiar with it? It’s really popular in my country. Olivia: Is it a sport? Roshan: Yes. It’s played with a ball and bat. There are 11 players on each team. Practice the conversation with your partner.

Olivia: I didn’t know our unive

rsity even had a cricket team! Roshan: They do. We have players from all over the world. Olivia: You must really like it. Roshan: I do. It’s fun. I’ve been playing it since I was a teenager.

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Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Speaking I’ve got cricket practice.Work in groups of four. Each student reads about a different game. Ask if your group members know the game you read about. If not, explain the game. Try not to read the description while you are explaining.

You may follow the model below.

A: Are you familiar with the game of darts? B: Not really. How do you play it? A: You throw a dart at a target to score points. B: Where is the game played? A: In pubs in England mostly.

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Speaking I’ve got cricket practice.Work in groups of four. Each student reads about a different game. Ask if your group members know the game you read about. If not, explain the game. Try not to read the description while you are explaining.

This game is popular in Puerto Rico. The first team to score 500 points wins the match. This game uses dominoes. quinientos

This African game may be the world’s oldest. It’s played on a wooden board with holes. Players put seeds in the holes. mancala

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Speaking I’ve got cricket practice.Work in groups of four. Each student reads about a different game. Ask if your group members know the game you read about. If not, explain the game. Try not to read the description while you are explaining.This game, similar to chess, is played in Thailand. Some pieces look like temples. Some games are shown on TV. makruk

This game is popular in pubs in England. Players throw small pointed objects called darts at a round board to score points.

darts

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Communication Sports Hall of FameRead about these famous sports heroes. What else do you know about them?

Sammy Sosa

Sammy has been playing for the Chicago Cubs since 1993. In 1998, he and Mark McGwire broke the record for the most home runs in a single season. He has hit more than 50 home runs in four seasons in a row. When Sammy was a child, his family was poor. They couldn’t buy him a baseball bat, so he made one from a tree branch. Now the Sammy Sosa Foundation raises money for poor children in the Dominican Republic and Chicago. Sammy is married and has four children.

Lesson A In my free time

Lesson B The active life

Communication Sports Hall of FameRead about these famous sports heroes. What else do you know about them?

Steffi Graf

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