Sports

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Sports
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Talk

• Here are some popular sports around the world
  Tennis. Skiing, golf, basketball, rugby, soccer,
  baseball, badminton, cricket, bowls, boxing,
  ping-pong, volleyball, swimming, field and track,
  ice hockey
• Do you know something about those sports? Work in
  pairs. What is your favorite sport? Why do enjoy
  it? Is there anything you dislike about it?

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• Watching and playing sport is still one of the
  worlds most popular leisure activities. But with
  the arrival of professional competition, many
  people think some sports, like tennis and
  football, have change and have become too
  predictable. Here are some suggestions about how
  some sports could be improved to give players and
  spectators a sporting chance. Guess which sports
  the suggestions refer to.

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• I would make them use a circular pool and make
  them try to pass each other.
• I would let the referee look at a video recording
  before he decides to send a player off.
• I wouldnt let people over two meters tall play.
• Why dont they make them fight in a round ring,
  not in the traditional square?
• I wouldnt let the players have a second serve.
• Id let them all go down the slope at the same
  time, racing against each other.
• If the goal posts were wider apart it would let
  players score more.
• Make the players use heavier or wooden rackets.

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• Listen and check your answers to task two. The
  write down the reasons the speakers give. Discuss
  whether you agree with the speakers and why.
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• Fill in the parts of the body with wrist, bottom,
  toes, thigh, heel, elbow, ankle, shoulder, back,
  knee, chest, waist, chin

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Give instructions
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March the description with pictures

• Bend forward and touch your toes.
• Stand with your legs apart and hands on your
  hips.
• Lie on your back with your legs pointing upwards.
• Stand on your right leg and put your left foot
  against your right knee.
• Roll your head around in a circle.
• Lie down on the floor. Keeping your legs
  straight, bend forward until your heard touches
  your knees.
• Bend sideways from the waist.
• Balance on your bottom holding your heels in the
  air.