How Do Athletes Become Champions?

How Do Athletes Become Champions?

Guess where you are

You are in an audience.

Some are writing notes or taking pictures.

There is a big stage and a screen in front of you. The screen

says “Welcome to the Sports Symposium!” You see an Emirati come

to the front of the stage and start to speak into the microphone.

Multiple Choice

Predict where you are and what will you be listening to

• a presentation about elephants at the Dubai Zoo

• a speech about Emirati history at the Abu Dhabi

  Convention Cente

• a tennis match at Dubai Stadium

• a presentation about athletes at the Dubai

  Conference Cente

Listen to Dr. Falah’s introduction.

Was your prediction correct?

What will his presentation be about?

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Listen to Dr. Falah’s presentation. Choose the sentence that summarizes his

presentation.

• 1 Champions are very lucky because they are naturally good at their sport.

  2 Champions set personal goals, train hard and learn from their mistakes.

  3 Athletes only need to dream about becoming champions and it will come true.

  4 Champions don’t have to train often if they set clear personal goals.

  5 Venus Williams dreamed of being the best tennis player in the world

Open Ended

Unscramble the following sentences

1 Williams / tennis / Venus / is / a / champion.

2 had / By / won / 2016, / she / medals. / four

3 set / goals / She / personal / herself. / for

4 athletes / learn / Successful / mistakes. / their / from

5. hard / champions / every / train / day. / conclusion, / In

Fill in the Blank

What do you want to be the best at? Think of yourself in the future. You will be interviewed about your success. Prepare notes to answer each question

Fill in the Blank

Athletes become champions through

(1)............and (2)...............

Venus Williams did three things to become a champion.

She set (3)............., like hitting the ball harder or running faster.

A personal goal should be something you can achieve, not just a dream.

A top athlete (4)..............hard every day.

Venus practiced for hours on the tennis court and went to the gym.

An athlete doesn’t get angry when they make a (5).........

They learn from them and improve their game.