Unit 4c- Extreme sports

1. This sport is in the air.

2. This sport is often or usually on a mountain.

3. This sport needs water.

4. This sport can take place over long distances.

​Work in pairs. Find these adjectives in the article. Which of the sports below do you think these adjectives also describe?

Critical thinking
fact or opinion

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Look at these sentences from the article and decide if they are a fact (F) or someone’s opinion (O).

1. He can jump between twenty and thirty meters. F

2. Cliff diving is a very exciting extreme sport. ​

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3. In this photo, American Andy Lewis is walking above a canyon. ​

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4. Highlining is a great adventure. ​

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5. The landscape is perfect. ​

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6. Extreme paragliders can fly over 3,000 meters high. ​

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O

F

What is the author’s opinion of

extreme sports? Do you think he likes them?

​Work in pairs.

​1 Can is a modal verb. Does it come before or after the main verb?

2 Do we add -s to can for he/she/it forms?

3 Do we need don’t in a negative sentence?

4 What are the adverbs in sentences b and d? Where are they in the sentences?

5 How do you form the question in e?

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Work in pairs. Look at the sentences in the grammar box. Answer the questions (1–5)

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Look at the grammar box again. Complete these sentences with can or can’t. Which sentences contain adverbs?

1. I ​

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swim well, but I can’t dive.

2. How well ​

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you play tennis?

3. A: ​

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you cycle up a mountain?

B: No, I ​

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can't

can

Can

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Look at the grammar box again. Complete these sentences with can or can’t. Which sentences contain adverbs?

4. I’m just a beginner. I ​

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play the

guitar well.

5. How many languages ​

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you speak?

6. I ​

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speak French, but I ​

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speak Chinese a little.

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Listen to the different pronunciations of can and can’t.

Listen and repeat the sentences

Take a year off!

Talking about abilities and interests.

1. What does the website offer?

2. What are the top three volunteer jobs?

Read the web page and answer the questions.

1. Do people take a year off in your country? What do they do during that time?

2. Do you do any volunteer work near where you live?

Work in pairs. Answer these questions.

Multiple Choice

Work in pairs. Listen to someone call the number on the website in Exercise 1. Which volunteer job is she interested in?

• teaching English

• writing for a newspaper

• helping the lions

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Listen again. Look at the expressions for talking about abilities and interests and circle the expressions you hear.

Listen to these sentences. Notice the stressed words. Then listen again and repeat.

Student A: You work for the Volunteer Work company. Ask Student B about his or her abilities and interests.

Student B: You want to take a year off. Answer questions about your abilities and interests.

Look at the website again and practice this telephone conversation.

You have an email

Writing short emails

How do you communicate with people in other places (e.g., by phone, by email, by text message, by online chat)? Do you communicate differently at work and in your free time? Why?

Categorize

Options (6)

Work in pairs. Read these short emails. Which are about work and which are about free-time activities?

Work

Free time

Work in pairs. Look at email 1 in Exercise 2. The writer uses it so he doesn’t repeat information. What does it refer to?

Match

Work in pairs. Look at these words from emails 2–6. What do they refer to?

• 2 her

• 3 it, him

• 4 there

• 5 one

• 6 them, it

the receptionist

the party; Omar

the new restaurant

the copy machine

some customers in Peru; the email reply

• the receptionist

• the party; Omar

• the new restaurant

• the copy machine

• some customers in Peru; the email reply

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These sentences repeat the same information. Change the bold words to the correct object pronoun.

1 I like Joe’s café. Can we meet at Joe’s café? ​

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2 I have your letter. Can you come and get the letter? ​

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3 Do you like Mexican food? The café downstairs has Mexican food at lunchtime. ​

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4 I’m in my office, so meet me in my office. ​

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there

it

them

him

one

us

you

me

they

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These sentences repeat the same information. Change the bold words to the correct object pronoun.

5 Olav can’t finish his work. Can you help Olav? ​

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6 Matt and Suki are late. Please call Matt and Suki. ​

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7 I like the new nightclub. Can we go to the new nightclub? ​

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8 I need a new computer. This computer is very old. ​

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Message 1: Ask for help with something at work.

Message 2: Invite your partner somewhere (e.g., a restaurant, the movies).

​Write two short emails to a friend or someone you work with. Use reference words.