English File Pre-Intermediate 3rd Edition Unit 11
English File Pre-Intermediate 3rd Edition Unit 11
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> p.l46 Grammar Bank llA. Learn more about expressing T he hardest lesson to learn in sport is how to
lose with dignity, without blaming your defeat
on the referees or refusing to shake hands with
movement and practise it.
your opponent. Here are some famous moments
when losing was just too hard ...
d Look at the photos in 1. Say w hat t he people a re doing.
0e's hitting the ball over the net. In 1981 at Wimbledon a young John McEnroe was
serving. The umpire said that his serve was 1 _ _ _,
but McEnroe thought it was 2_ _ _. He became
furious and shouted 'You CANNOT be serious!' at the
4 READING & SPEAKING umpire. He also called the umpire 'an incompetent fool!'
a W hen you play a s port or a ga me w ith fa mily o r frie nds, bow In the 2003 Athletics World Championship the 100
do you react if you lose? Are you a good o r bad loser? Are a ny metres runner, Jon Drummond, was disqualified for a
of you r fam ily or friend bad losers? false start. Drummond lay 3_ __ on the t rack and
began to cry. Two hours later his coach told journalists:
b Read the text and answer with a narne. W hich of the bad losers ... ? 'He's still crying. We're making him drink water because
1 insu lted the match official he's becoming dehydrated.'
2 did not want to do his job after the match In the 1982 German Grand Prix Nelson Piquet was
3 became very emotiona l when he couldn 't take part winning the race. He was trying to pass Eliseo Salazar
4 tried to hit somebody (who was last in the race), but Salazar didn't let him go
4_ _ _ him and Piquet crashed into Salazar. Piquet
5 said sorry after the event
jumped 5_ _ _ his car and started trying to hit and
c Read the text again and complete the gaps w ith the kick Salazar (without much success!).
preposit ions in t he list. South Korean footballer Ahn jung- Hwan scored
the goal that sent Italy 6_ _ _ the 2002 World Cup
down in out out of (x2) past
when t hey beat them 2- 1. But Jung-Hwan also played
for the Italian football club Perugia. After the match
d Look at the highlighted words in the text w hich are
t he president of the club, Luciano Gaucci. announced
all related to sport. With a partner gue s their meaning. that the player's contract would not be renewed. 'That
gentleman will never set foot in Perugia again,' Gaucci
e In pairs answer t he questions.
said. 'I have no intention of paying a salary to somebody
I Who do you think was the worst loser? who has ruined Italian football.' Gaucci later apologized,
2 Whose behaviour do you think was understa ndable? but Ahn Jung-Hwan left the club and never went back to
3 Do you know any famou porrspeople who a re bad losers? an Italian club.
When England won the Rugby
World Cup in 2003 by beating
5 WRITING Australia in the last minute of
the match, the Australian Prime
a Talk to a partner. Do you t hink there is too much football o n
minister. John Howard. was so
TV? W hy (not)?
angry that in the medals ceremony
b > p.l17 Writing An opinion essay. Read a model essay about he almost threw the medals at the
English players. His behaviour was
footbal l on TV, a nd then write o ne.
described by a journalist as being
'like an unhappy five-year-old at a
birthday party who starts throwing
6 4 59 >)) SONG The Final Countdown J' toys around.'
Adapted from a British newspaper
G word order of phrasal verbs What's the first
V phrasal verbs thing you do when
Plinking you wakeup?
b Read an interview with Sara Mohr-Pietsch. 1 What time do vou get up when vou're doing the Breakfast show ?
Match the questions and answers.
I get up at 4.45 a.m. and leave the house at 5.20.
A Do you choose what you wear the night
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before?
B Do you have anything to eat before you go Yes. I usually set my radio alarm to come on at 4.30 so that I can wake
to work? up slowly as ! listen to the world news. I set my phone alarm for 4.45
and leave it on the other side of the room so I have to get up to turn it off!
C Do you use an alarm clock to wake up?
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D How do you feel when you wake up?
E How do you get to work? It depends - some mornings I feel rested and awake, but other
mornings it's quite hard to get out of bed . It depends on the season.
F How does this affect your social life?
I find I need much more sleep in the winter.
G What time do you get up when you're doing
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the Brealdast show? ----------------------------------------------- - -
H What time do you go to bed when you're If I'm slow to get up, then I wait until I'm in the studio before having
working the next day? breakfast, but most mornings I have a bowl of cereal before I leave the
house.
I Would you like to change your working
5
hours?
That depends on the season too. In the summer I usually wait until the
c C over the answers and look at the questions. morning to decide. But in the winter I often leave clothes out the night
With a partne r remember h er ans wers. before so that I can stay in bed until the last minute!
What social life? I certainly can't go out for a wild night during the
week, but I'm lucky because a lot of my closest friends live near me,
so I can see them in the evenings and still go to bed quite early.
f Look at the dia log ue aga in. Answer the questio ns w ith
a partner.
Find two phrases that the twins use . ..
w hen they have something [±] in common .
w hen they have somethin g B in common .
2 Why do you thi n k the auxiliary verb cha nges?
g _>.... p.l46 Grammar Bank llC. Learn more abo ut so
neither, etc. and pract ise them . '
2 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress, /o/ and /8/ 5 LISTENING
a 5 7>)) Listen and repeat the words and sounds.
c 5 9 >)) Listen and repeat the dialogues. U nderline the stressed words.
I A I like tea. B So do I. 3 A I don't smoke. B Neither do I.
2 A I'm tired. B So am I. 4 A I'm not hungry. B Neither am I.
as both iQg_Qtical like Q§ther ~mi lar so a security guard and Springer was a deputy
sheriff. Jim Lewis first married a woman
b Complete t he sentences about you a nd
your fami ly. Tell your partner. called Linda, and then a woman called
Betty, exactly the same names 4_ _ __
I I have the same colo u r eyes as my ___ .
2 I look li ke my _ __ . Jim Springer's first and second wives.
3 My personality is quite similar to my ___ 's. Even their tastes in sport are 5_ __ _
4 My ___ and I both like ___ . Jim Springer likes baseball and 6 _ _ __
5 Llike ___ and so does my _ _ _ . does Jim Lewis. Jim Lewis doesn't like basketball
6 I do n't like ___ and neither d oes my _ __ . and 7 does Jim Springer.