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English File Pre-Intermediate 3rd Edition Unit 11

1) The document describes several famous incidents of poor sportsmanship and bad losers in various sports. 2) It provides examples of John McEnroe insulting a tennis umpire, a runner crying after being disqualified, a racing driver trying to hit another driver after a crash, and a soccer player being fired after scoring against his club in an international match. 3) It also discusses the angry reactions of politicians after their countries lost major sporting events.

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English File Pre-Intermediate 3rd Edition Unit 11

1) The document describes several famous incidents of poor sportsmanship and bad losers in various sports. 2) It provides examples of John McEnroe insulting a tennis umpire, a runner crying after being disqualified, a racing driver trying to hit another driver after a crash, and a soccer player being fired after scoring against his club in an international match. 3) It also discusses the angry reactions of politicians after their countries lost major sporting events.

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G expressing movement

V sports, expressing movement


P sports
It went
over the bar.

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1 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING sports 2 VOCABULARY


a What sports ca n you see in the photos? sports, expressing movement

b 4 55 >)) Look at the spo rts in the list. How do you


a Put these words in the correct column . Do you
pronounce them in Engli sh? Listen and check, and know a ny other wo rds connected to these sports?
underline the st ressed syllable. Do you know the names of
bunker corner hole lap match point
a ny o ther s po rts in English? penalt y serve track
ath le t ics base ball ba sket ball box ing cy cling
athletics football golf tennis
footlball golf hand ball ho ckey mo tor ra cing
rugiby skijing tennis volley ball wind isur fing

p Verbs with sports


1 We use play for sports with a ball, e.g. I play hockey
b 4 56 >)) Listen to the sports commentaries. What
a re the four sports?
at school.
2 With sports ending in -ing (cycling, skiing, windsurfing, etc.) c Listen agai n and co mplete the sentences with o ne
we normally use the verb, e.g. I cycle at weekends, or go + word. Then match sentences 1- 4 with pictures a-d.
sport, e.g. I go cycling at weekends.
3 We use do for sport and exercise in general, e.g. I do sport I D T he ball has gone _ _ the lake.
at weekends, and for martial arts, athletics, yoga, Pilates,
2 [] The ba ll has gone the bar.
etc., e.g. I do yoga twice a week.
3 D ow they have to run _ _ the track one
c Ask and answer with a partner. Give and ask fo r as much more time.
inform atio n as you can. 4 D That's a very hard return, but the ball has
gone _ _ !
SPORT- YOU LOVE IT OR YOU HATE IT.
• Do you do any sport or exercise?
D Yes. What? Do you enjoy it? D No. Why not?
• Did you use to do any other sport s or exercise? Why did you stop?
• Which sports do you think are the most exciting to watch?
• Which sports do think are the most boring?
• Are you (or is anyone in your family) a fan of a sports team?
Which one?
• Do you (or they) watch their matches?
• What is the most exciting sporting event you have ever seen?

d >- p.l62 Vocabulary Bank Expressing movement.


3 GRAMMAR expressing movement
a Complete the sentences wi th a verb fro m t he list.

hit kick run throw

In basketball you have to ___ the ba ll through a r ing with a


basket.
2 In footba ll you have tO _ _ _ the ball into a goa l.
3 In tennis you have to ___ the ball over a net.
4 ln the 800 metre you have to ___ twice round the track.
b Look at the sentence below. Tr y to thi nk of three d ifferent
verbs you cou ld put in the gap, e.g. walked.

c
The man _ _ along the street until he got to the corner.
> 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?

1 SPEAKING & READING


a Answer the ques tions with a pa rtner.

1 What time do you wake up during the week?


2 Do you use an alarm clock t o wake up? If not,
what makes you wake up?
3 Do you get up immediately after you wake up?
4 When you first get up do you feel...?
a awful
b quite sleepy
c awake and energetic

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
2
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?
3_ __
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
4
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!

d Answer the questio n s w ith a pa rtner. 6

A car picks me up at 5.20.


Would you like to work the same hours as
the radio presenter? 7
--- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -
2 In general a re you a morning or evening In the winter, any time between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m. In the summer,
person? usually more like 9.00 to 10.00 p.m.
8

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.

Sometimes I think I would like to have more normal


working hours, but I love my job so much that
I'd never want to give it up. The buzz of
being 'live' on the radio early in the morning
as people start their days is really wonderful.
2 VOCABULARY phrasal verbs 4 PRONUNCIATION linking
a Look at some sentences from the interview. With a a 5 4 >)) Listen and write the missing words.
partner say wh at the high lighted phrases m ea n. There's a wet rowel on the floor.
Please _ _ _ _ __
'I leave it on the other side of the room so I have to
2 [ ca n't concentrate w ith that music on.
get up to turn it off!'
Please _ _ _ _ __
'A car picks me up at 5.20.'
3 If you don't know what the wo rd
' I love my job so much that I'd never want to give it up.' means, _ _ _ _ _ _ .
4 Why have you taken your coat off? _ _ _ _ _ _ !
5 This book was very expens ive. Please _ _ _ _ _ _ .
)C) Phrasalverbs
Wake up, get up, turn on I off. give up, etc. are common 6 W hy are you wearing your coat in
phrasal verbs (verbs with a preposition or adverb). here? !
Sometimes the meaning of the t wo separate words
can help you guess the meaning of the phrasal verb, b Practise saying the sentences. Try to link the phrasa l
e.g. turn off Sometimes the meaning of the two words verbs a nd prono uns, e.g. pick~ir__..up .
does not help you, e.g. give up.

b Read the info rmatio n box. Can yo u think o f a phrasa l 5 SPEAKING


verb which means ... ? a Read the q uestions in the questi o nna ire a nd think
I to try to find o mething you have lost about your answers.
2 to put o n clothes in a sho p to see if they are t he
right size
b Work in pairs. Inte rv iew your pa rtner w ith t he
questio ns.
3 to have a friendl y relatio nshi p (with so mebo dy)
c ~ p.163 Vocabulary Bank Phrasal verbs.
PHRASAL VERB
3 GRAMMAR word order of phrasal verbs QUESTIONNAIRE
• Have you eve r fo rgotten to turn your mobile phone off
a Look at t he picture and underline the object of the
in a concert or the cinema?
phrasa l verb in each sentence.
• Do you throw away old clothes or do you give them to
other people?
• Do you enjoy trying on clothes when you go shopping?
• Do you often go away at the weekend? Where t o?
• Before you go shopping do you usually write down what
you have to buy? Do you only buy what's on the list?
• Do you enjoy looking after small children? Why (not)?
• Have you ever aske d your neighbours to turn the TV or
the mus ic down? What happened?
• What's the first thing you turn on aft er you wake up in
the morning?

b Complete the r ules abo ut sepa rable phrasa l verbs w ith


noun o r pronoun.
l f the object of a phrasa l verb is a , you ca n
put it after t he verb + up, on, etc. OR be tween the
verb and up, on, etc.
2 If the o bject of a phrasal verb is a , you must
put it between t he verb a nd up, on , etc.
c ~ p.146 Grammar Bank 11B. Learn m o re abour the
word ord er o f phrasa l verbs a nd practise it.
G s o, neither+ auxiliaries
V similarities
P s e ntence s t ress, /o/ and /91
So do I.

1 GRAMMAR so, neit her + auxi liaries


a Look at the photos and descr ibe the two men.

b Read about the two men and answer the questions.


I W ho are Jim S pringer and Ji m Lewis?
2 W hy didn 't they know each other?
3 W hat did Jim Lewis decide to do when he was 39?
4 How lo ng did it ta ke him?

c 55 >)) Cover the d ia logue. Liste n o nce. Try to


remember three th ings they have i n common.

d Listen again a nd com plete the gaps.

A Hi! I'm Jim.


B So 1_ _ 1. Great to meet you. Sit down. Are you
married, Jim?
A Ye s ... well, I've been married twice.
B Yeah? So 2_ _ 1. Do you have any children?
A I have one so n.
B So 3_ _ 1. What's his name?
A James Allen.
B That's amazing! My son's name is James Allen too!
A Did you go to college, Jim?
n the USA, identical twin brothers were adopted soon

I after they were born. One brother was adopted by a


couple named Lewis in Lima. Ohio. and his brother
was adopted by a couple named Springer in Dayton.
B No, I didn't .
A Neither 4_ _ I. I was a terrible student.
B So 5_ _ 1. Hey, t his is my dog Toy.
A I don't believe it! My dog's called Toy too!
Ohio. By coincidence. both boys were called 'Jim' by
B He wants to go outside. My wife usually takes him.
their new parents. When Jim Lewis was six years old. he
discovered that he had an identical twin brother. When I don't do any exercise at all.
he was thirty-nine. he decided to find and contact his A Don't worry. Neither 6_ _ 1. 1 drive everywhere.
brother. Six weeks later. he met Jim Springer in a cafe in B What car do you have?
Dayton. and they pr obably had a conversation something A A Chevrolet.
like this ... B So 7 _ _ 1!
A+ B Let's have a beer, Jim.
A What beer do you drink?
B Miller Lite.
A So 8_ _1!

e W hich coincidence do you th ink is t he most surpr ising?

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.

& moth er brother nei th er they

& rh umb both th irty th row

b 5 8>)) Add fo ur words to each row. Listen a nd c heck.


although maths other there thing thirsty th rough without

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.

d 5 10 >)) Liste n a nd respond . Say you'r e the sarne.


>)) I catch t he bus t o work. 0 do I.
a 5 11 >)) Look at t he photo of a couple and
lis ten to a news s tory about the m . What is
the coincidence?
3 SPEAKING b Listen again a nd a nswer the questio n s.
a Complete the sentences so t hey a re true fo r you. Why did Kelly Hildebrandt put her name
into Facebook?
Me Who else in the class?
2 What d id she d iscover?
I love _ _ . (a kind of music)
3 W hat did she do next?
I don't like _ _ . (a drink) 4 W hat other things do th ey have in
I'm very _ _ . (adjective of personality) com mo n?
I'm not very good at _ _ . (sport or activity) 5 Why were they worried?
I'm going to _ _ after class. (an activity) 6 What do they call each other ?
I have to _ _ every day. (an obligation) 7 What problem did they o nce have?
Idon't eat _ _ . (a kind of food) 8 What are they defin itely twt goi ng to do?
c H ave you ever put your n ame into Google
b Move arou nd the class saying your sentences. Fo r each sentence or Facebook? Did you discover a ny thin g
try to find som eone like you , and write d ow n the ir na m e. i m eres ting?
Respond to other people's sentences. Say So do I am I, o r
either do I am / if you have something in commo n.
A /love heavy meta~ ~ Really? I hate it! ~ So do I.

4 VOCABULARY similarities s schoolboys, the two Jims looked exactly

a Read about some m o re s imilarit ies between the two Ji m s.


Complete the text w ith a word fro m the list.
A 1 each other. They 2
maths and carpentry- but hated spelling.
After school they had 3_ _ __
liked

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.

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