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1. VOCABULARY Put the adjectives below into three groups: describing a) people, b) extreme sports and c) landscapes. Some adjectives can go into more than one group.
Adjectives to describe adventure athletic brave impressive remote risky spectacular strong terrifying thrilling
2. SPEAKING Describe the photo above. Where are the people? What are they doing? What kind of people do you think they are? Use adjectives from exercise 1 and words from lesson 2A on page 18.
Listening StrategyThe information that you need to understand in therecorded text may be expressed differently in the task. • Listen out for synonyms of key words in the task. Key words are content words such as adjectives, nouns and verbs. • Listen out, too, for ways in which words with the opposite meaning, or negative verbs, correspond with key words in the task. It’s rather cold today. → It isn’t very warm today. We won the match. → We didn’t lose the match. |
3. ☊1.21 Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen to six people talking about BASE jumping. Write the synonyms or words with the opposite meaning that they use for the underlined words.
1. Fred loves being in wild, far-away places. remote
2. Sally says BASE jumping isn't popular with older people.________
3. Chris doesn't consider himself a courageous person.________
4. Celina says people who aren't strong and fit shouldn't try BASE jumping.________
5. For Shelley, the appeal of BASE jumping is the breathtaking landscapes where you do it.________
6. Martin really didn't enjoy BASE jumping.________
4. Read the sentences. Can you think of synonyms for any of the underlined words? Write them in your notebook.
1. Tanya likes extreme sports because they're dangerous.
2. A friend told Tanya to try BASE jumping.
3. Tanya didn't enjoy her first experience of BASE jumping.
4. The cliffs in Tonsai, Thailand are the perfect venue for BASE jumping, in Tanya's opinion.
5. Tanya thinks the dangers of BASE jumping make women unwilling to try it.
6. In Tanya's opinion, Roberta Mancino is a great sportswoman.
