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Language Leader Unit 3 Sport Language Leader, Intermediate Student’s Book By David Cotton, David Falvey & Simon Kent Published and Copyright by Pearson Education Limited, 2008 Presentation created by Araya Hongchindaket, 2010

3.1 Fair Play (P.26) • Reading: 3) You are going to read an article about football. Read it quickly and match the titles to the correct paragraph. There are two extra titles.

Paragraph 1

f) The world’s favorite sport

Paragraph 2

d) A football education

Paragraph 3

c) Taking football further

Paragraph 4

a) More than a player

Paragraph 5

g) The best player in the world

Paragraph 6

e) A final honour

4. Read the article again. Are the statements true, false, or not given? 1. F (amateur) 2. T 3. Not Given 4. F (Argentina) 5. Not Given 6. Not Given 7. T 8. F

5. Underline all the words in the article which refer to people in sport. Which one refers to a person who: (P.27) Spectator

1.

Watches sport

2.

Loves sport

3.

Teaches sport

4.

Makes sure rules are followed referee

5.

Plays a sport without being paid amateur

fan coach

Vocabulary: idioms 6a) A lot of idioms are based on sport, and on football in particular. Complete the idioms with words in the box.

Ball Goal 1. 2.

3. 4.

ball eye goalposts

Be on the ball goalposts Move the __________

eye off the ball Take your _______ field A level playing ________

6.

game A whole new ball ________ goal Score an own ____________

7.

ball Start the ___________ rolling

5.

field

game

6b) Now match the idioms with their meanings. a) 5. A whole new ball game b) 1. Be on the ball c)

7. Start the ball rolling

d) 2. Move the goalposts e)

3. Take your eye off the ball

f)

6. Score an own goal

g) 4. A level playing field

3.2 Martial Arts (P.28) • Reading: 4) Read the leaflet and cross out the options that are not correct .(P.29) 1. d) children 2. a) violence 3. d) aggression 4. c) courtesy

Vocabulary: self-, abstract nouns 5a) Find all the words beginning with self- in the leaflet and match them with these meanings. 1. Self-respect 2. Self-confidence 3. Self-control 4. Self-defence 5. Self-discipline 6. Self-development

5b) Underline the most appropriate combination with self- in each sentence.

1. Self-defence 2. Self-control 3. Self-respect 4. Self-confidence 5.

Self-discipline

6a) Find the abstract nouns in the leaflet related to the following adjectives.

• Courteous • Tolerant

courtesy tolerance

• Coordinated coordination

• Flexible

flexibility

• Agile

agility

• calm

calm

Grammar: quantifiers 7a) Complete the following scale with the quantifiers highlighted in the leaflet. 1. Hardly any 2. few 3. A few 4. some 5. A lot of 6. many 7. Far too many

8.

all

See ‘Language reference’ on P.138 + plural +uncountable countable noun noun

+countable or uncountable noun

Few, (too) many, several

Hardly any, a lot of, some, all

Little, (too) much

To talk about something specific use quantifier + of + the/ my/ our/ these, etc. + noun. e.g. Some of the people in the survey prefer golf.

8. Look at the following sentences. In which ones can you replace few/ little with not many/ much? In which ones do few/ little mean some?

1. A few means some 2. replace few with not many 3. Replace little with not much 4. A little means some

9. Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1. Several of… 2. Much

many

3. A little 4. A little

Few/ A few

5. The

of

6. A few 7. A little

3.3 Babe (P.30) • Vocabulary: adjectives 3) Find adjectives in the article with these meanings. 1. expert 2. disgusted 3. phenomenal 4. illegal 5. aggressive 6. dramatic

7. Professional (pro)

Grammar: definite and zero articles 4b) Look at the highlighted phrases in the text and match them with uses a-d. The province a) Of the male The amazing life of Babe Didrikson a) The marriage notice c) or b) The sixth child of seven born to Ole d) The team award b) The train b) The title c)

The tour b)

See ‘Language reference’ On P.138 Use the zero article (no article): • Before abstract nouns. e.g. You can’t stop time. • Before general plural nouns. e.g. Computers are very powerful now.

• Before people’s names and the names of most. • Before the names of types of institutions.

6. Edit the text about Mia Hamm, finding and correcting 12 mistakes in the use of articles. (P.31)

1. Became the

7. Went to the high

2. Play for the

8. Became the youngest She won the World

3.

Star of the

9.

4.

One of the

10.

Free time to the

5.

Giving the hope

11.

Women with the

6.

Hope to the young 12.

The book, aimed