UNIT 2: JUST DO IT!

Are you good at sports? Do you play any? What's your favourite one? Answer with a short text. 1. Classify the following words with their corresponding verb. You can check the words with the Collocations dictionary: Play basketball golf squash table tennis volleyball Do athletics boxing judo karate kung fu gymnastics Go canoeing cycling rowing sailing skating skiing horse-riding 2. What can you do with a ball? Complete the captions for the photos. bounce - catch - hit - kick - throw kick hit throw bounce catch 3. Do the sport quiz. You'll win one of these three!a. Which is the biggest? a football pitch a golf course an athletics track b. Where will you not see a man with a beard taking part in a competition? on a motor racing track in an Olympic swimming pool in a boxing ring c. In which sports do you hit a ball with a racket on a court? squash and tennis cricket and table tennis gold and hockey d. Which is made of metal, rubber and sometimes wood? a golf club a table tennis bat a hockey stick e. Where is the highest ski resot in the world? Bolivia Canada France f. What can you find on the roof of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai? an ice rink a tennis court a cycle track 4. Look at the pictures and complete de crossword. 5. Women and sports. Watch the video and answer the following questions. a. Only 4% of sports media is focused on women's sport. True False b. The invisibility of women playing sports is still an issue nowadays. True False c. In the past, women were treated and paid equally. True False d. The number of female football players in Europe has increased fivefold in the past 20 years. True False e. The reason why sports are still seen as very masculine in the UK, for example, might be cultural. True False What do you think? Nowadays... is it unusual to see women taking part in certain sports? Why? not?