LISTENING

LESSON 7

READING

Warm
up

skateboarding

surfing

rock climbing

zorbing

Let's talk
In pairs: Match the extreme sports to the pictures.
Would you like to try any of them? Can you name
other extreme sports?

1

4

Other extreme sports:

mountain climbing, scuba diving, ice
climbing….
2

3

Listening

a. Listen to a talk about extreme sports. How does the
speaker feel about them?

1. She loves them

2. She thinks they're difficult.

b. Listen and circle.

1. The speaker used to play soccer/ basketball.
2. She tried skateboarding/rock climbing first.
3. She learned at an indoor center/ on a mountain.
4. She thought zorbing sounded dangerous/exciting.
5. The first time she went zorbing, she was scared/excited.

Listen and fill in the blanks.
I used to spend a lot of time playing soccer. Then, one day, a friend introduced me to extreme sports.

exciting for example, skateboarding and
These are sports that are very dangerous and ____________,
(2)___________.
surfing The first extreme sport I tried was rock climbing. I learned how to do it at an indoor

rock climbing center, but I was soon climbing (3)_______________.
mountains After that, I was ready for a new

zorbing
challenge. I heard about (4)_______________
and thought it sounded really exciting. Zorbing is when
you get inside a big, soft ball, and roll down a hill. The first time I went zorbing, I was pretty scared. I
thought the ball would break! Of course, everything was OK and I loved it.

Reading

a. Read the email and underline the natural wonders of Vietnam.

new message
To:Jacob
123 @abcmail.com
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Subject:
Surfing next Saturday?
__________________________________________________________________________

Hey Jacob,
Are you free next Saturday?
A few of us are going surfing at Turtle beach. I know you love extreme sports so I thought you
might like to come with us.
We will meet at the surf school on the beach. It costs 10 dollars to rent surfboard. Sarah says it's
really exciting and worth the money. Don't worry, it's not dangerous because the school gives
everyone lots of safety equipment to wear.
Let's me know if you can come by Tuesday. I want to call the school to book the surfboards the
day after. I hope you can come!
See you soon,
Mark
send

b. Now, read and answer the questions.
1. What extreme sports does Mark invite Jacob to do?

surfing

2. Where is the school? surfing
3. What does Sarah say? It's really exciting and worth the money.
4. What does the school give everyone to wear?

safety equipment.

5. When will Mark book the surfboards?

on Wednesday

C. In pairs: Which extreme sport would you like to try? Why?

Read the passage again and choose True or False.
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Unit 1
FREE TIME
Lesson 7: Listening + reading

Vocabularies: Name of some extreme sports: skateboarding, surfing,
rock climbing, zorbing, waterskiing, scuba diving, bungee jumping,
parasailing, ice climbing,………..

CHECKING MEMORY
1. extreme sports

n

Thể thao mạo hiểm

2.skateboarding

n

Lướt ván

n

Leo núi đá

4. zorbing

n

Trò lăn xuống dốc hoặc
lăn trên mặt đất.

5. safety equipment

n

thiết bị an toàn

adj

nguy hiểm

3. rock climbing

6.dangerous
e

HOMEWORK

•- Learn by heart the new vocabularies.
•- Practice talking about the extreme sport you like.
•- Do the exercises in WB: Lesson 3 – Listening and Reading (page 6).
•Prepare: Lesson 3 – Writing and Speaking (page 11 – SB).