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1 74 In this unit you will follow the children to a holiday centre. You will read and talk about popular sports and find information about Challenge Day. How many sports do you know? Make posters in groups. Illustrate them with pictures. BALL GAMES TEAM SPORTS WINTER SPORTS WATER SPORTS I like... I can... / I can t... I m going to learn... My friend s favourite sport is... (Add more words and illustrations at the end of the unit.) Look through the unit and find the answers: When and where was the first American baseball match? How many players are there in a baseball team? When did people start playing basketball? Who played the first Tarzan? How tall was Tommy Burleson, the famous basketball player? (One of the answers is in your activity book!) Describe this picture. Where are the children? What are they doing? What are the girls talking about?

2 ADVENTURE HOLIDAY CENTRE 75 A Let s talk about sport. Do you do any sports? How often? Do you like it? Yes, I do. I play squash. Twice a week. Yes, very much. play baseball play basketball go jogging play table tennis go skiing play squash go roller-blading go skating go hiking play handball play volleyball play ice-hockey go rowing B Listen to Igor, Mark and Harald. Then answer these questions. What sports do they do? How often? Where? Are they good at them? Do they want to try another sport? I go skating every Saturday. How often...? every day at the weekend at weekends once a week twice a month in the summer three times a year Harald goes skateboarding every afternoon. He is very good at it.

3 76 C Igor Mark Igor Mark Igor Mark Igor Mark Igor Mark Igor Mark ADVENTURE HOLIDAY CENTRE Mark s favourite sport is baseball. Read the conversation and underline the baseball words. I m bored. I want to do something new. Why don t you try baseball? Baseball?! What an exciting idea! But I don t know anything about baseball. It s a very popular summer sport in America. It s an old sport. The first American baseball match was in 1839 in New York. Can you play baseball? Of course I can. My dad taught me to play when I was five years old. Then I played in the school team. I gave it up when we came to Hungary. Why don t we organise two teams? Do you want to be our coach? Why not? How many people do we need? Nine for each team. Do you wear special clothes? You wear a baseball cap, special gloves and baseball boots. There is a special helmet too. Do you want to play baseball? Come to the school football field on Friday at 3 o clock. Mark Listen to Mark talking to Igor. Did he tell the truth? Did you know? In America thousands of boys from 8 to 12 play baseball in Little League teams. Each school has its own team. Students and their families and friends come to watch them play against teams from other schools at weekends. D Right ( ) or wrong (x)? Baseball is an old sport. Baseball is a very popular winter sport in America. The first American baseball match was in the 19th century. Children play in Little League teams. There are six people in a team. They wear shorts and T-shirts.

4 77 E cycling Do you want to try a new sport? What do you think of these sports? Some sports are exciting, some sports are boring. paragliding white water rafting snowboarding difficult exciting old dangerous noisy relaxing SPORTS quiet boring easy interesting safe modern tiring Some sports are easy, some sports are difficult. I think hang-gliding is safe. I don t agree. I think it s dangerous. F SURVEY Find out how many children in your class are good at cycling. are good at winter sports. are interested in dangerous sports. aren t interested in ball games. like water sports. want to go to a sports camp. Are you good at...? Are you interested in...? Do you like...? Do you want to...?

5 78 G H I Mr Bartha is going to phone What do you think he wants to ask? Write down some questions. Mr Bartha, look what I found in the newspaper yesterday! Let me see. Aah. A holiday centre in the hills. Great idea. I think we can organise it... We ve got a week off in May... Listen to the telephone conversation. Have you got the answers? ADVENTURE HOLIDAY CENTRE Read about the children s first day at the holiday centre. The children had a short but tiring trip. They travelled by train. It was crowded and they stood in the corridor. They were happy when they arrived at the holiday centre. They put their things in their bungalows. (They had arguments about sharing the bunk beds!) Then they went to look around. They found the bathrooms and the lounge. The television didn t work but they didn t mind. They preferred playing hide-and-seek behind the bungalows. After a delicious lunch they met their group leader. Then they went on the adventure trail together. Cover the text and answer these questions. How did the children travel to the holiday centre? What did they play before lunch? Where did they go after lunch? Come to the AdventurA dventure Holiday Centre! e! It s ideal for young people who are good at ball games or want to try new adventure sports. Our centre is situated in the hills near a lake. We have a racket centre and facilities for water sports. You can try the adventure trail. When the weather is bad you can play table tennis and squash indoors. For more information please phone J PROJECT Work in pairs. You want to organise a sports camp. Design a brochure to tell other children about it. Where is it? What can people do there? (You can play... / go...) Give them practical hints. (Don t forget to take your...)

6 79 K Look at their afternoon programme. What did they do? Match the sentences with the pictures They ran up a small hill. They got across a stream on a rope bridge. They found some oars and a rubber boat. They slid and jumped down the other side. They climbed over a 2-metre-high wall. They rowed back by boat. They crawled through a tunnel Work with a classmate. Asking for information What did they run up? What did they do? How did they get back? Who found the oars? Who jumped down first? How many questions can you ask about the adventure trail in 3 minutes? Now work with another pair and ask them your questions.

7 80 L ADVENTURE HOLIDAY CENTRE The children decided to walk along a night adventure trail. Read the instructions. What did they need? Don t go over the rope bridge. Go down and look for a big grey stone. There s an arrow on it pointing west. Go west as far as a brick wall. Find your group leader. He s got a letter for you. Climb up the wall. Come down carefully, there s a small pond on the other side. Go to the hill with the rope bridge. There s a big oak tree with an old nest in it. You can find the next letter there. Go round the pond. Look for a big box. Bring it back to the holiday centre as fast as you can. plasters compass crepe bandage M N What did the children do? They packed their things. They took some plasters and some crepe bandage, a torch... then they... What did they find in the box? Use this special code and write down your idea. Ask your friend to break the code. Who is the fastest in the class? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 6 3

8 81 O There was a Geography quiz in the box. The highest peak: Ben Nevis (Scotland) 1343 m The longest river: The Severn (England) 354 km The largest lake: Loch Lomond (Scotland) 84 km 2 The deepest lake: Loch Morar (Scotland) 310 m The longest cave: Brecon (Wales) 14.4 km The highest peak: Kékes 1015 m The longest river: The Tisza 584 km The largest lake: Lake Balaton 598 km 2 The deepest lake: Lake Balaton 11.5 m The longest cave: Béke 8.7 km Find and correct the wrong (x) information. Kékes is higher than Ben Nevis. The Severn is shorter than The Tisza. Lake Balaton is larger than Loch Lomond. Lake Balaton is deeper than Loch Morar. Béke cave is longer than Brecon cave. high low long short large small deep shallow Is it deeper than our swimming pool? Don t worry. Comparison Is Mark taller than Tomi? Is your friend faster at running than you? Are you stronger than your friend? Who is the strongest?

9 82 P Read some interesting facts about the Olympic Games and then make true sentences about the medallists. The strongest swimmer Johnny Weismüller (the USA) won 3 swimming gold medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Later he became very famous he played the first Tarzan in films. The fastest cyclist In 1896 Aristidis Konstantinidis, a Greek cyclist crashed at full speed into a brick wall. He borrowed a bike from a sports fan... and went on to win. ADVENTURE HOLIDAY CENTRE The tallest medallist The tallest medallist ever was Tommy Burleson, an American basketball player of cm. The best result ever The best sportsman ever was George Eyser (the USA) a man with a wooden leg who won 6 gymnastic medals in The worst score ever Otomar Buires (the Czech Republic) had the worst Olympic score of all time in His horse ran away and he spent 3 hours 16 minutes trying to catch it. When he finished, he had 18,230 penalty points. Johnny Weissmüller The tallest basketball player George Eyser A Greek cyclist Otomar Buires was American. had the worst Olympic score in had a wooden leg. borrowed a bike from a sports fan. was a swimming medallist. won 6 gymnastic medals in played Tarzan in films. Q PROJECT Work with some friends and collect information about Hungarian sports stars. Make a quiz for the other groups. We are the best! Comparison Who is the best runner in your class? Are you worse or better than your friend? Who is the worst?

10 83 R Read about a young school champion. Think of some questions and interview her. Virág is a twelve-year-old girl. She lives and goes to school in Veszprém but every day she takes the coach to Balatonfûzfô. In the morning, when she puts her books in her bag, she doesn t forget her swimsuit and swimming cap. After school I have lunch quickly, then I walk to the station and take the 2 o clock coach to Fûzfô. I swim from 3 o clock to 5 o clock. I m lucky. Mum works at a school in Fûzfô. She is a teacher. We can travel home together. I do my homework after 6 o clock. I always read before going to bed. S She learnt to swim when she was 3 years old. Later she wanted to be a swimmer because she loves water. She likes going to the swimming pool. She thinks swimming is healthy and relaxing. Talk about Virág s day. There are some keywords for you hidden in the pool. relaxing school homework take the coach go to bed swimming pool travel home healthy swimmer water read swimsuit swi mming cap T Virág has got a problem. She wants to keep fit but she likes eating and needs a lot of food for energy. Use the FOOD CIRCLE in Trip 5 and choose the best diet for her. THE WORST THE BEST chocolate lollipops cakes fruit milk poultry vegetables

11 84 U ADVENTURE HOLIDAY CENTRE Did you know? Listen and complete the text. On Challenge Day towns challenge each other to compete in sports activities. This tradition started in ➊. From midnight on the last Wednesday of ➋ to 9 p.m. on Thursday villages and towns enter the Challenge Day activities. People take part in ➌ activities. They can do this ➍. They can play sports games, jog or sweep streets. They get a point if they keep moving for 15 minutes. The town or village with the most points is the winner. ➊ a) Australia b) Canada c) Britain ➋ a) March b) April c) May ➌ a) 10-minute b) 15-minute c) 20-minute ➍ a) on their own b) in groups c) on their own and in groups V Mark and his friends want to enter the Challenge Day Competition. Help them think of activities they can do. This picture will help you. CHALLENGE DAY ACTIVITIES

12 85 W Read Jessica s letter to her Veszprém friend about Challenge Day. How many points did they get? We met at 7 o clock in the morning and went jogging for half an hour. Then Harald and Anton cut the grass in front of the school. I swept up the classroom. It took 20 minutes. At 8 o clock we had PE. Everybody played volleyball for 45 minutes. In the breaks we played table tennis, Eila and Igor played badminton. So we collected three more points. After school Mark organised a baseball match for the boys. It lasted 2 hours. The girls weren t interested so we went to the fitness centre between 3 and 5. We met again at 6 o clock. We wanted to have the best score at school so we decided to go to the swimming pool by bike. We stayed there for one and a half hours. We cycled home it took 15 minutes tired but happy. Everybody did a 15-minute aerobics programme at home before going to bed. We hope we ll win! Points: X Invite the other classes to a Challenge Day competition. Write a diary about the activities. Who is the best? We are all winners! Do you agree with these statements? Talk to your friend about them. Sailing is an exciting family adventure. Skiing is safer than snowboarding. After doing a sport you feel hungrier. Riding a horse is easier than riding a bike. Solo climbing is dangerous. Challenge Day is a great idea. Comparison hungry hungrier easy easier Who is the hungriest?

13 86 Winter trip In this unit you will follow the children to the hills to play in the snow. You will read about Christmas traditions. Look through the unit and collect five sentences about winter. Write them on a card. Ask your friend to find them in the unit. Discuss these questions: Do you like winter? Why or why not? What do you usually do during the holiday? Winter morning Winter is the king of showmen Turning tree stumps into snowmen And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over the lakes. Smooth and clean and frost white The world looks good enough to bite. That s the season to be young Catching snowflakes on your tongue. Ogden Nash

14 A A TRIP TO THE HILLS Harald and Mark meet two boys in the playground. Arrange the pictures and read the story. 87 Winter trip A B Finished! Doesn t it look great? C Let s build walls around it. Hey! Watch out! D Yes. All right. Hi. Can we join you? E Hey, Harald. What are those kids doing over there? I don t know, Mark. Let s go and see Listen to their conversation. Then talk about Harald and Mark s new friends. Did you know? The Inuit people live in the icy areas of Siberia, Canada, Alaska and Greenland. They build igloos houses made from snow and ice. They make warm clothes from animal skins. They travel in dog sleds across the ice. B Do you know these animals? They live in cold places. 1 narwhal 2 Arctic fox It has got a 3-metre long tusk. It is the largest land mammal in the Arctic. 3 Arctic hare 4 polar bear 6 It is the best runner in the Arctic. It uses its tusks to find shellfish in the sea bed. Is has got a white coat in winter and a brown coat in the Arctic summer. 5 walrus 6 wolf