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1 3 rd February 2012 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習 Follow ENW on Twitter: twitter.com/enwpodcast Go to our Homepage:

2 [ ] The Most Difficult Race in the World February 3 rd 2012 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Triathlon b) Pentathlon c) Decathlon d) Marathon My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Exercise Warm Up 3 Injuries Read the list of 10 injuries below. Tough Guy is the toughest race in the world. Which of the injuries/problems in the list do you think can happen to a competitor during the race? Write YES or NO next to each injury. 1: Burns 6: Dehydration 2: Cuts 7: Broken Bones 3: Sprains 8: Hypothermia 4: Electric Shocks 9: Bruises 5: Death 10: Muscle Pain

3 Tough Guy Which Injury..? Read the list of 10 injuries/problems on the previous page. Which are the TOP 5 most FREQUENT injuries for Tough Guy Competitors? Top 3 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about the Tough Guy Race Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which country is the Tough Guy Race held in? a: Japan b: Brazil C: England 2: How many competitors enter the Tough Guy Race every year? a: 60 b: 600 c: 6,000 3: How much is the cheapest ticket for the Tough Guy Race? a: 80 b: 800 c: 8,000 4: How many kilometres is the Tough Guy race course? a: 2 km b: 12 km c: 22 km 5: What year was the first Tough Guy race run? a: 1966 b: 1986 c: : What is the percentage of competitors usually DON T finish the race? a: 80% b: 50% c: 35% E1: How many people have died in the Tough Guy Race? a: 0 b: 2 c: 20 E2: What is the minimum age for competitors to enter the Tough Guy Race? a: 16 b: 18 c: 20 E3: What was the temperature for the 2012 Tough Guy Race? a: -5 C b: -1 C c: 3 C END OF PART 1

4 PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentences below are from a paragraph in the news story. The sentence order has been mixed-up. Un-jumble the sentences and put them into the correct order. a. The race is so popular that men and women come from 20 different countries around the world to enter and there are always more people than tickets. b. All of the money raised goes to local charities. c. Tickets are on sale in February at 80 or 9,600 and increase up to 1,000 or 120,000 for tickets bought in December. d. What makes this race even more amazing is that each of the competitors must pay to enter Correct order: / / / Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Are You a Tough Guy? Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1: The Tough Guy Race is in February. [T] [F] 2: The race is in England. [T] [F] 3: The first race was in [T] [F] 4: The cheapest ticket costs \9,600. [T] [F] 5: People from 20 different countries entered the 2012 race. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Story. 1: Tough 6: Hot A: Fever F: Low 2: Village 7: Death B: Life G: Weak 3: Dangerous 8: Local C: Lost H: Foreign 4: Hypothermia 9: Won D: Cold I: Healthy 5: Injury 10: High E: City J: Safe END OF PART 2

5 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening Are You a Tough Guy? Gap Fill? Help Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding. Write the correct word in each missing space. Are You a Tough Guy? In the middle of England is the 1: village of Perton. This village is similar to many other English villages; it has schools, churches, shops and farms. A very ordinary village then, right? 2:, because on a 2.5 square kilometre farm in Perton is the location for the 3: race in the world the Tough Guy Race. The race is held on the last weekend in 4: every year and is so dangerous and cold that there is one medical officer for every two of the 6,000 competitors. The race time is usually between 1hr 15mins to 4hrs and injuries are very common. The most frequent 5: are muscle strains, cuts, bruises, burns, broken bones and hypothermia. The race has also seen 6: deaths since it was first run in Tough Guy is so dangerous that all competitors must sign a document that says they understand they might die during the race. The reason for so many injuries is because of the incredibly difficult course. The start of the race is a 10 km run in a field, and this is followed by obstacles that make competitors climb 15 metre high 7:, swim in icy water, run through hanging electric wires and jump over very hot fires. So far, nobody has ever won the race after completing 100% of the course. What makes this race even more amazing is that each of the competitors must 8: to enter. Tickets are on sale in February at 80 or 9,600 and increase up to 1,000 or 120,000 for tickets bought in 9:. All of the money raised goes to local charities. The race is so popular that men and women come from 20 different countries around the world to enter and there are always more people than 10:. So, if you had the choice would you have entered the 2012 Tough Guy Race? *There is a map of the course at the end of this episode on page 11 What Do You Think? Tough Guy Do you think you can finish the Tough Guy Race? Why? END OF PART 3

6 PART 4 After Listening Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! 1: Which country is the village of Perton in? 2: What is the name of the race? 3: What month is the race held? _ 4: How long is the run at the beginning of the race? 5: What is the quickest time the race is finished in? 6: How high are the walls competitors must climb? B E7: What is the most frequent injury in the race? E8: How many countries do competitors come from? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! [A1] \9,600. [A2] Two people. [A3] February. [A4] Perton. [A5] 6,000 [Q]? [Q]? [Q]? [Q]? [Q]? END OF PART 4

7 PART 5 Extra Help English Extra I Conditionals: 3 rd Conditional In English the 3 rd Conditional is a PAST TENSE. It is used to explain an event which is UNREAL situations & REGRETS. Example Sentence: If I had studied, I would have passed my test! I would ve passed my test if I d studied. Form: IF + PAST PERFECT VERB, WOULD HAVE + VERB. Example Question: Would you have entered the Tough Guy race, if you had been in England? Form: WOULD HAVE + VERB IF + PAST PERFECT VERB? Hint: It is possible to use SHOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE or MIGHT HAVE instead of WOULD HAVE. Activity: If I found a 1m, I could buy an Aston Martin. I could buy an Aston Martin If I found a 1m. Complete the sentences with the correct form of each verb. 1: If the class at 9am I wouldn t have been late. 2: If the teacher me the homework, I could ve done it! 3: Would you have entered the Tough Guy race, if you England in January? 4: If they the lottery, they could ve gone on vacation! 5: I should have understood the test, if I more! Win Give Start Study Visit 7 to Chinwag Endurance Sports ENW Podcast Topic Endurance Sport Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1: What did you think when you read this week s topic? 2: What do you think of when you think about sport? 3: What is the most difficult sport you have done/played? 4: Why do you think people want to enter the Tough Guy race? 5: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? 6: What is the farthest you can run for (kilometres)? 7: What is the longest (minutes) you can swim for?

8 Writing Tough Guy Race What do you think about the Tough Guy race? Do you think it would be fun to enter the Tough Guy race? Write about the good/bad points about the Tough Guy race? END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? That the 2009 Tough Guy race was the worst for injuries. As well as the normal injuries like x: and burns one competitor broke his neck whilst another cracked his pelvis. The most common problem was z: due to the -3 C daytime temperatures. The End

9 Visual TV Links You Tube (USA) 1: [5:24] BBC News (UK) 2: [2:52] Search: Tough Guy 2012 Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out D Marathon Warm Up 3 Mix & Match A, B, C all refer to sports with more than one event. 1 YES 2 - YES 3 - YES 4: YES 5 YES 6 YES 7 YES 8 YES 9: YES 10 - YES Top 5 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1: Muscle strains / 2: Bruises / 3: Cuts / 4: Burns / 5: Hypothermia 1 C 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 B 6 - C E1 B E2 A E3 B Answers Part 2 Pre Listening / Reading Jumbled Sentences D /C / B / A True or False 1 F 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 F* (*21 including England!) Synonyms 1 G 2 E 3 J 4 A 5 I 6 D 7 B 8 H 9 C 10 F Answers Part 3 Listening Are You a Tough Guy? In the middle of England is the 1: small village of Perton. This village is similar to many other English villages; it has schools, churches, shops and farms. A very ordinary village then, right? 2: Wrong, because on a 2.5 square kilometre farm in Perton is the location for the 3: hardest race in the world the Tough Guy Race. The race is held on the last weekend in 4: January every year and is so dangerous and cold that there is one medical officer for every two of the 6,000 competitors.

10 The race time is usually between 1hr 15mins to 4hrs and injuries are very common. The most frequent 5: injuries are muscle strains, cuts, bruises, burns, broken bones and hypothermia. The race has also seen 6: two deaths since it was first run in Tough Guy is so dangerous that all competitors must sign a document that says they understand they might die during the race. The reason for so many injuries is because of the incredibly difficult course. The start of the race is a 10 km run in a field, and this is followed by obstacles that make competitors climb 15 metre high 7: walls, swim in icy water, run through hanging electric wires and jump over very hot fires. So far, nobody has ever won the race after completing 100% of the course. What makes this race even more amazing is that each of the competitors must 8: pay to enter. Tickets are on sale in February at 80 or 9,600 and increase up to 1,000 or 120,000 for tickets bought in 9: December. All of the money raised goes to local charities. The race is so popular that men and women come from 20 different countries around the world to enter and there are always more people than 10: tickets. So, if you had the choice would you have entered the 2012 Tough Guy Race? Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading Q & A 1 England 5 1 hour 15 minutes 2 Tough Guy Race 6 15 metres high 3 January E1 Muscle Strains 4 10 km E2 21 (Including England!) A & Q Example Questions A1 How much is the cheapest ticket? A2 How many people have died? A3 What month do tickets go on sale? A4 What is the name of the village? A5 How many competitors enter each year? English Extra Future: Predictions 1: If the class had started at 9am I wouldn t have been late. 2: If the teacher had given me the homework, I could ve done it! 3: Would you have entered the Tough Guy race, if you had visited England in January? 4: If they had won the lottery, they could ve gone on vacation! 5: I should have understood the test, if I had studied more! Win Give Start Study Visit

And Finally X & Z X Cuts / Z Hypothermia Extra! Tough Guy Route 2012 Copyright Tough 2 References Episode 38 PHOTO http://en.wikipedia.

11 And Finally X & Z X Cuts / Z Hypothermia Extra! Tough Guy Route 2012 Copyright Tough 2 References Episode 38 PHOTO

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