It's not whether you win or lose that matters, but whether I w in or lose. Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer 1 GRAMMAR past tenses Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple, past continuous, or past perfect. I \Ve \Vere late. \Vhen \Ve nrrived (arrive), everyone else hadfinished (fi ni sh) their lunch and they were sittinij (sit) in the garden having coffee. 2 They (drive) to the airport \vhen they suddenly (ren1e1nbe r) that they (not turn off) the lights. 3 The n1atch (already/ start) \Vhen \Ve (turn on) the TV. England (lose) and they (play) very badly. 4 I (nor recognize) many people at my old school reunion because everyone (change) a lot in t\venty years. S My sister (\vait) to go out for dinner yesterday when her boyfriend (call) her to say that he (not can) con1e because his car (break do\vn). 6 Manchester City (beat) Manchester United yesterday. United (\vin) 1-0 in the frrst half, but City (score) nvo goals in the second half. 7 He (run) co che station. but the nine o'clock train (already/ leave). The station \Vas empty except for two people \Vho (\vait) for the next train. 8 It (start) raining when I (walk) to \vork. I _ (call) a taxi because I (not wear) a coat and I (not have) an umbrella. 2 PRONUNCIATION l'j:i, /3:/ a ~the \Vord \Vich a different sound. 1 2 3 4 horse bird horse bird ball first draw court caught hurt fought serve circuit I l warm up sport score ~_o_u,. w_o_rl_d J slop_e,_._w_o_r_se b ~f.!11!'.!'~!g) Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat the '"'ords. I J 3 READING a Read the article on p.31 once. Complete the sentences. 1 The boy \Vas playing _ 2 He cheated by taking b Read the article again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). c 1 According to the article, people usually learn not to cheat \Vhen they are young children... 2 Blank tiles can be used \Vhen players haven't got the right letter. 3 It \Vas the first rime that the boy had played in the tournament. 4 The previous day, the boy had beaten Arthur Moore. 5 Moore caught the boy while he \Vas n1aking a \vord. 6 He sa\v the boy take a blank tile out of his pocket. 7 The boy answered the tournament director's questions truthfully. 8 He \vasn't allov1ed co continue playing. Look at the highlighted 'vords and phrases. \Vhar do you think they mean? Use your dictionary to look up their nieaning and pronunciation. d Con1plete the sentences vvith one of the highlighted words or phrases. I James discretely bought the present \vhen his \vife \vasn't looking. 2 Sam telling lies abouc her colleagues. 3 The athlete \vas---- ---- after he made three false starts. 4 My computer is broken, so l'm going to it with a ne\v one. --~----- 5 She became '"hen she found the train tickers in his pocket. 6 He couldn't the man of lying because there \Vas no proof he had done anything bad. 7 Jack beat his 6-1, 6-3. 8 T hey to stealing after they lost their jobs.
.. TIIPL tl8'$.e WOllD SC:GllE \KOllE " ' Ni - c3 H4 Ei Ai Ti 5i ---. D E LE v4 Ei p3 Ri Oi 5i p3 Ei Ri t 's fairly normal for young children to cheat when they're playing board games. As they grow older. they realize that the fun is actually in taking part in the game. not necessarily in winning it. By the time they reach their teens. they have usually learnt not to cheat. Sadly. this was not the case of a player in a national board game championship held annually in the USA. The player wanted to win so much that he resorted to cheating. The board game was Scrabble. This is a word ga me that was created in 1938 by an American architect called Alfred Mosher Butts. In the game. players have to make words from individual letters on small squares called 'tiles', and then put the words on a board. Two of the most useful t iles in the game are the blanks. which are tiles without any letters on them. A blank isn't worth any points, but a player can use it to replace any letter of the alphabet. The cheat in this particular tournament was a 15-year-old boy from Orlando. in t he USA. He had surprised organizers in the early stages of the competition by beating some of the best players. despite the fact that he had never played in competitions before. This made some of the other players suspicious. including the man who caught him, 43-year-old Arthur Moore. Moore had already played the boy the day before. and Moore had won the match. although the boy had had bot h of the blank tiles. In Scrabble, before a new game starts the players put the tiles f rom the previous game back into a smal l bag. This time. Moore had a good look at the tiles on the table before he and his opponent put them in the bag to start the game. He was not surprised to see that the two blanks were together on t he table in f ront of the boy. As the two players were putting the tiles into the bag. Moore discretely watched the boy's left hand. He saw the boy pick up the two blanks, and put his hand under the table. This was the signal for Moore to call one of the organizers and accuse the boy of cheating. When the boy was taken away for questioning. he admitted taking the two blanks during the game and hiding them under the table. As a result of his cheating. t he tournament director disqualified him and banned him from playing in the competition again.
4 VOCABULARY sport a Read the definitions and \vrite the words. 1 an area of water that swimn1ers use swimming pool 2 the person who controls a football match r 3 a track where Forn1ula 1 cars race c. 4 to hit something with your fo ot k _ 5 somebody '"''ho is very enthusiastic about sport f 6 an area \vhere golf is played c. 7 do exercise to become healthy and strong g f 8 an area of ground where people play football P--- ---- 9 a person who trains people to con1pete in certain sports c _ 10 a large structure, usually with no roof, \vhere people can sit and watch sports St b Complete the sentences \vich the past simple of the verbs in the box. beat draw get injured lose pl-ay score t hrow train warm up win 1 The USA played Russia in the final of the basketball last night. 2 The team hard every day before the tournament. 3 The French runner the race. He got the gold medal. 4 T he players _ by jogging and doing short exercises just before the game started. ~ England and Spain their match 2-2. 6 I didn't play well in the sen1i-final. I 2-6, 1-6. 7 Marc the ball to his brother, but his brother dropped it. 8 Brazil Sweden. They had a n1uch better team. 9 The Argentinian striker _ four goals in the last n1atch. 10 Ourbestplayer in the second half, and was taken off the pitch to see the tean1's doctor. 5 LISTENING a ~ Listen to a radio programme about a sporting scandal. Which country won the competition in the end? b Listen again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). c 1 The scandal happened during the tennis tournament of the 2012 Olympics. 2 South Korea and India were involved in the scandal. 3 lt happened during the first stage. 4 One \vay they cheated \Vas by hitting the shuttlecock into the net. 5 The same thing happened in another n1atch. 6 The tean1s cheated because they had been offered money. 7 The crowd didn't enjoy the matches. 8 South Korea \VOn the silver n1edal. Listen again with the audioscript on p.72. USEFUL S AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. fate lc11/ rituals 'ri tju~il ' superstition :su:p;:i'st 1.fn bounce ibaons cheat 'tji:t reveal r1\ i:j; S'>veat S\\ ct a luck charm ~ 'l.,k tjo:n1, result in -r11.\lt 111 ' tie your shoelaces ' ta1 j:i 'Ju:le1s11..