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Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 3 Brainstorm Page 3 What Winter Event? Page 3 Winter Sports Page 4 Quiz Page 4 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Paragraph Page 5 True or False Page 5 Vocabulary Synonyms Page 5 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 373 Words Page 6 What Do You Think..? Page 6 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 7 A & Q Page 7 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 8 7 to Chinwag Page 8 Writing Activity Page 9 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 9 TV Links Page 10 The Answers Pages 10-12 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
[201402-01] A Snowless Olympics..? February 7 th 2014 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) Russia b) Ukraine c) Georgia d) Poland 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? Why do you think this? Winter Warm Up 3 What is the Winter Event..? Look at the images of winter sports at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Can you match the correct image with the correct sport on page 4? 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10:
Winter Olympics What Events..? Look at the image son page 3 these are all events that will be held at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Match the winter sport below with the correct image on page 3. Be careful there are two extra sports! A Skeleton Bob E Downhill Skiing I Curling B Ice-Hockey F Cross-Country Skiing J Bobsleigh C Snowboarding G Luge K Speed-skating D Ski-Jumping H Figure Skating L Freestyle Skiing Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which country is the host nation for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games? a: Ukraine b: USSR c: Russia 2: What is inland sea is the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics located on? a: Red Sea b: Black Sea c: Crimean Sea 3: What is the blue ribbon event at every Winter Olympic Games? a: Ice-Hockey Final b: Downhill Skiing c: Figure Skating 4: How many sports will be at the 2014 Winter Olympics? a: 15 Sports b: 21 Sports c: 33 Sports 5: What is the average winter temperature in Sochi host city for 2014? a: -1 C b: 6 C c: 11 C 6: How many Winter Olympic games has Russian Federation hosted before 2014? a: 0 b: 1 c: 3 E1: Who is the president of the Russian Federation? a: Vladimir Putin b: Boris Yeltsin c: Dmitry Medvedev E2: Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games? a: USA b: South Korea c: New Zealand E3: Which is the flag of the Russian Federation? a: b: c: END OF PART 1
PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentences below are from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the sentences and put them into the correct order. Will Sochi be Ready? A B C D As Sochi the Russian host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics gears up for Friday s Opening Ceremony, concerns are growing that this Black Sea resort might not be ready in time for February 7th. However, both President Putin and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach are confident that the Sochi Olympics will have enough snow and be a huge success. The success of the Sochi Olympics is seen as a positive marker before Russia hosts an even bigger sporting event in just four years time the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Sochi Games the XXII nd Winter Olympics to be held since the first one in France in 1924 will also be the most expensive Olympic Games in history. Correct Order: 1: / 2: / 3: / 4: / Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Peru Wins Maritime Border Dispute Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1: Sochi is located on the Black Sea coast. [T] [F] 2: The Vancouver Winter Olympics cost only $17 billion. [T] [F] 3: The average temperature in Sochi is 15.5 C. [T] [F] 4: The president of the IOC is Vladimir Putin. [T] [F] 5: Russia will be hosting the FISA World Cup in 2014. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1: Concerns 6: Combined A: Earlier F: Assure 2: Resort 7: Confident B: Lavish G: One-fourth 3: Ensure 8: Quarter C: Praise H: Worries 4: Expensive 9: Marker D: Vacation Place I: Event 5: Previous 10: Celebrate E: Mingled J: Sure END OF PART 2
PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening Will Sochi be Ready? Gap Fill? Help Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding. Write the correct word in each missing space. 134 Will Sochi be Ready..? 1 As Sochi the 1: host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics gears up for Friday s Opening Ceremony, concerns are growing that this 2: Sea resort might not be ready in time for February 7th. The lack of snow is the biggest worry, as 3: in February can reach as high as 15.5C. The previous host city Vancouver in Canada had a daily average temperature of 5.2C. To prepare for a warm winter Russian officials have 4: half a million cubic meters of snow from 2013 to ensure that the Sochi Olympics will be a White Games. 2 The Sochi Games the XXII nd Winter Olympics to be held since the first one in France in 5: will also be the most expensive Olympic Games in history. With a final cost of 6: around $50 billion this means that the Sochi Games will cost more than all the previous 21 Winter Olympics added together! The previous two Olympic Games in London and 7: cost a combined total of $23 billion under half of the Sochi 2014 total. There are reports that around $16 billion has been spent not on building stadiums, transport or housing but on bribes to friends of the Russian 8:. 3 However, both President Putin and International Olympic 9: (IOC) president Thomas Bach are confident that the Sochi Olympics will have enough snow and be a huge success. In a recent interview the Russian president said he believed that the Sochi Games would show Russia rising from its knees 24 years after the 10: of the Soviet Union. President Putin added that, Russians would pull themselves together to show the world how far Russia has come in the last quarter of a 11:. 4 The success of the Sochi Olympics is seen as a positive marker before Russia hosts an even bigger sporting event in just four years time the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Many people in Russia hope that the Sochi Games will be a 12: for the world to the New Russia and an opportunity to present their country in a 13: light. As long as there is snow, lots of snow then that wish may still come true and Russians will celebrate hosting a successful and white Olympics. What Do You Think? Winter Olympics [373 Words] Do you think it is OK that $50 billion are spent on the Sochi Games? END OF PART 3
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! Q1 Including Sochi, how many Winter Olympics have there been? Q2 What was the average temperature for the Vancouver Olympics? Q3 What is the estimated total cost of the XXII nd Winter Olympics? Q4 Who is the president of the International Olympic Committee? Q5 What sporting event will Russia host in 2018? Q6 How many years since the USSR collapsed? E1 How many cubic meters of snow has been frozen? E2 How many cities are in the news story? 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 February 7 th? A2 $23billion? A3 $16 billion.? A4 I.O.C.? A5 Black Sea.? END OF PART 4
PART 5 Extra Stuff English Extra I Snowy words? The English language has many everyday expressions that use the words snow and ice to explain a situation or event. Examples: Pure as the driven snow = Something very clean and pure White as snow = Extremely pale / frightened Match the snow/ice expressions on the left with their correct meaning on the right! One has been completed for you! Snow & Ice Sayings Meanings 1: A snow bunny A: Something that is not real / a fraud. 2: White as snow (a ghost) B: Go Away! (You are angry) 3: Snowed under (with work) C: To not convince someone of an idea 4: A snow job D: The roads have become very icy 5: Snowed in E: Very busy, lots of things to do. 6: Bit the ice! F: To cool down quickly in a hot place 7: Break the ice G: A risky / dangerous situation 8: Cut no ice H: Too much snow outside 9: Ice up I: Something very unlikely to ever happen 10: On thin ice J: Someone who is learning to ski. 11: Ice down K: Extremely frightened / looks pale 12: Snowball chance in hell! L: An attempt to talk to someone new 7 to Chinwag Winter Sports ENW Podcast Topic Will Sochi be Ready? Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW podcast title? 2 Will you watch the Winter Olympics? Why? 3 What do you think is the most interesting winter sport? Why? 4 Have you ever skied before? Why? 5 Do you think spending $50 billion on an Olympics is too much? Why? 6 Do you like snow and winter conditions? Why? 7 Which country do you think will win the most medals at Sochi 2014?
Writing $50 Billion to Spend! The Sochi Winter Olympics is estimated to have cost $50 billion! Imagine you are leader of your country, how would you spend $50 billion? Explain your ideas below would you use the money to host the Olympics? END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? That the final Gold Medal event at the Winter Olympics is usually the x: final. This year as hosts, Russia really wants to win the Gold Medal as the last time they won was as part of the USSR team in 1988. Canada has won the last three z: Gold Medals, which is perhaps not surprising as chasing the puck is their national sport! In fact Canada has won the most Olympic ice-hockey Gold medals with eight, followed by the USSR with 7. The End
Visual TV Links ABC News (USA) 1: http://abcnews.go.com/gma/video/winter-olympics-2014-sochi-russia-ready-winter-games-22343288 [2:32] Sochi Winter Olympics IOC (World) 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jamkdvgtbe [2:14] Sochi Winter Flame IOC (World) 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzhc71u8sy4 [2:06] Sochi Video Quiz! 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 POLAND A / B / C were all members of the USSR, Poland was not. Warm Up 3A South America Map 1: E 5: B 9: C 2: F 6: D 10: H 3: J 7: K Extra 1: A 4: I 8: G Extra 2: L Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 C 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 C 6 A E1 C E2 C E3 B Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences A D B C True or False 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F Synonyms 1 H 2 D 3 F 4 B 5 A 6 E 7 J 8 G 9 I 10 C
Answers Part 3 Listening 134 Will Sochi be Ready..? 1 As Sochi the Russian host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics gears up for Friday s Opening Ceremony, concerns are growing that this Black Sea resort might not be ready in time for February 7th. The lack of snow is the biggest worry, as temperatures in February can reach as high as 15.5C. The previous host city Vancouver in Canada had a daily average temperature of 5.2C. To prepare for a warm winter Russian officials have frozen half a million cubic meters of snow from 2013 to ensure that the Sochi Olympics will be a White Games. 2 The Sochi Games the XXII nd Winter Olympics to be held since the first one in France in 1924 will also be the most expensive Olympic Games in history. With a final cost of somewhere around $50 billion this means that the Sochi Games will cost more than all the previous 21 Winter Olympics added together! The previous two Olympic Games in London and Vancouver cost a combined total of $23 billion under half of the Sochi 2014 total. There are reports that around $16 billion has been spent not on building stadiums, transport or housing but on bribes to friends of the Russian president. 3 However, both President Putin and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach are confident that the Sochi Olympics will have enough snow and be a huge success. In a recent interview the Russian president said he believed that the Sochi Games would show Russia rising from its knees 24 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. President Putin added that, Russians would pull themselves together to show the world how far Russia has come in the last quarter of a century. 4 The success of the Sochi Olympics is seen as a positive marker before Russia hosts an even bigger sporting event in just four years time the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Many people in Russia hope that the Sochi Games will be a window for the world to the New Russia and an opportunity to present their country in a positive light. As long as there is snow, lots of snow then that wish may still come true and Russians will celebrate hosting a successful and white Olympics. [373 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading Q & A 1 22 5 FIFA World Cup 2 5.2C 6 24 years 3 $50b E1 half a million cubic meters 4 Thomas Bach E2 three
A & Q Example Questions A1 When will the Winter Olympics begin? A2 How much did the last two Olympic Games cost combined? A3 How much money has been allegedly paid in bribes? A4 What is the abbreviation for the International Olympic Committee? A5 Where is Sochi located? English Extra 1: J 4: A 7: L 10: G 2: K 5: H 8: C 11: F 3: E 6: B 9: D 12: I And Finally X ice-hockey / Z Olympic X & Z Extra Bit Sochi Mascots
References Episode 134 MAIN PHOTO: http://snowbrains.com/russians-stockpiling-snow-now-for-2014-winter-olympics-2-test-events-canceled-due-to-low-snow-in-2013/ LINKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_winter_olympics#sports http://www.sochi2014.com/en http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/10610000/the-dark-sideof-vladimir-putins-winter-olympic-games.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/thomas_bach http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20140203-will-putins-luck-hold-outwith-sochi-olympics.ece?nclick_check=1 http://thesaurus.com/ http://vostokzapad.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/2014-winter-olympics-mascots-sochi-official/