Стр.60 Unit 7 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 10 класс
READING 1 Work in pairs. Describe the photo on page 61 and answer the questions. 1 Where do you think this place is?
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READING
1 Work in pairs. Describe the photo on page 61 and answer the questions.
1 Where do you think this place is?
2 Would you like to go to a place like this? Why?/Why not?
2 T047 Listen and read the article and find out where the place in the photo is. Then choose the best summary of the article.
1 A guide to unusual sports facilities around the world.
2 A look at why we play games and how they may affect the future.
3 A historical guide to the development of sports and games.
Текст аудирования:
Sports Crazy
Look carefully at this photograph. What can you say about it? There are some people waiting to get on a ski lift, others skiing down the hill, and the sky looks kind of funny.
In fact, it’s one of the worldtasks largest indoor ski slopes. It covers an area of 22,500 m2, which is about the same size as three football pitches, and the temperature is a constant -1° to -2°C. However, the strangest thing about this place is that ittasks in the middle of the desert! It’s called Ski Dubai, and the outside temperatures can rise to more than 40°C!
It sounds crazy, but it just shows how serious people are about having fun. We spend huge sums on sports facilities. We pay our sports stars ridiculous amounts of money. And we spend hour after hour playing games although we know there are millions of people in the world with no water to drink and no food to eat!
It makes me wonder if all the sports-lovers and game-players in the world aren’t a little bit obsessed. I know I am. I suffer from a very common obsession called football. It made me crash my car. I was driving past a football pitch where some kids were playing. I turned to watch and smashed right into the car in front of me. I can’t help it. I see someone playing football, and I’ve just got to stop and stare. I know ittasks stupid, but I can’t do anything about it. I’m addicted. As someone once said, ‘Football isn’t a matter of life and death. It’s much more important than that!’
Of course, it isntaskt that important really. No game is. But the problem is that games are addictive. From the boxing ring to the skating rink, and from the tennis court to the golf course, youtaskll find participants and spectators who can’t live without the drug of their choice. It could be a good thing. After all, despite being addictive, it’s true that sports and games help us to relax. Maybe if it wasn’t for sport, our societies would be more violent. Perhaps sport is a substitute for war? It’s hard to think of a quieter, more peaceful game than chess, and yet whattasks the objective? Capturing your opponenttasks king. And surely, it’s better to have wars in athletics stadiums rather than on battlefields? Even if we do have to put up with football hooligans.
What’s more, playing is natural. Kittens chase balls of wool, and puppies pretend to fight. Games help us perfect our skills and prepare us for the serious contest of survival. They are a rehearsal for real life.
But do all games help us relax and make us less violent? What about computer games? A recent article in New Scientist suggests that playing violent video games (and most of them are extremely violent) makes people more aggressive, more likely to commit violent crimes and less likely to help others.
Are these games a rehearsal for life or a substitute for life? Do we play instead of facing up to our real problems? Are games nothing more than an escape from boredom? And if that’s so, then what will become of us in the future? Will games become so realistic that we won’t be able to distinguish reality from virtual reality? Will they become so attractive that we will want to spend most of our time inside an artificial world? A Matrix?
I don’t know. But what I do know is that I need a break. Something to help me relax. Skiing would be nice. I wonder how much it costs to get to Dubai?
3 Read the text again and choose the correct answers.
1 The writer finds it very surprising that Ski Dubai is in the middle of a desert.
a is so large.
b is in the middle of a desert.
c is not hotter.
d has a ski lift.
2 The writer thinks we take games more seriously than real problems.
a we should spend more on sports facilities.
b our sports stars deserve the money they earn.
c we don’t spend enough time playing games.
d we take games more seriously than real problems.
3 The writer is addicted to football.
a is sure that all sports-lovers are obsessed.
b crashed his car after a football match.
c is addicted to football.
d agrees that football is more important than life or death.
4 The article mentions the idea that humans play sports instead of fighting.
a sports fans take drugs.
b humans play sports instead of fighting.
c chess is the most peaceful game in the world.
d armies should fight in stadiums.
5 A recent scientific study suggests that some computer games may make people more violent.
a help people to relax.
b may make people more violent.
c may make people less aggressive.
d encourage people to work together.
6 Which of these points does the writer mention?
a It is a natural instinct to want to play.
b Games can help people and animals adapt to life.
c Games may become too realistic.
d All of the above.
4 Match venues a-g with sports 1-7. Read the text again to check your answers.
a pitch
b ring
c rink
d court
e course
f slope
g stadium
1 athletics
2 boxing
3 football
4 golf
5 skating
6 ski
7 tennis
5 Find these linking words and phrases in the text and use them to complete these sentences.
however, although, despite, what’s more, instead of
1 I can’t do anything about it although I know it’s stupid.
2 Some computer games are very popular despite being violent.
3 The ski slopes were too crowded, so instead of skiing we went for a camel ride.
4 It sounds crazy. However, it just shows how serious people are about having fun.
5 Games help us perfect our skills. Whattasks more, they prepare us for survival.
6 Work in groups of three. Choose one role each and discuss the statement below. Use the language in Speak Out on pages 53 and 55.
‘Too many people spend too much time playing games and sports.’
Student A You love sports. You run marathons, do aerobics and play in a volleyball team. You are very competitive and you always try to win. You believe that it is essential to have a healthy body and a healthy mind. You don’t like watching sports or playing computer games.
Student В You love computer games. You believe they teach you a lot about the world and improve your hand-to-eye co-ordination and your computer skills. You don’t like playing sports very much, but you enjoy watching football and tennis on the TV.
Student C You think young people should take part in sports, but should not be obsessed with winning. You also think most, young people spend too much time watching sport on the TV. And you are worried that violent computer games make people aggressive.
7 Write an opinion essay on the statement in Exercise 6. Use the ideas from your discussion, the linking words in Exercise 5 and Check it out on page 122.
’Project ideas
Choose a topic to prepare a presentation:
‘Fitness is the first priority in the modem world’
‘My favourite games and pastimes’