Стр.100 Unit 8 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс
Listening A Have you ever played chess? What do you know about the game? B You are going to hear an interview with a young chess champion.
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Комарова, Ларионова 11 класс, Русское слово:
Listening
A Have you ever played chess? What do you know about the game?
B You are going to hear an interview with a young chess champion. Which of the following words or phrases do you think you will hear?
chesspieces
check
checkmate
competition
opponent
tournament
chess players
draw
С 29 Listen to the interview. Note down the Words or phrases from В that you hear.
Текст аудирования:
Interviewer: I’m lucky enough today to have the opportunity to interview a teenage chess champion, Dalita Zadian. Dalita, you are one of the youngest top-rated women chess players and you’re only 16!
Dalita: Yes, that’s right. People are often surprised to learn that I’m 16, but I’m not the only teenage champion you know - there are hundreds of us all over the world. (1)
Interviewer: Well, tell us how you became a chess champion.
Dalita: Well. I took up chess when I was eight. That’s when my father taught me how to play. We were still living in Armenia then. (2) Chess is a very popular game in Armenia, more so than it is here in the United States.
Interviewer: I’ve heard that by age ten you started beating your father in the game. Is that true?
Dalita: Yes, I suppose it is. That’s also when I started entering tournaments. We had moved to the United States when I was nine and my father entered me in junior championship tournaments a year after that. (3)
Interviewer: Tell us about your training regime.
Dalita: Well. I study chess for about one and a half hours a day and I also take lessons. I’m a member of a chess club and we have practice games every week. We also play a game of speed chess two to three times a week. I really enjoy that. (4)
Interviewer: What’s speed chess?
Dalita: It’s a game of chess where each player is given only five minutes to complete the game.
A clock is used that has two small clock faces. (5) There’s a button on top of each clock face that starts and stops each clock, like a stopwatch. If either player runs out of time before a checkmate or draw is achieved, then the player that ran out of time loses the game. I really enjoy it - it can be a lot of fun. But I also find that thinking quickly and rapidly evaluating the tactics that your opponent is using helps me in my regular chess game. It also means I get to play more games in a short period of time.
Interviewer: So let me get this right. Each player is given five minutes in which to complete his game.
Dalita: Yes.
Interviewer: If there is a draw or checkmate within that time you have a winner and the game is over. If not, then the player who runs out of time first loses.
Dalita: That’s right.
Interviewer: Sounds stressful! (6) Dalita, tell us what you enjoy about playing chess.
Dalita: I enjoy the excitement of the competition. I also enjoy meeting other chess players. (7) I think it’s a very social game. And I suppose people tend to enjoy what they’re good at. I’m good at chess so I enjoy it.
Interviewer: Thank you, Dalita. It’s been a pleasure talking to you.
D 39 Listen again. Decide if each statement is true, false or if the information is not stated.
1 Dalita is the only teenage chess champion in the world.
A True
В False
C Not stated
2 Dalita started playing chess when she was I living in Armenia.
A True
В False
C Not stated
3 Dalita started entering chess tournaments when she was nine.
A True
В False
C Not stated
4 Dalita finds her training regime demanding.
A True
В False
C Not stated
5 In a game of speed chess, players use a clock to time their moves.
A True
В False
C Not stated
6 The interviewer thinks speed chess is a very relaxing game.
A True
В False
C Not stated
7 One of the reasons why Dalita likes chess is that she enjoys getting acquainted with other contestants.
A True
В False
C Not stated
Unfired state exam
Steps to success
You hear the recording twice. Use the second listening to find answers you didntaskt hear the first time and to check the answers you already have.
Quick chat
Which would you enjoy more, speed chess or traditional chess?
What do you think life would be like for a young chess champion? Talk about:
their studies
their friends
their free time
their family