Sports

Unit 1: Video and Photograph

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intermediate lesson plan - theatre picture of actors jumping into the air.

1. What was happening in the video clip? How were people tricked?
2. What is happening in the photograph?
3. What is your all time favourite movie? What was it about?
4. Do you think films can be educational? How?

An Idiom

Jump the Queue
To go to the front of a queue unfairly and not wait for your turn .

Those two men jumped the queue. It wasn't their turn to pay for the tickets yet.

Unit 2: Reading Comprehension

Every morning, I put on my track suit and go for a 30 minute jog at a park near my home. A new athletic sports centre was recently built there, which contains a swimming pool, a tennis and basketball court. There is also a separate sports stadium, that can seat upto 30,000 spectators. Several competitions are held here each year, and athletes from all over the state come to compete in track events. I like to run around the track several times with other amateurs athletes. There is also a large area marked out in the middle of the field for field events. This is the place where jumping and throwing events are held. Sometimes sports officials put out special sports equipment in the middle of the field. They use them to measure and time the events. There is also a large electronic scoreboard where information is displayed.

Vocabulary Practice

Track suit - (or sweatsuit) matching sweat pants and shirts.
Swimming pool - a facility with water built for swimming.
Court - a specially marked out area where games are played.
Stadium- a large bulding for entertainment or sporting events.
Spectators - the people who come to watch the games.
Competitions - an event where individuals or teams compete to win a prize.
Athletes - a person who competes in a sports event.
Amateur - someone who plays a sport for fitness or fun.
Field events - competition that takes place on the field.
Officials - people who make decisions on the rules of a sports game.
Scoreboard - a board used for displaying the score of a contest.