Welcome to Extreme Sports Café!

Which sport is more exciting and dangerous?

Rock climbing攀岩

What do we call this kind of sports

Extreme sports

More exciting ! More dangerous!

蹦极跳

You jump off a bridge, and you fall and fall.…

Can you describe this kind of sport?

Extreme sports

Just before you hit the ground or water, the rope pulls you back.

bungee

Jump

Sky surfing

You jump out of an plane and use a board to ‘surf’.

Extreme sportsCan you describe this kind of sport?

空中滑翔

Surfing on snow!

Extreme sports

Snowboarding 滑雪板

Snowrafting

Sit in a rubber boat and sail down a mountain at great speed.

Extreme sports

动力雪橇

White-water Rafting!

Sit in a small inflatable (膨胀的 )raft(救生艇 ) and go down a river at high speed.

Extreme sports

漂流

Ice diving

Put on diving equipment and dive under a frozen lake.

Extreme sports

冰下潜水

Listening Strategies

Before you listen, always look for clues（线索） that will help you. Understand what you are going to listen to. E.g. the title, pictures, captions,etc.

Use your knowledge of the world to predict answers to the questions.

Guess the answers which you can then check when you are listening.

ListeningListening

1.Listen and check your answers for exercise 2

1. People do extreme sports in order to feel ______ A.excited B.nervous C.happy

2.Extreme sports have become popular in the last______

A.5 years B.10 years C.20 years

3.People usually bungee jump from______

A.aeroplanes B.high buildings C.bridges

ListeningListening

1.Listen and check your answers for exercise 2

4. In sky surfing people do mid-air ______ A.gymnastics B.dancing C.swimming

5.Snowboarding has similarities with______

A.skiing B.surfing C.canoeing

6.Snowrafting is ______

A.quite dangerous B.very dangerous C. not very dangerous

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体操

1.Listen and check your answers for exercise 2

7.For white-water rafting you need ______

A.a big river B.a warm river C.a mountain river

8.Ice divers______

A.swim under the ice B.walk on the bottom of lakes C.walk upside down under the ice

ListeningListening

sports carol

likes

doesn’t like

would like to try

Wouldn’t like to try

Listen to two people talking about extreme sports. Complete the table.

Bungee jumping

Sky surfing

Snow rafting

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Tennis

Listen again and complete the sentences.What sort of extreme sports do you do?---I ______ bungee jumping. It’s great, really exciting.What about other extreme sports?---Mm, _________________ sky surfing, but it’s expensive, you know.

Are there any sports you wouldn’t try?---I _________________ do snowrafting. There have been terrible accidents.---But I also _____________ dull sports. I _________ doing boring sports.

like

I’d like to try

wouldn’t like to

don’t likehate

ListeningListening

What sort of extreme sports would you like to try and what you wouldn't like to try? Can you tell us why?

Guessing game Skateboarding Street LugeingMountain Biking

riding mountain bikes off cliffs(悬

崖 ).Going down a street very fast on a board with wheels.stand on your boards with both feet. To start, use the back foot to push off the ground and the front foot to control the board.

Conclusion

1.Get to know various kinds of extreme sports.

2. Practise Listening strategies for preparing to listen to a text.

3. Practise expressing preference.

Homework1.Go over all the expressions

and new words.2.Surf the internet and find out other sorts of extreme sports to describe.