Unit 5 (1)

UNIT 5 SPORTS

PART TWO LISTENING

Task 1

Football is probably the most popular sport in United States.

Task 2

Football Season: fall

Kinds of teams: high school, college, professional

Uniform (clothing): strange looking, protective

Object (goal) of game: to carry the football from one end of the field to the other end Professional players: rich, famous, play only 6-8 years

Game on TV: from September through January, on weekends & Monday nights, popular among people, “football widows”

Text 2

Mike Tyson in the news

Task 1

And finally tonight, Mike Tyson has earned 300 million dollars since becoming world heavyweight champion in 1986, but his outrageously lavish 1 lifestyle 2 forced him to 3 declare 4 bankruptcy just 5 last 6 week . ABC’s Robert Krulw ich 7 explains 8 how the former champ squandered his fortune.

Task 2: How did Mike Tyson squander his fortune? List what you hear after you finish watching the full report

Task 2

divorces; high maintenance of his house; unusual pets; expensive cars; lawyers.

Task 3: Listen and fill out the numbers.

1.300 million

2.300 million, 48,348

3.10.5 million

4. 6.5 million

5.61, 18, 38

6.748,000

7.70,000

8.320,000

9.110

Text 3

An Interview with Kobe Bryant

Key:

1. true man

2. championship

3. champion

4. MVP

5. trophy

6. That is what it is all about

7. rookie

Task 3: Watch part of the video clip again and answer the following questions. Key

1. He grew up in Italy, thus a soccer fan.

2. He would go there and be excited to see the USA team.

Task 1: What do these initialisms stand for?

PRC ____________________ (People’s Republic of China)

CPU ____________________ (Central Processing Unit)

VOA ____________________ (Voice of America)

EU ____________________ (European Union)

GRE ____________________ (Graduate Record Examination)

WTO ____________________ (World Trade Organization)

CCTV ____________________ (China Central Television)

NBA ____________________ (National Basketball Association)

VIP ____________________ (Very Important Person)

CBD ____________________ (Central Business District)

Task 2: Read out the following acronyms.

DINK (Double Income, No Kids)

APEC (Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

IELTS (International English Language Testing System)

PETS (Public English Test System)

GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) PART FIVE HOMEWORK

Task: Watch the video clip and fill in the blanks. landed on water

showing off

Captain Kate

dragon boat

starting line

William the Conqueror