Active Skills for Reading Intro (Unit 4: The World of Sports)


CHAPTER 2 Are Sports Important?

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Are sports important?

Sports are all around us.we watch and read sports news. There are also sports bars and even sports-only channels on TV. In many countries, athletes make millions of dollars every year. But why are sports (like soccer and baseball) so important? They're only s games, right?

Our readers answer:

Sports bring people together. In 2006, our team qualified1 for the soccer world Cup for the first time.Everyone was happy. Rich and poor, old and young, men and women-everyone was dancing in the streets together!

Sports bring people together, but they divide them, too. Fans of different teams fight all the time-they yell and hit each other. For example: My brother plays high school baseball. Last week, his team played an important game. At the game, two parents fought about a call.2 come on ...baseball is only a game! Sports are so competitive these days. It's all about winning. When fights happen, the game isn't fun anymore.

Right now, some of the world's best soccer players are from African countries (Cameroon, Senegal, the Ivory Coast), and the 2010 world Cup was in south Africa. Yes, some athletes make a lot of money-maybe too much.But sporting events (like the world Cup) bring tourists and money to countries and help their people. And that was really good for Africa.

Send us your opinion. ✉

Reading Comprehension - Check Your Understanding

A. Choose the correct answers.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

a Sports make people happy.
b Players make a lot of money.
c People have different opinions about sports.

2. Why are sports important for Oba?

a They can bring tourists and money to a place.
b The World Cup was in South Africa in 2010.
c The best soccer players are African.

3. According to Kelly, when players and fans only think about winning, a game is not ______

a important
b competitive
c fun

4. Why are sports important for Vlad?

a His team was in the World Cup.
b They bring people together.
c Some players can get rich.

B. Read the sentences below. Find the words in the passage. Write the correct answer.

  1. In paragraph 3, they means ( sports / people) .
  2. In paragraph 3, them means ( sports / people) .
  3. In paragraph 4, that means ( athletes / sporting events) bringing money to Africa.

Critical Thinking

  1. Three people give their opinions. Who do you agree with? Why?
  2. Think of one more reason sports are important or are not important. Tell your partner.
    Answer

    Answers will vary based on personal opinions. Students may mention the importance of sports in tenns of entertainment plus the revenue it generates. or the unimportance of sports in tenns of the number of overpaid sportspeople and the fact that the world has serious problems such as poverty.

Chapter - 2: Reading Skill - Making Inferences Chapter - 2: Vocabulary Comprehension - Words in Context

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