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.

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Real Life Skill - Dictionary Usage: Finding Past Tense Verbs

The base form of a verb (for example, play, fight) is always in a dictionary. The past tense of regular verbs (played) and irregular verbs (fought) is always given with the base form.

A. Look at the dictionary entries for the verbs lose and compete. Answer the questions.

lose /lu:z/ v. lost /lɒst/, losing, loses

to be defeated (in a competition or war): Our team lost the basketball game.

compete /kom'pi:t/ v. -peted, -peting, -petes

to participate in a contest: Our basketball team competed against another team and won.
  1. What is the simple past tense of lose and compete?
  2. Which verb is regular?
  3. Which verb is irregular?

B. Find the verbs below in your dictionary. Write the past tense form. Write (R) if the verb is regular or irregular (I).

verb past tense R/I
1 bring
2 divide
3 drop
4 get
5 go
6 hit
7 kick
8 make
9 score
10 throw

What do you think?

  1. There are many international sporting events (the World Cup, the Asian Games, the X Games, the Olympics). Which one would you most like to go to? Why?
    Answer

    Choosing which events t o attend will depend on specific sporting interests. Attending an event may also depend on whether your country's team is participating and where the event is held.

  2. There are many famous female athletes. Name three famous female athletes you know. What sports do they play?
    Answer

    Famous female athletes participate in sports such as tennis, track, soccer, figure skating, and gymnastics. Some possible answers are Serena Williams (tennis), Michelle Wie (golf), Li Na (tennis), Danica Patrick (racecar driving), Mia Hamm (soccer), and Shizuka Arakawa (figure skating).

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