Page PRE-LISTENING TASK 1: a) Matching 2 b) Discussion 3 c) Matching 3 d) Presentations 4 e) Mind map 4 TASK 2: a) Describing pictures 5 b) Discussion 5 c) Mind Map 6 d) Pro/Contra Discussion 6 VOCABULARY TASK 1: Crossword Puzzle 7 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Answering questions 8 TASK 2: Error spotting 9 READING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Mediation 10 TASK 2: Reordering the text 11 TASK 3: Guided writing 12 POST-LISTENING Full text 12 Answer Key 13 Sources 16

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PRE-LISTENING TASK 1: a) Are you a winter sports expert? – PART 1 Matching: Combine the pictures (PIC 1 – PIC 9) with the corresponding sports. Be careful! There are some sports that you do not need.

PIC 1 PIC 2 PIC 3

PIC 4 PIC 5 PIC 6

PIC 7 PIC 8 PIC 9

A) Bobsleigh B) Ski Jumping C) Figure Skating D) Ice hockey E) Short track speed F) Snowboarding G) Skeleton H) Luge skating I) Alpine skiing J) Biathlon K) Curling L) Cross-country skiing

Picture : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Name of sport:

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b) Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner first and then in class. Always try to give reasons and explanations.

 Do you know the sports in the previous task?  Have you tried any of these sports? If not, is there a sport you would like to try?  The sports have got one thing in common. What might it be?  Do you like to watch these sports on TV?  On which occasions can you watch these sports on TV?  Do you know any famous and successful sports stars in one or more of these sports?  What do you prefer? Watching winter sports on TV or etting active and doing them yourself?

c) Are you a winter sports expert? – Part 2 Match the names of some of the most decorated Winter Olympians with their sport and their nationality. You can use a nationality more than once and there are sports and nationalities that you do not need. Complete the grid below.

Names: A) Ole Einar Bjørndalen B) Marit Bjørgen C) Natalie Geisenberger D) Ireen Wüst E) Kamil Stoch F) Viktor Ahn G) Sven Fischer H) Sven Kramer I) Laura Dahlmeier J) Shaun White K) Eric Frenzel L) Marcel Hirscher

Sports: 1) Ice hockey 2) Speed Skating 3) Biathlon 4) Luge 5) Alpine Skiing 6) Snowboarding 7) Ski jumping 8) Nordic combined 9) Bobsleigh 10) Short track speed skating 11) Cross-country skiing 12) Figure Skating

Nationality: a) Germany b) Austria c) Poland d) Italy e) Norway f) Sweden g) China h) Netherlands i) Russia j) USA k) Canada l) Japan

Name A B C D E F G H I J K L Sport Nation

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d) Presentations Divide your class into groups. Each group picks one of the following Winter Olympic Games.

Albertville 1994

PC 11 Torino 2006

PIC 10 Salt Lake City 2002 Nagano 1998

Nagano 1998 Lillehammer 1994

Try to include the following aspects in your presentation:

general facts participating nations marketing venues opening ceremony broadcasting sports results

Watch a few videos and tell the class your personal opinion of them. Try to create a PowerPoint presentation with pictures and videos. Duration: 5-10 minutes

e) Mind Map Find possible reasons and create a mind map. Discuss your ideas in class. Create a ranking with the top-5 reasons mentioned.

Why do people watch the Olympic Games on TV?

PIC 4

PIC 12

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TASK 2: a) Describe the pictures to each other without showing them to each other.

PIC 13

PIC 14 PIC 14

b) Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner first and then in class. Always try to give reasons and explanations. What similarities and differences can you see in the two pictures? Do you like snowboarding? Have you ever tried it? Would you like to be a professional snowboarder?

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c) Mind Map Find possible reasons and create a mind map. Discuss your ideas in class. Create a ranking with the top-5 reasons mentioned.

Why do many sportsmen and sportswomen dream of taking part in the Olympic Games?

PIC 4

PIC 12

d) Pro-/Con-Discussion

Read the statements below. Find five pros and cons and discuss them with your partner first and then in class.

Sport isn’t the most important thing at the Olympic Games; they are dominated by money..

+++ PROS +++ --- CONS ---

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VOCABULARY TASK 1: Crossword Puzzle Read the definitions below and find the nouns, adjectives or adverbs in the grid.

Across: Down: 3 having something as part of a group 1 the first public appearance of a or set performer or sports player 5 a sportsman or a sportswoman 2 to finish making or doing something 6 one thing on a list of things to buy, do, 4 a person or company that creates talk about, etc. apps or computer games 9 the action of an object moving in a 7 extremely bad and shocking or circle around a central fixed point frightening 10 dangerous, in a way that other people 8 used when giving information that you may think is stupid expect other people to know already or agree with 12 the series of jobs that a person has in 10 the amount or level of something a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes 13 the action of turning something with 11 a type of product made by a particular your hand, or of turning a part of your company body 14 a thing that is made to be the same as something else, especially a document or a work of art

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Listen to the text and answer the questions. You don’t have to write a full sentence but one word isn’t enough. a) Why do you feel like being in a video game when you see Shaun White? ______

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______b) What are back-to-back 1440s? ______

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c) Why does Shaun White definitely know that snowboarding is dangerous? ______

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d) How did Shaun White begin snowboarding? ______

______e) Why does Shaun White dream of taking part a skateboarder in the 2020 Olympics as a skateboarder? ______

______click: key

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TASK 2: click: key Listen to the text and correct the mistakes. If a line is correct, put a tick () in the space provided at the beginning of each line. Otherwise correct it.

Seeing Shaun White on his snowboard is a bit like watching a video game. His daredevil jumps and fists look more like something a games developer would think up; they seem too difficult to be made by a real human being. Known as the Flying Potato because of his red hair, the American won his third gold medal in the snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The medal also made a comeback for White. After winning gold in Torino in 2006 and in Vancouver in 2012, he crashed and only came fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Now White, 31, is planning to defend his halfpipe title at the 2022 games in Berlin. His gold medal run in Pyeongchang included back-to-back1440s. To do these tricks, the snowboarder completes four full rotations in the air– the name comes from the degrees turned: 4x 360. “I was fearful of doing that trick,” White told reporters. “I did a couple of them in practice during the holiday break but then I fell and got thick, so I guessed it would have to wait for the Olympics.” Snowboarding doesn’t just look dangerous, it is dangerous. Shaun White has had many falls including a horrific crash while he was training for the Olympics in New Zealand last October. The fall could have ruined his chances of completing in Pyeongchang. He had to be taken to hospital and needed 62 stitches to repair his face. Even the tip of his tongue needed stitches. He has said that it was the worst fall of his long career. Shaun White, born in San Diego in 1968, has been snowboarding for most of his life. He started by skiing at the age of four, but he was so fast that his parents put him on a snowboard to slow him down. Obviously that didn’t work. He was so good on his snowboard that he turned professional at the age of 13. Since then White has not only reached the top in his sport, he has also become very, very rich, a millionaire before his 20th birthday. He has a long list of sponsors, including the snowboard baker Burton. Together with his brother Jesse, he has designed many snowboarding items for the brand. He has also released video games. The first, ‘Shaun White Snowboarding’, came out in 2008 and has bought 3 million copies. Snowboarding isn’t Shaun White’s only sport: he’s also a champion skateboarder and he would like to compete in the sport in Tokyo in 2020, when it will have its Olympic debut. He told the Washington Post: “It would mean the world to me to compete in skating. “It’d be great.” If he manages to win gold in Tokyo, he would be the first athlete to spin gold medals at both the summer and the winter Olympics.

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READING COMPREHENSION click: key

TASK 1: Beantworten Sie die folgenden Fragen stichpunktartig auf Deutsch. Es sind keine ganzen Sätze notwendig, aber ein Wort genügt nicht als Antwort. a) Was ist das Besondere, wenn man Shaun White beim Snowboarden zusieht? ______

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______b) Weshalb hatte Shaun White Angst vor den „back-to-back 1440s“?

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______c) Was geschah im Krankenhaus mit Shaun White, nachdem er seinen bis dato schwersten Sturz erlitten hatte? ______

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______d) Weshalb wäre eine Teilnahme der Skateboarder an den Spielen in Tokyo 2020 so besonders? ______

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TASK 2:

Sections of the text have been mixed up. Put them in the correct order. Only the beginning and the ending are given.

Another gold for the Flying Tomato click: key

WINTER SPORT Shaun White, the greatest snowboarder of all time, won his third gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

By Moya Irvine

Now White, 31, is planning to defend his halfpipe title at the 2022 games in Beijing. His gold medal run in Pyeongchang included back-to-back 1440s. To do these tricks, the snowboarder completes four full rotations in the air – the name comes from the degrees turned: 4x 360. “I was fearful of doing that trick,” White told reporters. He started by skiing at the age of four, but he was so fast that his parents put him on a snowboard to slow him down. Obviously that didn’t work. He was so good on his snowboard that he turned professional at the age of 13. Since then White has not only reached the top in his sport, he has also become very, very rich, a millionaire before his 20th birthday. Known as the Flying Tomato because of his red hair, the American won his third gold medal in the snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The medal also marked a comeback for White. After winning gold in Torino in 2006 and in Vancouver in 2012, he crashed and only came fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. “I did a couple of them in practice during the holiday break but then I fell and got sick, so I guessed it would have to wait for the Olympics.” Snowboarding doesn’t just look dangerous, it is dangerous. Shaun White has had many falls including a horrific crash while he was training for the Olympics in New Zealand last October. The fall could have ruined his chances of competing in Pyeongchang. He has a long list of sponsors, including the snowboard maker Burton. Together with his brother Jesse, he has designed many snowboarding items for the brand. He has also released video games. The first, ‘Shaun White Snowboarding’, came out in 2008 and has sold 3 million copies. Snowboarding isn’t Shaun White’s only sport: he’s also a champion skateboarder and he would like to compete in the sport in Tokyo in 2020, when it will have its Olympic debut.

He told the Washington Post: “It would mean the world to me to compete in skating. “It’d be great.” If he manages to win gold in Tokyo, he would be the first athlete to win gold medals at both the summer and the winter Olympics.

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TASK 3: Guided writing

Write an article for your school magazine about the Winter Olympics 2018.

 The 2018 Winter Olympics in general  Interesting results  Snowboarding and Shaun White  Your opinion on the Olympics in general

Write about 200 words.

Full text: Another gold for the Flying Tomato

WINTER SPORT Shaun White, the greatest snowboarder of all time, won his third gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

By Moya Irvine

Seeing Shaun White on his snowboard is a bit like watching a video game. His daredevil jumps and twists look more like something a games developer would think up; they seem too difficult to be made by a real human being. Known as the Flying Tomato because of his red hair, the American won his third gold medal in the snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The medal also marked a comeback for White. After winning gold in Torino in 2006 and in Vancouver in 2012, he crashed and only came fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Now White, 31, is planning to defend his halfpipe title at the 2022 games in Beijing. His gold medal run in Pyeongchang included back-to-back 1440s. To do these tricks, the snowboarder completes four full rotations in the air – the name comes from the degrees turned: 4x 360. “I was fearful of doing that trick,” White told reporters. “I did a couple of them in practice during the holiday break but then I fell and got sick, so I guessed it would have to wait for the Olympics.” Snowboarding doesn’t just look dangerous, it is dangerous. Shaun White has had many falls including a horrific crash while he was training for the Olympics in New Zealand last October. The fall could have ruined his chances of competing in Pyeongchang. He had to be taken to hospital and needed 62 stitches to repair his face. Even the tip of his tongue needed stitches. He has said that it was the worst fall of his long career. Shaun White, born in San Diego in 1986, has been snowboarding for most of his life. He started by skiing at the age of four, but he was so fast that his parents put him on a snowboard to slow him down. Obviously that didn’t work. He was so good on his snowboard that he turned professional at the age of 13. Since then White has not only reached the top in his sport, he has also become very, very rich, a millionaire before his 20th birthday. He has a long list of sponsors, including the snowboard maker Burton. Together with his brother Jesse, he has designed many snowboarding items for the brand. He has also released video games. The first, ‘Shaun White Snowboarding’, came out in 2008 and has sold 3 million copies.Snowboarding isn’t Shaun White’s only sport: he’s also a champion skateboarder and he would like to compete in the sport in Tokyo in 2020, when it will have its Olympic debut. He told the Washington Post: “It would mean the world to me to compete in skating. “It’d be great.” If he manages to win gold in Tokyo, he would be the first athlete to win gold medals at both the summer and the winter Olympics. Hinweis: Sie können Ihre Vorlage aus dem Read On Übungsmaterial für Ihren eigenen Unterricht gerne vervielfältigen. Ihre Zugangsdaten dürfen Sie jedoch nicht an Dritte weitergeben. Jede Art der Mehrfachnutzung Ihres persönlichen Abos verstößt gegen das Urheberrech

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ANSWER KEY

PRE-LISTENING

TASK 1

Are you a winter sport expert – Part 1?

Picture : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Name of D J K F G H C E A sport: a) They are all part of the Winter Olympics 2018 b) Are you a winter sport expert – Part 2?

Name A B C D E F G H I J K L Sport 3 11 4 2 7 10 3 2 3 6 8 5 Nation e e a h c I a h a j a b

VOCABULARY

TASK 1:

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

TASK 1: a) His daredevil jumps and twists look more like something a games developer would think up; they seem too difficult to be made by a real human being. b) the snowboarder completes four full rotations in the air – the name comes from the degrees turned: 4x 360. c) Shaun White has had many falls including a horrific crash while he was training for the Olympics in New Zealand last October. d) He was so fast that his parents put him on a snowboard to slow him down e) He would be the first athlete to win gold medals at both the summer and the winter Olympics

TASK 2:

 Seeing Shaun White on his snowboard is a bit like watching a video game. His daredevil twists jumps and fists look more like something a games developer would think up; they seem

Tomato too difficult to be made by a real human being. Known as the Flying Potato because of

 his red hair, the American won his third gold medal in the snowboard halfpipe at the Winter marked Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The medal also made a comeback for White.

 After winning gold in Torino in 2006 and in Vancouver in 2012, he crashed and only came

 fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Now White, 31, is planning to defend his

Beijing halfpipe title at the 2022 games in Berlin. His gold medal run in Pyeongchang included

 back-to-back1440s. To do these tricks, the snowboarder completes four full rotations in the

 air– the name comes from the degrees turned: 4x 360. “I was fearful of doing that trick,”

 White told reporters. “I did a couple of them in practice during the holiday break but then sick I fell and got thick, so I guessed it would have to wait for the Olympics.” Snowboarding

 doesn’t just look dangerous, it is dangerous. Shaun White has had many falls including a

 horrific crash while he was training for the Olympics in New Zealand last October. The fall competing could have ruined his chances of completing in Pyeongchang. He had to be taken to

 hospital and needed 62 stitches to repair his face. Even the tip of his tongue needed

 stitches. He has said that it was the worst fall of his long career. Shaun White, born

1986 in San Diego in 1968, has been snowboarding for most of his life. He started by skiing

 at the age of four, but he was so fast that his parents put him on a snowboard to slow him

 down. Obviously that didn’t work. He was so good on his snowboard that he turned

 professional at the age of 13. Since then White has not only reached the top in his

 sport, he has also become very, very rich, a millionaire before his 20th birthday. He maker has a long list of sponsors, including the snowboard baker Burton. Together with

 his brother Jesse, he has designed many snowboarding items for the brand. He

 has also released video games. The first, ‘Shaun White Snowboarding’, came out sold in 2008 and has bought 3 million copies. Snowboarding isn’t Shaun White’s only

 sport: he’s also a champion skateboarder and he would like to compete in the

 sport in Tokyo in 2020, when it will have its Olympic debut. He told the Washington

 Post: “It would mean the world to me to compete in skating. “It’d be great.” If he win manages to win gold in Tokyo, he would be the first athlete to spin gold medals at both the

 summer and the winter Olympics.

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READING COMPREHENSION

TASK 1: a) Es ist, als ob man ein Videospiel ansehen würde. Seine waghalsigen Sprünge und Drehungen sehen eher nach etwas aus, das sich ein Videospieler ausdenken würde; sie scheinen zu schwer zu sein, als dass ein Mensch sie ausführen könnte. b) Während des Trainings in den Ferien wagte er einige von der Sorte, aber dann stürzte er und wurde krank. c) Sein Gesicht musste mit 62 Stichen genäht werden. Sogar seine Zunge musste genäht werden. Es war der schlimmste Sturz seiner Karriere. d) Wenn er gewänne, wäre er der erste Athlet, der sowohl bei den Olympischen Sommer- als auch bei den Winterspielen Gold gewonnen hätte.

TASK 2: 2 Now White, 31, is planning to defend his halfpipe title at the 2022 games in Beijing. His gold medal run in Pyeongchang included back-to-back 1440s. To do these tricks, the snowboarder completes four full rotations in the air – the name comes from the degrees turned: 4x 360. “I was fearful of doing that trick,” White told reporters. 4 He started by skiing at the age of four, but he was so fast that his parents put him on a snowboard to slow him down. Obviously that didn’t work. He was so good on his snowboard that he turned professional at the age of 13. Since then White has not only reached the top in his sport, he has also become very, very rich, a millionaire before his 20th birthday. 1 Known as the Flying Tomato because of his red hair, the American won his third gold medal in the snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The medal also marked a comeback for White. After winning gold in Torino in 2006 and in Vancouver in 2012, he crashed and only came fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. 3 “I did a couple of them in practice during the holiday break but then I fell and got sick, so I guessed it would have to wait for the Olympics.” Snowboarding doesn’t just look dangerous, it is dangerous. Shaun White has had many falls including a horrific crash while he was training for the Olympics in New Zealand last October. The fall could have ruined his chances of competing in Pyeongchang. 5 He has a long list of sponsors, including the snowboard maker Burton. Together with his brother Jesse, he has designed many snowboarding items for the brand. He has also released video games. The first, ‘Shaun White Snowboarding’, came out in 2008 and has sold 3 million copies. Snowboarding isn’t Shaun White’s only sport: he’s also a champion skateboarder and he would like to compete in the sport in Tokyo in 2020, when it will have its Olympic debut.

SOURCES:

PIC 1: ice hockey https://pixabay.com/de/eishockey-torwart-ziel-sport-team-557578/ PIC 2: Biathlon https://pixabay.com/de/biathlon-wettbewerber-athlet-643402/ PIC 3: Curling By Feddar (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Curling_Torino_2006_Pinerolo_Palaghiac cio_scena2.jpg PIC 4: Snowboarding www.dmitrimarkine.com [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Snowboarding1.jpg PIC 5: Skeleton https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brady_Canfield_skeleton_start.jpg#filelinks PIC 6: Luge https://pixabay.com/de/rennrodel-verdoppelt-trainingslauf-603614/ PIC 7: figure skating Kremlin.ru [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) or CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Julia_Lipnitskaia_Olympics_2014.jpeg PIC 8: Short track speed-skating PIC 9: Bobsleigh https://pixabay.com/de/bob-team-laufen-olympische-spiele-643397/ By Pawel Maryanov (Flickr: IMG_6025) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/2014_WInter_Olympics_Short_track_spe ed_skating_-_Women%27s_1000_metres_Quarterfinals.jpg PIC 10: 2018 By The original uploader was AxG at English Wikipedia [Public domain, Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/PyeongChang_2018_Winter_Olympics.sv g PIC 11: 2014 By EEIM (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Sochi_2014_logo_no_rings.png PIC 12: Olympic Rings By Original author: Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg PIC 13: www.dmitrimarkine.com [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Snowboarding1.jpg PIC 14: By Nick Francke, original uploaded by Upperception (Original description page was here.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Towin.jpg

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