Listening comprehension by Martin Ehrensberger The Tour de France – 23 days of extreme sport Read On • September 2018 Issue • page 4 page 1 of 17 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRE-LISTENING TASK 1: a) Matching 2 b) Discussion 3 c) Mind map 3 d) Presentations 4 TASK 2: a) Describing pictures 5 b) Discussion 5 c) Online work 6 d) Writing 6 e) Pro-/con discussion 7 VOCABULARY TASK 1: Noun salad 8 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Completing sentences 10 TASK 2: Tick true or false 10 READING-COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Reordering sentences 11 TASK 2: Reordering the text 12 TASK 3: Guided writing 13 POST-LISTENING Full text 14 Answer key 15 Sources 18 © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. The Tour de France – 23 days of extreme sport September 2018 Issue • page 4 page 2 of 17 PRE-LISTENING TASK 1: a) Are you cycling pro? – Part 1 Matching: Combine the pictures of these famous professional cyclists (PIC 1 – PIC 6) with their corresponding names below. Be careful! There are more names than you need. PIC 1 PIC 2 PIC 3 PIC 5 PIC 6 PIC 4 a) Vincenzo Nibali b) Bradley Wiggins c) Cadel Evans d) Alberto Contador e) Chris Froome f) Carlos Sastre g) Geraint Thomas h) Andy Schleck i) Lance Armstrong Picture 1 2 3 4 5 6 Name © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. The Tour de France – 23 days of extreme sport September 2018 Issue • page 4 page 3 of 17 b) Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner and then in class. Give reasons and explanations for your answers. Are you interested in cycling? How often do you cycle? Where do you go? Do you cycle in a team? What kind of bike have you got? What is the longest distance you have ever ridden? Did you watch the Tour de France on TV? What do you think of professional cyclists? Did you recognise any of the professional cyclists in the previous task? They have got one thing in common. What might it be? c) Mind map. Create a mind map with your spontaneous ideas. Share your ideas with your partner and then in class. Why do you think so many people like cycling? PIC7 © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. The Tour de France – 23 days of extreme sport September 2018 Issue • page 4 page 4 of 17 Why do you think people want to become professional cyclists? PIC 7 d) Presentations Divide your class into groups. Each group picks one of the following cyclists and creates a presentation. a) Vincenzo Nibali b) Bradley Wiggins c) Cadel Evans d) Alberto Contador e) Chris Froome f) Carlos Sastre g) Geraint Thomas h) Andy Schleck i) Lance Armstrong j) Jan Ulrich j) Marco Pantani j) Miguel Indurain k) Eddy Merckx l) Bernard Hinault m) Greg LeMond Include the following aspects: - general facts - career achievements - early and amateur career - teams and equipment - personal life - any other interesting info Create a PowerPoint presentation with pictures and videos. Duration: 4-5 minutes. Try to speak as freely as possible. © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. At last – nice clothes for people with disabilities August 2018 Issue • page 4 page 5 of 17 TASK 2: a) Describe the pictures to a partner without showing them to each other. PIC 8 PIC 9 b) Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner and then in class. Always give reasons and explanations for your responses. What similarities and differences can you see in the two pictures? What do you know about the Tour de France? Would you like to watch a stage of the Tour de France live? How important is equipment for a professional cyclist? Why are so many people fascinated with the Tour de France? © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. At last – nice clothes for people with disabilities August 2018 Issue • page 4 page 6 of 17 c) Online work Go online with your partner and research the following aspects of the Tour de France. Create a PowerPoint-presentation and present it to the class. HISTORY & ORIGIN GENERAL FACTS STAGES (INCLUDING START CLASSIFICATIONS & FINISH) OF THE TOUR MEDIA & BROADCAST TEAMS & THEIR ORGANISATION DOPING & POLITICS RECORDS & STATISTICS d) Writing Imagine you are a professional cyclist in the Tour de France. After a long, hard stage in the Alps you write about your feelings and experiences in your online blog. Write down your emotions and feelings about the previous stages and the ones you still have to complete. Write about 150 words. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ VOCABULARY ___________________________________________________________________ TASK____________________________________________________ 1: Word salad _______________ Read the definitions below and find the nouns in the grid. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. At last – nice clothes for people with disabilities August 2018 Issue • page 4 page 7 of 17 e) Pro-/con discussion Read the statements below. Find five pros and five cons. Discuss them with your partner and then in class. It’s impossible to be successful in the Tour de France without doping. Doping should be legalised. +++ PROS +++ --- CONS --- ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ The Tour de France should be made easier for cyclists. +++ PROS +++ --- CONS --- ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ g) Writing. © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. At last – nice clothes for people with disabilities August 2018 Issue • page 4 page 8 of 17 VOCABULARY TASK 1: Noun salad Read the definitions below and find the corresponding nouns in the grid. © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. At last – nice clothes for people with disabilities August 2018 Issue • page 4 page 9 of 17 a) how well or poorly you do something; how well or poorly something works b) a person or an organisation that competes against others, especially in business c) the process by which living things receive the food necessary for them to grow and be healthy d) a place where something happens or exists; the position of something e) the height above sea level f) a downward slope g) a person who competes in sports h) a person who rides a bicycle i) harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body, for example in an accident j) how heavy somebody/something is, which can be measured in, for example, kilogrammes or pounds k) the size or measurement of something from one end to the other l) a gas that is present in air and water and is necessary for people, animals and plants to live m) the wide curved set of bones at the bottom of the body that the legs and spine are connected to n) an act of climbing up a mountain, rock or large number of steps; a period of time spent climbing o) a person who rides a horse, bicycle or motorcycle p) a person who rides a bicycle, especially a mountain bike q) a period or state that something/somebody passes through while developing or making progress r) any material that produces heat or power, usually when burnt click: key © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. At last – nice clothes for people with disabilities August 2018 Issue • page 4 page 10 of 17 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Listen to the text and complete the sentences below. Use two to six words for your answer. a) The Tour de France is one of the world’s greatest sporting events, and the _________________________________. b) Their average speed on flat terrain is _________________________________. c) The location