Unit Seven: Games and Sports

Lesson 1: Tales of Two Players (1)

Key words: striker, coach, half-time, school compound, talk show, quiz

A

Look at the pictures. What are they about?

B

Read the text. Write the day below each picture.

Every Thursday afternoon, Ashish Biswash plays football. He is a striker. He plays for the local Friends Club. Do you want to know what else he does on other days? This is what Ashish says: “Friday and Saturday are my weekends. On Friday, I go to my village home. Going home is really a wonderful experience. My mother waits for me there.

In the afternoon, I go cycling with my friends. Sometimes I go for a long walk. Next day, I get up a little late. In the afternoon, I play kabadi. In fact, I was a kabadi player during my school days.

From Sunday to Thursday, I go to the club at 7 o’clock in the morning. It’s the time for our regular practice. So I have to get up by 6 o’clock. Usually, on Monday afternoon, the team doctor sees all the players. On Tuesday, our coach shows us videos of important matches. We learn a lot from them. On Thursdays, when we practice, our team manager watches our performance and keeps a record of that. Then he selects the team for the day. In the afternoon, I go to the club at 1 o’clock. I spend some time with my teammates. At 4 o’clock, our match begins. We regularly play with other local teams.”

C

Use the pictures in A. Describe Ashish Biswash’s week.

Example: He plays kabadi on Saturday afternoon.

D

Answer the following questions.

1. What's your favorite sport?
2. What’s your favorite team?
3. Who is the captain?
4. Who is your favorite player?
5. How often do you go to the stadium and watch sports programs?

E

Listening text: 8

Listen to the teacher/CD and answer the following questions.

1. Who narrates the above story?
2. What is his dream?
3. Where does he live?
4. Why does he consider himself fortunate?
5. What is interesting in him?

F

Look at the chart. Listen to the teacher/CD again and write the time for each activity in the chart.

| Time | Activity | |---|---| | | Get up | | | Go for jogging | | | Have a shower | | | Get dressed for school | | | Go to school | | | Come home | | | Have some light food | | | Finish study | | | Go to bed |

G

Does Arun do these things? Complete the sentences.

Example: He gets up at 6 o’clock. He doesn’t practise on Fridays.

1. He ______ at four o’clock. (get up)
2. He ______ to school by bus. (go)
3. He ______ in the morning. (jog)
4. He ______ to be a national cricketer. (want)
5. He ______ every day. (practise)
6. He ______ his practice. (miss)
7. He ______ back home at 6 in the afternoon. (get)
8. He ______ little time watching TV. (spend)
9. He ______ until ten in the evening. (study)
10. He ______ Talk Shows. (watch)

H

What do you think about Arun’s life? Do you like him? Why/why not?