Lesson 3. Keeping fit

Active vocabulary: professional, a champion, a team, to win, to lose, a record, a fan, to compete, the Olympic games.
Active grammar: So do I. / Neither do I.

Lesson Map

Look at the pictures. Do you know these sportsmen? What sports do they do? Why are they famous?

Lesson 2. Skating is great fun

Active vocabulary: to skate, roller skates; gerund.

Lesson Map

1. a) Read the poem. Try to guess what words are missing (the first letters of the words are given).

               My roller skates

   My roller skates won't ever do
   The simple things I w... them to.
   I put them on and try my best.
   But one goes E... and the other goes W... .

   I often fall upon the floor.
   I stand up and try once m... .
   But my roller skates think they know best:
   One still goes E... and the other goes W... .

Lesson 1. Keeping fit

Active vocabulary: to keep fit, boxing, karate, athletics, gymnastics, jogging, yoga, to give up, weightlifting.

Lesson Map

Look at the pictures. What keeps us healthy? Which things are dangerous for health?

How to keep Fit

   A. Match the verbs with the right words.

a. eat b. keep c. stay d. do e. go f. put on g. lose h. shape i. have j. take k. do l. be m. take care n. work out

1. an unhealthy lifestyle 2. exercise 3. your muscles 4. a lot of weight 5. healthy food 6. exercise 7. overweight 8. some weight 9. in shape 10. of your body 11. on a diet 12. in the gym 13. fit 14. sports

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What do you know about rugby? (Teacher’s notes)

   Lead-in 
   It is a good idea to find pictures of rugby, to help introduce the lesson and some of the vocabulary. You could put them on the board, and ask the students what they are pictures of.
   Read through the introduction with the students, then ask them to do the quiz with a partner.
   Have a brief class feedback.

Wimbledon

   The main characters are Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) and Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst).
   Watch this film and be ready to do the following exercises.

What do you know about rugby?

   Lead-in 
   On October 11th 2003, the Rugby World Cup 2003 started, with a match between Australia, who won the last World Cup tournament in 1999, and Argentina.