Upstream Proficiency Unit 7: Born to Win
Speaking Task: Presentation (1-2 minutes)
Comment on the quotation of Dan Gable: Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
1. Planning:
Think about the following issues:
Your attitude to sports generally.
Professional athletes make a living through sports. What are the reasons people choose to go in for sports professionally/ become involved into amateur sports?
What are the most important qualities for a top athlete?
Give an example of the life and achievements of sports personality you admire. (http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/index.html)
2. Task Focus:
A good tip when concluding your talk is to refer back to something you mentioned in your introduction, such as an interesting fact or statistic, or by answering a question you raised at the start. This enables you to ‘round off’ the talk professionally and signal to your audience that you’re coming to the end.
3. Language: Use active vocabulary and grammar structures.
Upstream Proficiency Unit 7: Born to Win Active vocabulary and grammar structures
Sports personalities / qualities for athlets
I.I. Physical qualities
FITNESS, n
FIT, adj
keep fit
sb's general/physical ~
sb's personal ~
full ~
sb's ~ deteriorates / improves
to experience ~ problems
SHAPE, n
to be in good ~
STRENGTH RESILIENCE ENDURANCE STAMINA RESISTANCE (sb's ability to continue in a difficult situation or not to be affected by sth.) |
STRENGTH, n
STRONG, adj.
~ to do sth
to have, show ~
great, remarkable, mental ~
sb's reserves of ~
RESILIENCE / RESILIENCY, n
RESILIENT, adj.
~ to sth
~ to do sth
great, remarkable ~
to have, show ~
sb's reserves of ~
ENDURANCE, n
ENDURE, v
great, remarkable, mental ~
to have, show ~
to build up ~
STAMINA, n
to have ~
a lot of ~
~ to do sth
to build up ~
great, mental ~
sb's reserves of ~
RESISTANCE, n
resist, v
resistant, adj.
~ to sth
to have ~
to build up ~
AGILITY NIMBLENESS (ease and grace in physical activity) |
AGILITY, n
AGILE, adj
NIMBLENESS, n
NIMBLE, adj.
A SUCCESSION OF INJURIES____________________________________________________
IMPARE DRAIN DEBILITATE
IMPARE, v
IMPARING, adj.
physically imparing and draining
IMPARED, adj
Visually / hearing / mentally impared
DRAIN, v
DRAINING, adj
DRAINED, adj
drained of energy
DEBILITATE, v
DEBILITATING, adj
LOSS OF FORM
I.II. MENTAL QUALITIES
TACTICAL (STRATEGY) AWARENESS (a tactic is a game plan made before the start of the game to play against your opponents weeknesses and to your own strengths. Here is a tactic in a game of badminton: i played an over head clear to the back of the court, my opponent did not expect this and did not get to the back of the court quick enough, therefor returned a weak shot, i went to the net so i was able to lunge there and and smash to the back lines of the court. What should you consider in a game with tactics? – the weather. – the score. – the time left. – your opponents weaknesses. –injuries – if a sub is replacing original opponent. – and if your opponent counters (starts to get the drfit and figures out your tactic).)
MASTERY OF TECHNIQUE
QUICK THINKING
KNOWING ONE'S OWN LIMITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE SELF-AWARENESS
STRIVE FOR SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT
DESTINED TO DO STH
DESTINED FOR STH
TO QUESTION THE PURPOSE
TO SQUANDER ONE'S TALENTS
TO RECOVER CONFIDENCE
TO BE AWED BY (how) TO BE AMAZED THAT (HOW) / AT(BY)
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCRUTINY EXAMINATION
TO BE/SEEM STRUNG OUT TO BE OVERLY STRESSED (STRESSED OUT)