3. Answer the following questions:

1. How many ways of descending through the torrents does Shaun Baker have?

2. What are they? (the ways)

3. How does he call it?

4. What are his favourite areas to perform these daredevil feats?

5. What another record does Baker hold?

6. How does he do this altitude drop?

4. Read and translate the following text.

Susan Schapiro… swimming superstar!

Last week Susan Schapiro won the British 100 Metres Freestyle Championship with a European record time of 56.89 seconds. Britain’s new swimming star is the youngest athlete to win this championship, the day of the competition being her fourteenth birthday.

Susan’s manager, Marion Lawes, says that Susan’s success is due to her training programme. Susan swims every day from 6.30 to 8.00 before going to school and she does more on Saturdays and Sundays. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays she goes for a 15-kilometre run in the afternoon and on Tuesdays and Thursdays she trains in the gym. After swimming she has toast and eggs for breakfast, as part of a carefully controlled diet. She visits the doctor for a check-up on the first day of each month.

Isn’t this programme rather strict for a young person?

‘Not at all’, says her manager. ‘Susan has a full social life. She goes out on Saturday and Sunday evenings to the cinema or to the party and of course she has all her friends at school. Anyway, it’s not easy to be a champion. You have to work hard at it!’

5. Answer the questions.

1. How old is Susan? ………………………………………………………………

2. What has she just won? ………………………………………………………...

3. Does she train every day? ………………………………………………………

4. How often does she:

• swim? ………………………………………………………………………………

• run? ………………………………………………………………………………..

• train in the gym? …………………………………………………………………..

• have toast for breakfast? …………………………………………………………..

• visit the doctor? ……………………………………………………………………

• go out in the evenings? ……………………………………………………………

6. A) Which of these qualities should people have in order to do high-risk sports? Discuss in pairs.

• Fear;

• Positive energy;

• Courage;

• Survival instinct;

• Ability to evaluate risks;

• Sense of adventure;

• Physical strength;

• Quick reactions;

• Mental energy;

• Determination;

Ex. I think a person who does extreme kayaking should have courage and quick reactions.

B) Which of these sentences best describes your feelings about each of the sports in Ex.5.

I wish I could do it more often.

If I weren’t too scared, I would give it a try.

If only I could turn my fear into positive energy.

I’m not sure if I could do it.

I’ve never wanted to do it.

7. Answer the questionnaire and find out how fit are you.

8. Look at the pictures. Match the pictures to the names of the extreme sports.

1. Extreme kayaking;

2. Snowboarding;

3. Free-fall parachuting;

4. Bridge jumping;

5. Bungee jumping;

6. Diving;

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