1. Extreme Sports/Hardcore Activities

2. Extreme enthusiasts go in for such kinds of sports which make them experience an adrenaline rush. The most common prerequisite for it is danger.

3. Adrenaline is a hormone released in a “fight or flight” conflict
Adrenaline is a hormone released in a “fight or flight” conflict. Adrenaline is naturally produced by the body to increase strength as well as reduce pain. Due to these helpful benefits scientists have synthesized adrenaline for the purpose of treating heart attacks.

4. Sky surfing (дельтапланеризм)
Skydiving
Ice diving
Ice climbing
Skiboarding
Snowboarding
Bungee jumping
Base jumping
Snow rafting
White-water rafting
Zorbing

5. What attracts people to extreme sports
1. He has done a lot of dangerous sports because he likes to go to extremes.
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2. To take risks for no purpose is not a clever thing
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3. Ann’s desire to travel around the world becomes stronger and stronger.
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4. He was addicted to heroin.
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6. What attracts people to extreme sports
5. Think twice before you do something very dangerous.
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6. I just had to satisfy my curiosity, so I opened the box
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7. Being an actor can be rather dangerous, sometimes they have to do different risky things.
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8. I do sky diving for the thrill and excitement of this sport.
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7. What attracts people to extreme sports
9. Personally I am not a risk taker, so white rafting or scuba diving is not for me.
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10. I think moderation in everything is the key and I never take things to the edge.
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8. Express your ideas why people take up doing x-treme sports.
to go to extreme
to take things to the edge
to take risks/to do risky things
a risk taker
a thrill seeker
a daredavil
to satisfy one’s curiosity
to acquire self-confidence
to combat inferiority complex
to overcome difficulties
 to protest against something
to demonstrate how fearless they are

9. Pros
Cons
make life worth living
Life on the edge produces maximum excitement
It’s much healthier to be engaged into extreme sports to avoid obesity and emotional problems that plague inactive people.
combat depression caused by eternal boredom
injuries leading to disability
fatality (death) rate is increasing
people dealing with hardcore activities don’t tend to be flexible in real life
don’t calculate the risks of their actions and make other people pay for their mistakes through emotional pain or medical bills

10. X-treme sports are nontraditional sports characterized by high speed, high risk, danger, excitement . Think twice before you do something very dangerous.

11. Choose any x-treme sport and make a project using a plan.
History
Equipment
Rules
How risky it is
Tips for practitioners: special skills, qualities, protection from injury