1. Why do people do extreme sports?

2. What proverbs about sport do you know?

3. Proverbs and sayings.
1. A sound mind in a sound body (В здоровом теле здоровый дух). A healthy mind in a healthy body.
2. Healthy is better than wealth. (Здоровье - наибольшее богатство)
3. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. (Кто рано ложится и рано встает, здоровье, богатство и ум бережет)
4. After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile. (После обеда отдохни немного пройди милю),
5. The best of the sport is to do the deed and to say nothing. (Наилучшее занятие - делать молча дело)
6. In sports and journeys men are known. (Люди познаются в спорте и в туризме)

4. What kind of extreme sports do you know?
bungee jumping
mountain biking
extreme skiing
ice - diving
sky surfing
snow rafting
white water rafting

5. Extreme sports
BASE jumping is an activity where participants jump from fixed objects and use a parachute to break their fall.
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform.
Rafting or white water rafting is the challenging recreational outdoor activity of using an inflatable raft (надувные плоты) to navigate a river or other bodies of water.
Skydiving is a sport involving a skydiver jumping down from an airplane while it is flying and parachuting to the ground.

6. Extreme sports
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.
Mountain biking is the sport of riding bicycles off-road, using specially designed mountain bikes.

7. learn some new extreme sports
How do you think the people feel?
Which sport is the most dangerous? Why?
Have you ever tried any of these extreme sports?
Which ones? What was it like?
Which sports would you like to try?

8. some people do extreme sports (because…)
I’m sure…
To my mind…
I would say that…
I believe…
some people do extreme sports (because…)
to keep fit, to look athletic, to develop the body, to risk, to show off, to have an adrenaline rush, danger is exciting, it’s challenging your body, it’s a sense of achievement, they can do something different, to have fun …

9. For and against extreme sports
adrenalin rush
is exciting
a sense of achievement
doing something different
having fun
risk
challenging your body
accidents and injuries
need a reliable equipment

10. Prepare arguments to support your opinion.
Extreme sports are dangerous, but they are becoming more and more popular with teenagers. Extreme sports should be banned.

11. Use the plan to write the opinion essay
I. Introduction
I have always wondered why,…Is there too much emphasis placed on...? Nowadays, we are often told;
Your opinion. ,… As far as I'm concerned…In my opinion, I believe
What other people think. Say why you don’t agree with them:
People argue that,...Opponents of this view say,...There are people who oppose, ..Contrary to what most believe...
Conclusion. To sum up,…All in all,.. All things considered,...On the whole,.. In conclusion,...Taking everything into account,...As it was previously stated…