1. Lesson 14 my favorite hobby is joke telling
Shenyang Normal University
Wu na

2. Agenda
Listen to conversation
Focus on sports vocabulary
Practice speculating

3. Get ready Do you enjoy playing or watching any sports? Why or why not?
Which sports are popular in China, either to play or to watch? Why ?

4. Have you ever tried these?

5. Listen to conversation1
The candidate thinks you need to do a lot of ___ to jokes. 2
The candidate believes you must have a good ___ to tell jokes.
The candidate thinks joke telling makes it easier
to tell people ___ things 3 4
The candidate thinks joke telling makes his life more ___.

6. Helpful language- sport: just for fun?
basketball
cross-country running
ice hockey
snowboarding
white-water rafting
baseball
discus
parachuting
soccer
rock climbing
boxing
the high jump
rugby
sumo wresting
hurdling
bungee jumping
horseracing
skiing
triathlon
bobsleigh
team
sports
winter
spectator
extreme
athletics
contact

7. Helpful language- sport: just for fun?
team
sports
winter
spectator
extreme
athletics
contact
basketball
baseball
ice hockey
rugby
soccer
skiing
snowboarding
bobsleigh
boxing
horseracing
sumo wresting
bungee jumping
parachuting
white-water rafting
cross-country running
discus
the high jump
triathlon

8. Helpful language-play, do or go
Go/do
Play do go

9. Helpful language –Speculating
I think the government could do more to … 1
Hiking or camping might be … 2 3
It is possible that we could do more exercise… 4
It is unlikely that …
It would probably help if … 5

10. Helpful language –responding to others
Not personally, but I have heard from… 1
Other people … 2 3
Another reason is that… 4
I have never thought of that. Maybe…
You have got a point, but don't forget … 5

11. Discussion questions 1
How important is it to win when you’re playing sport? 2
Do sports like football need expensive stadiums or equipment? 3
Why have some sports become fashionable, and is this
a good thing? 4
Should sports in which people can get hurt be banned?

12. Discussion questions-possible answers
For lots of people, sport is all about winning, but in my opinion it's more important to get plenty of exercise. So trying to win is good if it encourages you to run faster.
It seems to me that stadiums and equipment are useful because they make sport seem glamorous, and that means more people take part. Ideally, people would play even if there weren't any stadiums or expensive equipment, because they wanted to develop their skills and keep fit.
I think the media create celebrities. There's so much in the papers and on TV about David Beckham and other sportspeople that the general public focus on individuals rather than on sports themselves. I think this makes people believe they can be stars, too, so it encourages them to try, and that's good.
There are so many everyday risks, for instance crossing a road or boiling water. You can't ban everything, so I don't think sports should be banned, either. It's more important to encourage people to be careful. Anyway, even if dangerous sports were illegal, some people would still do them.

13. Model test questions Do you play any sports?
How often do you exercise?
Is it good that professional sports are so commercial nowadays?
What do you think is the most popular sport in the world?
Does it bother you that people gamble on sporting events?
What are some of the benefits of sports?

14. Review 1 2 3 Speculating Responding Extended questions about sports
Sport vocabulary …
Get ready
Useful language
Model test

15. Assignment- board game