UNIT 2 SPORTS IN MINAS GERAIS Look at the pictures.
What sports can you see?
Are they popular in Brazil?
Where are these sports popular? KING PELE Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born in Minas Gerais ( Brazil) in 1940; when he was 16 years , he began to play football at the Santos (Santos Futebol Clube), and then it began the legend of King Pelé.
Simply he was, and for many people still is, the greatest football player of the world. Not a single thing was impossible for him: he won three World Cup with his National Team of Brazil (Sweden 1958, Chile 1962, Mexico 1970). He scored more than 1.200 goals during his long career (more than 1.300 official matches). He also won many national Leagues and Continental Cup ("Copa Libertadores"), with his team, the Santos Futebol Clube (of Brazilian 'São Paulo' State). In the Sixties he was nick-named "O Rei" (The King) and in the Seventies 95 peoples out of 100 knew his name. ("Wow, man, you're popular!" said Robert Redford, some years ago, after seeing Pelé give dozens of autographs in New York while he was not asked for one). In the late 1960's, when he and his team, Santos, went to Nigeria to play a few friendly matches, the ongoing civil war stopped for the duration of his visit. He finished his career in the New York Cosmos, in 1977. Now he is a United Nation's Ambassador and has been also Minister for Sports in his country, but, for the people who saw him make magics with his right foot, he is, now and forever, the biggest footballer in the world, and the one and only "King". SOURCE: www.vitualtourist.com/travel/South America/Sports travel-South America-br-1
1) Choose the correct word or expression, according to the text.
a) Pelé (The King) was born in Minas Gerais in ___________________. 1941
1940
1943
b) When he was _______ years old, he began to play football at the Santos Futebol Clube. Sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
c) He finished his career in the New York Cosmos in ________. 1947
1976
1977
d) He won ______________world cups with his National Team of Brazil. four
five
three
2) Are these sentences right or wrong? Mark and correct what is wrong according to the text. a) Pele scored more than 1.400 goals during his long career. _______________________________________________________________ ____ b) In the sixties he was nick-named (O Rei) “The king” _______________________________________________________________ ___ c) The King Pelé is not popular in the world. _______________________________________________________________ _ d) Now and forever, he is the biggest footballer in the world. ______________________________________________________________
2) Look at the list of sports, hobbies and pastimes below and rate them as: a) very popular
b) not so popular
c) unusual
________________gymnastics
_______________soccer
_______________ice skating
_______________dancing
_______________collecting stamps
_______________bowling
_______________chess
_______________jogging
_______________water skiing
_______________roller skating
_______________rugby
_______________skateboarding
_______________tennis
_______________gardening
_______________swimming
_______________table tennis
_______________golf
_______________fishing
_______________volleyball
_______________basketball
_______________going to the movies
_______________ play the guitar
3) Report your conclusions. Use your notebook to write it Example: Soccer is very popular in ___________________ ( name of town/ city/country) Collecting stamps is not so popular in____________________ It’s unusual in ______________________.
4) Find out your classmates opinions concerning the following activities.
Exciting
Dangerous
Relaxing
Energetic
Boring
Fascinating
Hang gliding Diving Surfing Walking Football Skiing Watching tv Volleyball
5) Listen to the following statements and complete the sentences below with the words in the box. a) I love fishing. I think it’s so ___________________. b) I love ___________ sports. That’s why I love surfing so much. c) Gardening? Oh, I don’t like it very much. It’s so __________________. d) Skiing is really so _______________. But I think it’s ___________, too. e) I hate rugby. In fact, I don’t like _____________sports. f) I think painting is so ________________________.
boring
fascinating
violent
exciting
dangerous
relaxing
energetic
creative
enjoyable tiring
LANGUAGE STRUCTURES Simple Present We use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do. Examples: I play tennis. She does not play tennis. The train leaves every morning at 8 am. The train does not leave at 9 am. She always forgets her purse. To have
Other Verbs ( to work)
I have
I work
You have
You work
He has
He works
She has
She works
It has
It works
You have
You works
We have
We works
They have
They works
Statement
Statement
Questions
Short answer
Short answer
I work
I don’t work.
Do I work?
Yes, I do
No, I don’t
He works
He doesn’t work Does he work? Yes, he does
No, he
doesn’t She doesn’t
Does she
work
work?
It works
It doesn’t work
Does it work?
You works
She works
Yes, she does No, she doesn’t Yes, it does
No, it doesn’t
You don’t work’ Do you work?
Yes, you do.
No, you don’t
We works
We don’t work
Yes, we do
No, we don’t
They works
They don’t work Do they work? Yes, they do
Do we work?
No, they do
Source: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html
FIND THE CONVERSATIONS
1) Read the sentences in these conversations and find out the right order. Conversation 1 Vitor (
Ricardo ) What does he do there?
(
) Yes, he lives in Belo
(
) He’s very talkative and
Horizonte, MG (
) What’s his name?
hardworking. ( 1 ) Is this your father, Ricardo?
( 2 ) No, it’s my uncle.
(
(
) What’s he like?
) He teaches at the PUC
University. (
) Does he live in the Brazil?
(
) Steve. He is married to my
aunt Julia. (
(
) Is he Italian?
) No, he’s Brazilian.
Conversation 2 Pat
Peter
(
) Every day?
(2
) I usually go home and study.
(
) Oh, really? Me too.
(
) No, On Wednesdays I have a
guitar class and once a week I go jogging in the Park. ( 1 ) What do you usually do on
(
) Usually on Mondays, sometimes
after school, Peter?
Thursdays. And you? When do you
go? (
) I always go on Friday.
2) Use the Simple Present tense of the verbs in parentheses: Example: She cooks in the afternoon ( to cook) a) He _________ soccer every Saturday. ( to play) b) She ________ TV every night. ( to watch) c) My daughter_________ every night. ( to cry) d) He __________ in the morning . ( to study) e) She _________ her mother every day. (to kiss) f) The man_______ his car on Mondays. ( to wash)
HAVING FUN Illustrate the story
Although the phases below are out of order, they form a story.
Copy them in the right order and illustrate them with pictures from magazine or newspapers.
1. Every morning he forgets where his glasses are.
2. He plays his keyboard there. 3. He never wins a game. He isn’t a good player,.
4. Trevor always gets up very early.
5. When he finishes his breakfast he goes to living room.
6. At eleven he goes to the club.
7. He puts on his robe and goes to the kitchen to prepare his breakfast.
8. At about midday he has lunch with his parents.
9. His neighbors always complain about the noise 10. His father takes to the studio in the afternoon.