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1. Why did the speaker decide to find some work when he stayed in Lake Placid?
2. What kind of work could the speaker find in Lake Placid at that time?
3. Why did the speaker have to start a new kind of sport?
4. What important sport event took place in Lake Placid and when?
5. Had the speaker known anything about ski-jumping before he came to Lake Placid?
6. What is the speaker’s name and nationality?
7. How did he get his first pair of skis?
8. What was the price of the pair of skis he got?
9. Did the speaker buy a pair of boots or did he borrow them?
Listen to the recording again and note down a) the range of sports; b) the sports facilities they had at Lake Placid at that time.
a) 1. _________________ b) 1. _________________
2. _________________ 2. _________________
3. _________________ 3. _________________
4. _________________ 4. _________________
5. _________________ 5. _________________
Listen to the part of the recording where the sportsman speaks about the jumps he did. Fill the necessary information about them (when there is some) in the chart below.
the 1st hill | the 2nd hill | the 3rd hill | |
height of the hill | |||
number of jumps or time spent on the hill | |||
take-off height |
Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
In each pair of sentences given below choose the one from the recording.
1. a) I didn’t think it would be very expensive...
b) I didn’t realise how expensive it would be...
2. a) I couldn’t even afford to buy a lift pass for a week...
b) I couldn’t even buy a lift ticket for a week...
3. a) They’ve got a whole range of things there...
b) They’ve got all sorts of things there...
4. a) I just thought about nothing.
b) I just didn’t think about anything.
Tape dictation. Fill in the blanks. Check your answers by listening to the tape again.
And I’d seen ski-jumping in in (1)... er on television where I was (2)... and I thought, “ Well, you know, that looks (3)... good ”, so I went (4)... to the ski-jumps and just (5)... a look at the jumps, and they (6)... they were big, but they weren’t as big (7).... I thought they were and so I (8)..., “ I’ll have a go at that ”, so I (9)... to their offices, just knocked on their (10)... and walked in and said, “Hi, I’m (11)...... from (12)....... Can I have a go at (13)......? ” And they said, “ Oh, Yeah. O.K.” So I bought a pair of skis (14)... them for $ (15)..., and er the ski club (16)... le-lent me a pair of old, (17)... old boots, and er they said,” Look, (18)... a (19)... and (20)......... hill just (21)... the corner (22)... the trees, go (23)... and play “.
Listen and note down the English equivalents for the following Russian expressions and sentences.
1. Дело дошло до того, что я не мог даже позволить себе оплатить стоимость подъемов за неделю.
2. осмотреться
3. принимать Олимпийские игры
4. У них были представлены все виды спорта.
5. попробовать прыгать с трамплина
6. Я купил у них пару лыж.
7. быть... дюймов над землей
8. прыгать немного дальше
9. Я надел лыжи, оттолкнулся, поехал вниз и прыгнул.
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