1. skydiving
2. cycling
3. sailing
4. mountain climbing
5. surfing
skydiving->cycling->sailing->mountain climbing->surfing
1. skydiving
2. cycling
3. sailing
4. mountain climbing
5. surfing
skydiving->cycling->sailing->mountain climbing->surfing
Read Your Top Five Extreme Adventures and check the meaning of the sports verbs in blue. Then choose the correct prepositions.
YOUR TOP FIVE EXTREME ADVENTURES
Take a look at these amazing achievements and choose ‘like’ on your favourite to vote.
Sail 1around / on the world alone at the age of fourteen. (Laura Dekker)
Climb 2through / up Everest at the age of thirteen. (Jordan Romero and Malavath Poorna)
Dive 3over / off a 27-metre-high cliff into a lake. (Gary Hunt)
Surf 4 – / off a thirty-metre wave. (Garrett McNamara)
Cycle 5down / under a mountain at 222 kilometres per hour. (Eric Barone)
Read the Study Strategy. Close your book and make a note of three things you learned from the TV programme. Compare your answers with a partner's.
STUDY STRATEGY Learning through English If you can repeat facts and information in English, you will remember both what you've learned and how you say it in English. |
Listen again and answer the questions.
1. What did Eric Barone cycle over?
2. How old was Laura Dekker when she finished sailing around the world?
3. Has anyone younger beaten her record?
4. Where were the teenage Everest climbers from?
5. According to the presenter, which person has the most votes?
Look at the pictures A-D below. Match the prepositions in the box with the actions. Say what each person is doing. Then listen and check.
around down off on over under up |
He's walking through the forest.
USE IT! Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about adventure activities. Use the ideas below.
Do you like the look of …?
Would you like to try …?
Have you ever tried …?
What do you think of …?
Have you ever watched any videos of extreme adventures or sports? What sport was it?