Listening 10th EGB (Week 21)

Do this exercise while you listen. Which sport? Put these sentences in the correct groups

Groups:

(a) Wakeboarding

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(b) Roller derby

• g. When you compete, you score points for your team.

• e. There are more girls than guys doing it

• a. The sport began in the 1930s.

• c. This sport involves doing tricks in the air.

• j. The clothes people wear for this sport have changed.

• i. A big event for this sport is held in Wales.

• h. There are strong influences from other, similar sports.

• d. There are more guys than girls doing it.

• f. It started in California.

• b. It’s becoming really popular in the UK.

People are talking about these sports because...

• ...they are becoming more and more popular.

• ...they might be included in the 2020 Olympics.

• ...a lot of people are getting injured doing them.

In wakeboarding the rider is attached to...

• ...the board.

• ...another rider.

• ...a speedboat.

In wakeboarding 1260 degree spins are...

• ...impossible.

• ...difficult.

• ...surprisingly easy.

Wakestock festival in Wales...

• ...has a similar feel to California.

• ...is a good place to see the best riders.

• ...is really cool but not many people know about it.

Wakeboarding tricks...

• ...are unique to the sport.

• ...have different names to skateboarding and surfing moves.

• ...are often the same as skateboarding and surfing ones.

Roller derby...

• ...has had a revival in popularity in the last fifteen years.

• ...has always had a small group of dedicated fans.

• ...has continually grown in popularity since it started.

In roller derby you score points by...

• ...going past other players.

• ...arriving at a goal.

• ...making people fall over.

Roller derby teams are currently...

• ...mostly non-professional.

• ...mostly professional.

• ...about half professional and half amateur.

Reorder the following sentences in the way you listen them from the audio.

• That’s right, spins of up to 1260 degrees, things like that.

• She’s a skater in a roller derby team.

• Jonny, can you tell us what wakeboarding is? Is it like surfboarding?

• The sport began in the States, didn’t it?

• They reckon about 3 million people all over the world.