Extreme sport

Extreme sports help a person stay fit and healthy. This is very important today as few people have jobs with physical labour and most of us travel everywhere by car. This is also a good opportunity to release adrenaline and meet a large number of people with similar interests. Rest assured, you will always have something to talk about.

However, let's not forget that such a sport can lead to a large number of injures. Sport makes people too competitive and encourages the worst sides of human nature. Sport is far from fair - the urge to compete leads many people to go too far to gain an unfair edge. And, of course sport today is about money rather than taking part. Greed has ruined any good that was once in sport.

Task 1. Read the text above and extract the pros and cons of extreme sport

Task 2. Now you will hear a recording. March each kind of extreme sport to statement. Two kind of sports are extra

Task 3. And what about you? write about an extreme sport that you would like to try

Task 4. Fill the gaps with the appropriate word. 

The sports were held as usual on the                        field, next to the glove factory.               outnumbered spectators, but there were more                              than ever before.

Maggie was the star, as always. Apart from winning the women’s sprints and tying for first place in the               jump, she was champion again in the 50 metres freestyle, retaining her title for the fifth time. She led from start to finish in the running - the others didn’t stand a chance - and she was in a class of her own in the swimming; it was a walk-over, completely                . She was across the pond and back before some had reached the other side.