Unit 14, vocabulary

Game, Set and Match

Pages 122 and 123, Vocabulary

Athlete (n) – a person who competes

Decathlon (n) – an athletic contest which consists of ten track and field events

Pentathlon (n) – consists of five events

Heptathlon (n) – consists of seven events for women

Triathlon (n) -  three events

Discus (n) – The sport of throwing the disc for distance

Javelin (n) – a spearlike shaft used for throwing

Fencing (n) – a sport in which sabers are used for attack and defense

Shot put (n) – a sport in which a heavy ball is thrown

Hurdles (n) – a race in which athletes must leap over barriers

Pole vault (n) – a field event in which a leap over a crossbar is performed with the aid of 

                           a long pole

Skill (n) – the ability based on knowledge or practice, a craft

To ban (v) – to prohibit, to forbid

Speed (n) – how fast smth is, rapidity, rate of motion

Strength (n) – how strong smth is, force or vigor

Stamina (n) – the ability to keep going for a long time

To take up (ph v) -  to start an activity or a sport

All-round (adj) – opposite of narrow; versatile, efficient in all respects

Greatness (n) – perfection

Contestant (n) – a person who takes part in a contest/competition

Competitor/Opponent (n) – rival, the person you compete against

Club (n) – a group of people who like the same thing

Page 125, exercises 1 and 2, Vocabulary

Sport

Umpire (n) – a referee in a baseball, cricket or a tennis match

Referee (n) – a judge in every other sport

Spectator (n) -  a person in the audience

Team sports (n) – eg, football, basketball, rugby…

Individual sports (n) – eg. swimming, athletics, tennis…

Defeat (n/v) – the act of losing, to make someone lose; opp. of victory

Vocabulary related to the following sports:

1. Basketball: basket, basketball, backboard, shoes (high-topped shoes), shot clock, court
2. Cricket: ball, bat, gloves, helmet, knee roll, wicket and bail, pitch
3. Volleyball: ball, net, court, knee pads and shoes
4. Rugby: ball (oval), boots, mouth guards, upper-body pads, pitch
5. Tennis: rackets, net, ball, trainers, court
6. Football: boots(cleats), ball, shin pads, pitch, gloves, goals
7. Squash: rackets (racquets), balls, trainers, court
8. Hockey: rink, pitch, puck (disc), goal cage, sticks with blades
9. Badminton: shuttlecock (shuttle), rackets, net, court

Page 125, exercise 4

Phrasal verbs

Put someone through to someone – to connect somebody on the phone

Turn into something or someone – to become

Take after someone – to resemble, look like

Bring forward – to move to an earlier date

Get away with – to escape, not receive a punishment

Look into smth – to investigate

Look after smth or someone – to keep in good condition, take care of

Unit 10, vocabulary

Part 1

·         TV programmes:

1.      Chat show --- famous people speak about themselves

2.      Game show --- people play games and answer questions, quiz

3.      Music videos

4.      Sitcom --- a television or radio series about a particular group of characters  who deal with situations in a humorous way (situation comedy)

5.      Comedy show

6.      Series --- a set of programmes which are all about the same person or people

7.      Documentary --- deals with real people and events

8.      Reality TV --- doesn’t use actors to show real events

9.      Soap opera --- a television or radio series about the imaginary lives of a group of people

·         Adjectives used to describe programmes:

1.      Disappointing – below the expectations

2.      Depressing – makes you feel very sad

3.      Dreadful – very bad, terrible

4.      Entertaining – interesting, keeps your full attention

5.      Amusing – interesting, entertaining

6.      Exciting – you want to watch more

7.      Exceptional – one of a kind; the very best

8.      Fantastic -- wonderful

9.      Original – exceptional, one of a kind

10.  Boring – opposite of exciting

11.  Slow – nothing really happens

12.  Hilarious – super funny

13.  Popular – lots of people watch it

14.  Famous –known by everyone

15.  Enjoyable – one likes watching it

16.  Satisfying – up to one’s expectations, opposite of disappointing

17.  Suitable – for the right age or group of spectators

18.  Unbelievable – hardly believed

Part 2

·         Leisure time (n) – free time

·         Cast (n) – a group of people who act in a film or a programme

·         Script (n) – contains all the words that actors have to learn

·         Audience (n) – the spectators, people watching a show

·         Rehearsal (n) – a practice of a performance

·         Audition (n) – test for actors before they get the part

·         Play (n) – theatre performance, show

·         Critic (n) – a person

·         Review (n) – a judgement or opinion of a film, book, theatre performance

·         Stage (n)  - a place in the theatre where actors stand and perform

·         Act (v) – what actors do, to pretend you are someone else

·         Performance (n) - play

·         Performers (n) - actors

·         Backstage (n) – area behind the stage where all actors go when they finish acting

·         On the air/ off the air (phr) – live broadcast, shown on TV or radio/ NOT broadcast

·         Season (n) – set of series that belong to the same edition, broadcast in one part of the year

·         Schedule (n) – timetable, all the things that need to be done at a certain time

·         Broadcast (v) – to emit, to show to viewers