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UNIT 2





                   2     Core vocabulary




                   A   Scanning and skimming

                  1  Find and underline the keywords in the text. The first one is done for you. Try to

                     guess their meanings.
                     Keywords

                       achieve  athlete  coach  complain  feature
                       further  seek  suggestion  typically  victim












                    In  2011, Antoine Montant became yet another victim of an extreme sport.
                    He was killed while base jumping in France. Base jumpers jump off high
                    places with a wing suit and a parachute. Montant’s parachute did not open.
                    It took search and rescue workers two days to find his body in the mountains.

                5   Montant was a famous extreme athlete, who lived in the mountains of France.
                    Extreme athletes typically do sports that are more dangerous than regular
                    sports. He learned to ski from a very early age. He soon became an instructor
                    and coach. When he was nine,
                    he began paragliding. His love of
               10   excitement led him to seek ways
                    to bring both sports together to
                    increase the excitement further.
                    He made many suggestions before
                    he achieved his goal and invented
               15   “speed skiing.” This extreme
                    sport has two of the features of
                    his favorite sports – skis and
                    parachutes. In speed skiing, the athlete skis down a high mountain while
                    wearing a parachute.

               20   Many people complain about the problems of daily life. Extreme athletes like
                    Montant really want to live life to the fullest. Montant was a gifted athlete
                    who died doing what he loved.



                  2  Read the titles below. Which would also be a good title for the text?
                     Circle A, B, or C.

                     A  The Dangers of Extreme Sports
                     B  The Life and Death of Antoine Montant
                     C  The Growing Sport of Base Jumping

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