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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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