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Choose the words from the list to complete the textСтр 1 из 2Следующая ⇒ EXTREME HOBBIES Take up – give up
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Love the fear... Tired of your quiet routine? How about leaving your computer games behind and taking up an extreme sport? Take to the skies with skydiving, hit the hills with mountain biking, and turn even the most boring household job into an exciting hobby!
Talking of flying, why not go even higher? Skydivers jump from aircraft at an altitude of 1,000 to 4,000 metres. If you are high enough and your body is in the correct position to slow you down - with your belly turned to the ground rather than head-first - you can experience a one-minute free fall before deploying the all-important parachute. And there’s no age limit with this sport. Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump aged 54. She'd been having second thoughts, but her worries soon disappeared. According to the British newspaper the Daily Mail she said: "I thought 'this is instant death', but the minute I came down I wanted to go up again - I was hooked. " Well, she's in her 80s now, and she’s still jumping… Some adrenaline junkies are even bolder – they've invented wingsuit flying: a sport in which you throw yourself into the void wearing an aerodynamic suit. And then there's base jumping, in which people leap from tall structures such as buildings or bridges with a parachute. Some of their stunts are illegal. Dan Witchalls had been skydiving for years when he decided to take up base jumping. He has jumped off The Shard - London's 310 metre-high skyscraper - four times. He says: "Base jumping is scarier than jumping out of a plane. In a plane there is no perception of height, but when you are standing on the edge of the building you can see people and cars - it makes it very real." It seems there’s no lack of imagination when it comes to risking life – and sometimes jail - to look cool and get the heart pounding. Surfing, scuba diving, rock climbing… which one's for you? Not sure? Well, if you're busy at home, why not turn one of your chores into a daredevil pursuit? 'Extreme ironing' is not for wimps! Pressing your shirt on top of a mountain could be the most dangerous sport of all, depending on the mountain. Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in the English town of Leicester by a man who saw a pile of wrinkled clothes and felt bored. That was Phil Shaw who also won the only Extreme Ironing Championships ever held, in Germany in 2002. But the thrill of this sport seems to come from looking at the spectators’ faces. Shaw says: "Sometimes they look confused, sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people respond to it."
Choose the best answer to check your understanding of the article Which of these statements is true? A Mountain biking had already been an Olympic sport for over 20 years by the 1970s. B People had been mountain biking for around 20 years before it was made an Olympic sport. C Californians had been mountain biking at the Olympics before other people tried it. What advice would you give someone who wants to have a longer skydive? A The best way to have a longer free fall experience is to fly with your head first. B The best way to have a longer free fall experience is to fly with your belly first. True or false? If you do a base jump, you will be arrested. A True B False Watch the video Choose the correct answers, according to the video. 1. What can we call people who enjoy dangerous sports? a) fear seekers or adrenalin junkies b) thrill junkies or adrenalin seekers c) adrenalin junkies or thrill seekers d) fear junkies or thrill seekers 2. What facility does the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham have? a) a specially built seven hundred metre white-water course b) a natural seven hundred metre white-water course 3. Why does Pas think people like dangerous sports? a) to get close to nature b) to have an adventure c) to test themselves 4. Why is parkour popular in London? a) Because there aren’t many extreme sports to choose from in the city. b) Because it started in London. c) Because people in the city like keeping fit and beating fear. 5. What do you need to do parkour? a) a good pair of trainers and a parkour park b) a good pair of trainers and parkour equipment c) a good pair of trainers Why do we take risks? Vocabulary phobia – a strong and unreasonable fear of something risk – the chances of something bad happening probability – how likely something is to happen gut reaction – an instinctive emotional response catastrophic – something which causes a huge amount of damage and suffering media coverage – reports about something in the News, newspapers, and the internet chronic – something that lasts for a long time thrill seekers – people who enjoy taking part in extreme sports and other activities involving physical risk base jumper – a person with a parachute who leaps from tall buildings or cliffs Some people actively embrace risk by jumping out of aeroplanes, scuba-diving or motor-racing. But we all face risks every day by eating, drinking, walking and driving – simply going about our daily lives carries all sorts of unseen threats. And yet for some reason we don’t judge these risks accurately. Follow Alice and Finn's discussion and learn new words. Alice Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Alice… Finn … and I'm Finn. Hello. Alice Hello, Finn. You're off on holiday tomorrow, aren't you? Finn I am and you know, and I'm dreading it. I hate flying! Alice Do you? I didn't know you had a phobia – and that means a strong and unreasonable fear of something. Finn Well, I don't think this is a phobia because it isn't unreasonable. Flying thousands of feet up in the sky in a tin can, you know, that's not safe! Alice Flying is safer than you think, Finn. It's much riskier to drive or cycle to work. And, actually, risk taking is the subject of today's show! Risk means the chances of something bad happening. For example, did you know that your chance of being knocked off your bicycle and killed during a one-mile journey is the same as your chances of winning the lottery? Finn You know Alice, I didn't know that. Alice And this leads me on to our quiz question for today: What are the odds … what are the chances of either of these two things happening? Is it… a) 1 in 4 million? b) 1 in 14 million? c) 1 in 400 million? Finn I have no idea. I'll go with the big number: 1 in 400 million, c). Alice OK. So we'll find out later if you're right or wrong later on. Now let's listen to Andreas Wilkey, a psychologist at Clarkson University in New York, talking about why we're bad at assessing risk. INSERTAndreas Wilkey, Psychologist, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York People typically fear anything which is small probability but it's extremely catastrophic if it were to happen… Think about dying in a plane crash, think about a nuclear meltdown from the nearby power plant. Recently we have another increase in these birds' virus outbreaks in South Korea. People read about that. And they may pay a lot of attention to that in the news but they may forget to get their flu shot. Finn That was Andreas Wilkey from Clarkson University. And we heard that a small probability of something happening means it's unlikely to happen. But we worry about big or catastrophic events such as catching bird flu or dying in a plane crash because we have a gut reaction to them– in other words, we react emotionally. A catastrophic event is something that causes a huge amount of damage and suffering. Alice And it's often because of media coverage – for example, watching the news and reading the newspapers – that it can be difficult for us to understand how likely certain things are to happen. Catastrophic events feel like very real threats, while we tend to forget about the small but chronic risks that become more likely over time. Finn We do. Chronic means something that lasts for a long time. So for example, what if there was a cigarette that killed you as soon as you smoked it? Nobody would do that, would they? Alice No, they wouldn't. Finn But plenty of people are happy to smoke for years, and put off worrying about the health risks for the future. Alice Yes, that's a good point, Finn! People feel they are in control of risks that stretch over time. You know, they think, 'I could stop tomorrow' or 'I could smoke less'. But what about people who enjoy taking big risks – those thrill seekers out there? Finn People who enjoy extreme sports actually seek out danger – it gives them extreme pleasure! So let's listen to Karina Hollekim from Norway. She's a base jumper – that's a person with a parachute who leaps from tall buildings or cliffs – and she's talking about what she feels about risk. INSERTKarina Hollekim, base jumper You need to measure the pleasure. Is it going to be worth it for you? So if the risk is really high, it means that the pleasure needs to be equally high. Or hopefully even higher… You can't measure it on a scale or anything. For me, it's a stomach feeling. It's the value within me, and I'm the only one who can tell what value it has to me. Alice Yes. It must be a magical feeling to step off a cliff, mustn't it, Finn? Finn 'It's a stomach feeling', you know – my stomach would definitely be saying, 'oh no, no, no!' So why not change the subject and give me the answer to today's quiz question? Alice I asked: What are your chances of being knocked off your bicycle and killed during a one-mile journey and this is the same as your chances of winning the national lottery? So is it… a) 1 in 4 million? b) 1 in 14 million? Or c) 1 in 400 million? Finn I said c) 1 in 400 million. Alice Yes. And you were wrong, Finn. Finn Alright. Really? OK. Alice Yes. The odds are actually 1 in 14 million. You are as likely to win the national lottery from a single ticket as you are to be knocked off your bicycle and killed during a one-mile journey. This statistic comes from the Professor David Spiegelhalter, who is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in the UK. So I think he really knows his stuff. Finn That's a very long title, yes, I'm sure he does. Alice Yeah.
Do you approve of adrenaline-junkies who participate in dangerous activities? Can you think of any strange or dangerous hobbies? What hobby or activity would you definitely never want to try someday? Why?
EXTREME HOBBIES Take up – give up
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Love the fear... Tired of your quiet routine? How about leaving your computer games behind and taking up an extreme sport? Take to the skies with skydiving, hit the hills with mountain biking, and turn even the most boring household job into an exciting hobby!
Talking of flying, why not go even higher? Skydivers jump from aircraft at an altitude of 1,000 to 4,000 metres. If you are high enough and your body is in the correct position to slow you down - with your belly turned to the ground rather than head-first - you can experience a one-minute free fall before deploying the all-important parachute. And there’s no age limit with this sport. Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump aged 54. She'd been having second thoughts, but her worries soon disappeared. According to the British newspaper the Daily Mail she said: "I thought 'this is instant death', but the minute I came down I wanted to go up again - I was hooked. " Well, she's in her 80s now, and she’s still jumping… Some adrenaline junkies are even bolder – they've invented wingsuit flying: a sport in which you throw yourself into the void wearing an aerodynamic suit. And then there's base jumping, in which people leap from tall structures such as buildings or bridges with a parachute. Some of their stunts are illegal. Dan Witchalls had been skydiving for years when he decided to take up base jumping. He has jumped off The Shard - London's 310 metre-high skyscraper - four times. He says: "Base jumping is scarier than jumping out of a plane. In a plane there is no perception of height, but when you are standing on the edge of the building you can see people and cars - it makes it very real." It seems there’s no lack of imagination when it comes to risking life – and sometimes jail - to look cool and get the heart pounding. Surfing, scuba diving, rock climbing… which one's for you? Not sure? Well, if you're busy at home, why not turn one of your chores into a daredevil pursuit? 'Extreme ironing' is not for wimps! Pressing your shirt on top of a mountain could be the most dangerous sport of all, depending on the mountain. Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in the English town of Leicester by a man who saw a pile of wrinkled clothes and felt bored. That was Phil Shaw who also won the only Extreme Ironing Championships ever held, in Germany in 2002. But the thrill of this sport seems to come from looking at the spectators’ faces. Shaw says: "Sometimes they look confused, sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people respond to it."
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You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case you're halfway to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some rough terrain. Mountain biking was developed in California in the 70s and became an Olympic sport in 1996. In the London 2012 games athletes had to navigate a 4.7-kilometre track in under two hours. The sport has several categories. 'Downhill' involves being taken by car or ski lift to a high point and riding all the way down to the bottom. You have to rely on your fitness, mental control, protective equipment and… luck! Tracks often include long jumps at high speed. It’s almost like flying!
