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Discussion picture Discussion questions Key words

Picture warm-up

1. What do you see in this picture?
2. Who are these people, and what are they doing?
3. Does this look like your life here, or in your home country? How is it the same or different?

Discussion questions

1. What sports do you like to watch or play?
2. What is the most popular sport in your home country?
3. Do you understand American football or baseball? What confuses you?
4. Have you ever been to a professional game in the U.S.?
5. What sport did you play as a child?
6. Do you think professional athletes are paid too much?
7. Why do you think soccer is less popular in the U.S. than in other countries?
8. Do you prefer team sports or individual sports?
9. What sport would you like to try?
10. Who is your favorite athlete, and why?
11. Should dangerous sports like boxing be banned?
12. Is watching sports a good way to make friends?
13. What do people do during the Super Bowl?
14. Should girls and boys play on the same teams?
15. What can sports teach children about life?

Key words

Say the word, then read the example sentence out loud.

• team
  Our team won the championship.
• player
  He is the best player on the team.
• coach
  The coach gave the players advice.
• score
  What’s the score?
• win
  We won the game 3 to 1.
• lose
  They lost in the last minute.
• tie
  The game ended in a tie.
• fan
  I’m a big fan of the Cleveland Guardians.
• championship
  They are playing in the championship this weekend.
• stadium
  The stadium holds 60,000 people.
• referee
  The referee made a bad call.
• athlete
  Olympic athletes train every day.
• compete
  Twenty teams compete in the tournament.
• tailgate
  Fans tailgate in the parking lot before the game.
• season
  Baseball season starts in the spring.

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