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Read the text quickly. What is the general idea?a) The athletes
who took part in the first Olympic Games are not as fast as
athletes today.b) Doping is a huge problem in the sporting
world.
c) The present and future of the sporting world is being
seriously and negatively affected by doping and gene-therapy.d) Ben
Johnson, Florence Griffith and Floyd Landis have all shocked the
world by their speed.
Read the text again and answer the following questions.
1. Why would athletes today have broken records if theyd taken
part in the first Olympic Games? Athletic are stronger and faster
today than they were during the time of the first Olympic Games.2.
What reasons are given for improved performance? Better equipment,
training and diet.
3. What is doping and why is it illegal? Doping is using
performance-enhancing drugs and it is illegal because it is
cheating.
4. How did drugs affect world records in the 1980s? Ben Johnson
was caught taking drugs when he broke the 100 m world record in the
1988 and no one knows if Florence Griffith was taking drugs when
she set the womens 100m record the same year.
5. Why are drug tests at sporting events often on step behind?
Drugs tests are only developed after the new drugs are being used.
This means that there is a time period when people are using the
new drugs and no one knows about them.
6. What would the effect of gene-therapy be on sport? It would
create super athletes who could do the 100 m in just 8 seconds for
example, and no one would know if theyd had gene-therapy or not.
This would spoil the spirit of sport.7. What is the Olympic spirit?
The spirit of competition that emphasizes taking part rather than
winning.
Mixed conditional 1. If American athlete Marion Jones hadnt
taken drugs, would she have made it to the Olympics at all? 2. If
peter was a more skillful player, he would have scored more
points.
3. Ben Johnson would still be the 100 metres world record
holder, if he had not been caught.4. If he had broken that record,
he would be a world-famous runner now.
e.g. If you had followed my advice just now, you would be fine
now. , just now, now,
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If he __ his legs yesterday, he __ with us now.A. hadnt hurt;
would go B. hadnt hurt; would have goneC. didnt hurt; would go D.
didnt hurt; would have goneIf she hadnt studied so hard in the last
term, she wouldnt speak so well now.
Oral Practice between partners. What would the situation be now
if performance-enhancing drugs hadnt been developed? What would the
situation be now if penicillin had not been discovered?
What would the situation be now if the computer had not been
invented? What would the situation be now if the Second World War
had never broken out?
What would the situation be now if performance-enhancing drugs
hadnt been developed?Some of the world records would not be broken
now.What would the situation be now if penicillin had not been
discovered? Most of the patients would die.
Join the sentences together. 1. John weighs 300 pounds. he had
to have the seat in his car repaired. he joined a basketball team
at school. he had problems losing weight but is now of average
build.
If John werent so fat, he wouldnt have had to have the seat in
his car repaired.If John werent so fat, he would have joined a
basketball team at school.If John werent so fat, he wouldnt have
had problems losing weight even though he is now of average
build.
2. Jessica has been a world-class dancer since she was 11. she
suffers from back problems. she is a famous person now. she is able
to support her family.
If Jessica didnt suffer from back problems, she would have been
a world-class dancer.If Jessica was a famous person now, she would
be able to support her family.
Do athletes need doping or gene-therapy in the sports? WhyTo
dope or not to dope?
What makes super athletes?hard training, strong will, courage,
commitment,
