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Unit 1 Breaking records Using Language 1. Read the profiles from a sports magazine and complete the summary of each sportsperson’s (Guinness) record(s).

2. Read the profiles and answer the questions below.

1) Who is the youngest athlete? Fu Mingxia.

2) Who retired from their sport and then made a comeback? Fu Mingxia. 3) Who has trained in another profession? Michellie Jones, Martin Strel.

4) Who do you think is the most courageous of the four sportspeople? Give reasons. Jonas Jacobsson. In spite of his disability, he is still Sweden’s most successful amateur athlete. 5) What qualities do you think these

sportspeople need to be successful? Courage, determination, ambition,

vision, passion, focus, concentration,

belief in himself/herself, perseverance, etc. 3. Which quote below do you think belongs to which sportsperson? 1). I am swimming for peace, friendship and clean waters.

Martin Strel 2). I’d like to think that I was a role model, that people see my sport and say “Wow, I’d like to try that.”Michellie Jones 3). I’m still hoping that there’s a chance for me to get into both the Olympics and the Paralympics, but we’ll see what happens.

Jonas Jacobsson 4). I call it a one-second art. It requires you

to fully display the beauty of the sport

in only a second.

Fu Mingxia 4. Writing Write a profile for a magazine about a person who has broken a record. Use the guide below and the profiles on pages 7 and 8 as models. 5.

Homework Finish the writing.