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Audio Scripts Unit 3 Student's Book Track 22. Page 66. Activity 2.

Carla: Hi! Can you guess my favorite sport? I play it every weekend! I started playing it when I was ten years old, and it's my favorite thing to do. My favorite thing about it is that I don't need a team to play, I only need an opponent. The only bad thing about it is that it's not an easy sport to play. You need a special type of ball and a racket to hit it. And you also have to play it in a special court with a net in the middle. I can only play on the weekends, but I have so much fun!Zack: Hey, I just finished playing a match of my favorite sport. I play it every day! I started playing because of my idol, Aléxis Sánchez. What I really like about it is that it's really easy for me to play it. My friends love playing too, so we play it every time we can. Normally, you play it with a ball in a grass fi eld, but we like to get creative. We have to improvise and transform our environment into a field, but in the end we always have a lot of fun. Can you guess my favorite sport?

Anika: Some of my friends think that my favorite sport is not really a sport, but it is! You can score points, you can win or lose, and it is a part of the Olympic games! It is different than many other sports because there is no ball,you only use your body. I can only practice it with other people who train, because it can be a bit dangerous. My favorite thing about it is that training and practicing it is relaxing for me. I want to be the best, and my goal is to make it to the next Olympic games, in Pekin. Can you guess what sport do I practice?

Track 23. Pages 68 and 69. Activity 2.

In the Olympic Games of 2004, the unthinkable happened.The best tennis players of the world were competing for olympic medals, and the tournaments included Nicolás Mass and Fernando Gonzalez, who were the 14th and 17th best players in the world at the time.

Both players made it to the finals in the doubles tournament on Thursday. They also played the semi-fi nals in singles on Friday, but then something happened. Gonzalez was playing his semi-finals match against Mardy Fish when he injured his ankle. He lost the match. At the same time, Massú beat Tyler Dent, and he became an Olympic fi nalist.

The first miracle happened on Saturday. Gonzalez was still injured and he had to play against Tyler Dent for the Bronze medal. The match lasted over two hours, but González won the last set l6-14 and with it, the bronze medal.

But Saturday's excitement was not over. Only 4 hours later,González had to step onto the court again, this time for the finals of the doubles tournament against the German team.At fi rst, it seemed like Chile would win the match easily, but González's injury affected him, and his legs did not respond well. The German team recovered and at one point had 4match points.

The Chilean players didn't give up. They kept swinging their racquets until they won. For the very first time in history,Chile had won a gold medal in the Ólympics.

The very next day, in the Olympic finals, Nicolas Massúfaced of against Mardy Fish. Mardy Fish had defeated an injured Gonzalez, so Massú had to even the score. After an hour of intense tennis, Nicolas Massú won gold again, and these two Chilean tennis players became heroes in Athens.

Track 24. Page 73. Activities 1, 2 & 3.

It's not exactly a sport, but an ancestral game that strengthens bonds between communities. According to tradition, the two teams that face each other share a meal after each game and

treat each other as honored guests. In the past, it was also used as a way to end disputes or as a ritual. Here are five of the most important features of Palin:

1. Palin is played between two teams that may have between 5 and 15 players. / 2. Each palife (player) has a wiño (wooden stick) with which they hit a pali (ball). / 3. The pali usually has a 5 cm diameter, and'it can be made from various materiaís./ 4. Each palife plays a different position on a field that is usually 200 meters long. / 5. Each team has to score points with the pali. A game ends when a team manages to score four points in a row.

Track 25. Page 75. Activities 1 and 2.

The Olympics is one of the most famous sporting events, but what many people don't know is that the Olympics is one of our oldest traditions as human beings. Evidence shows that the Olympics were celebrated in 776 BC, when somebody from the city of Elis won an almost 20O-metres foot race. This was the stadion race, which was the only Olympic sport event of the fi rst 12 ancient Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games lost popularity, and it is believed that they ended in the year 393 when the emperor Theodosius I demanded all practices similar to the Games to be eliminated.There were some attempts to revive the Olympics, but it wasn't until 1894 when Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee, that there was any serious progress. Two years later, the fi rst modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece.

After this, the olympics became an international success. In 1924, the first edition of the Winter Olympic Games took place in Paris, featuring sporting events that could not be held in the summer. Some decades later, the fi rst edition of the Paralympics took place in Rome in 196O, featuring athletes with disabilities.

Probably the most famous symbol of the Olympics is the Olympic Flame. This tradition comes from the 1936 games,and it involves thousands of athletes running from Greece to the place where the Olympics will take place to light the Olympic torch.

Track 26. Page 78. Activity 2.

Entrevistadora: Today, we are discussing the results of a new free-time report.

Researchers say that over 60% of young people enjoy freetime activities each week. On the other hand, over three quarters of twelve-year-olds play video games. We have 12-year-old Scott Parker and 1l-year-old Jess Lawrence in the studio to answer some questions.

Scott, what free-time activities did you do last weekend?Scott: I didn't have much free time. I had a lot of homework But when I had some free time I hung out with my friends!Entrevistadora: Where did you hang out?

Scott: We went to the mall this time. But we prefer visiting each other's houses where we can play video games or watch TV.Entrevistadora: Do you ever feel that watching TV is a waste of your free time?

Scott: No, I need the time to relax. I enjoy taking it easy with my friends. I don't like sitting around on my own. We went to the mall to watch a movie.

Entrevistadora: Okay. What about you, Jess? What did you do last week?

Jess: I tried to make some time for my hobby.

Entrevistadora: What did you do?

Jess: I went roller blading with my friends on Thursday and we

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