## Sports - Skateboarding

Skateboarding
Skateboarden is een echte stoere sport.
Het is gelukkig ook iets dat iedereen kan leren.
De een kan het wel wat beter dan de ander.
Gelukkig draag je bescherming voor het vallen.
Je gaat informatie lezen over skateboarden op een internet site.
Klik op de link om naar de website van BBC.co.uk te gaan.
Beantwoord daarna de vragen.

The great North run
Marathons, avond vierdaagse, wandeltochten, athletiek...
Veel mensen lopen en rennen graag. Het werkt erg ontspannend.
Je kunt het doen wanneer je wilt en na een tijdje rennen krijg je een 'runner's high'. Dat is een stofje in je hersenen dat ervoor zorgt dat je je erg lekker voelt.
Klik op de link BBC.co.uk .
Bekijk de foto's en lees de informatie over 'The Great North Run'.
Beantwoord daarna de volgende vragen.

Xtra: Pen pals **
Je gaat een tekst lezen over mensen die een penvriend(in) zoeken.
Ze vertellen over hun hobbies.

- Maak opdracht 1.
- Lees de tekst en de oefening (opdracht 2).

1
Maak groepjes van drie of vier leerlingen.

- Maak een lijst in het Engels van dingen die je allemaal in je vrije tijd kunt doen.
- Vergelijk je lijst met je groepsgenoten.
- Als jij een penvriend(in) in Engeland zou zoeken. Hoe zou je jezelf dan omschrijven?

2
Lees nu het verhaal hieronder en doe de oefening.

Pen pals 1. Mary, 24 years old, comes from Scotland and would like to find a pen pal who comes from East Europe. She likes playing the piano and listening to jazz music. She is interested in history but does not like discussing politics. 2. Kim Lee, 19 years old, comes from Seoul, South Korea. Kim loves travelling and hopes to visit Great Britain in the future. He would like a pen pal who is interested in discussing the differences between life in Europe and life in Asia. He loves listening to pop music and playing football in his free time. 3. Pietro, 42 years old, comes from Argentina. He is a businessman and would like to find a pen pal who is also a businessperson and lives in North America. He is married with three children and likes using the Internet in his free time. 4. Helga, 31 years old, comes from Germany and speaks French, English and Russian. She would like a pen pal who is interested in exchanging ideas about language learning. She does not like using computers for learning and believes that language learning can only happen in a classroom. 5. Jennifer, 18, comes from New Orleans in the United States. She is interested in discussing the political differences between East Europe and North America. She loves riding her horse, Jackie, and listening to jazz music. 6. Alessandro, 25 years old, comes from Rome. He is interested in finding a pen pal who speaks different languages and can exchange ideas on using the computer for learning purposes.He likes playing tennis and football in his free time.

Xtra: Jacob the Great ****
You are going to read a story about a boy who changes hobbies all the time.

- Form groups of 3 or 4 pupils.
- Do assigment 1.
- Read the questions (assignment 2).
- Read the text and do assigment 3.

1
Before reading the text find the meaning of the following words (use a dictionary):

to stuck with something | to purchase
to play the guitar | to beep it around the park
to strum the strings | reluctant
to hold the pick | his equipment
buried pirate treasures | a commercial on TV
to mow the lawn | to explore the universe
to shovel the driveway | his purpose in life

Show your answers to your teacher.

2
Read the question.

- What did Jacob get for Christmas?
- Why does Jacob stop playing the guitar?
- Why does Jacob decide that he wants a metal detector?
- Why doesn't Jacob's father want to get him the magician's kit for his birthday?
- What was Jacob’s reaction to this birthday present?
- What distracts Jacob from the magician's kit?

3
Read the story and answer the questions

Jacob the Great Jacob hated finishing things almost as much as he loved starting them. As a result, he had got into a million hobbies and activities, but he never stuck with any of them long enough to get any good. He begged his mother for months for a guitar so that he could play Black Eyed Peas songs to Angie, a girl whom he liked, but after he finally got one for Christmas, he found out that guitars doesn't play themselves. He took a few lessons, but strumming the strings hurt his fingers and he didn't like holding the pick, so now the five-hundred dollar guitar lives under his bed. After reading an add in the back of one of his comic books, Jacob decided that he wanted a Wonder-Sweeper 5000 metal detector, so that he could find buried pirate treasures. So he mowed lawns all summer and didn't spend his money on ice-cream like his younger brother, Alex. He saved it all in a shoe box in his closet. Then he shovelled driveways all winter, and he didn't spend his money on candy and chips like his classmates. By the time spring came he had saved $200, and he purchased the Wonder-Sweeper 5000 metal detector. He beeped it around the park for a while, be he soon found out that no pirates had ever set sail in his neighborhood, and if they had they didn't leave any treasure. Even though he found a key ring, forty-seven cents, and all the bottle caps he could throw, he buried the metal detector in his closest. Given Jacob's history with hobbies, it was no surprise that Jacob's father was reluctant to buy him a magician's kit for his birthday. "Geez, Jacob... You sure you wouldn't rather I got you more guitar lessons?" He suggested. Jacob was insistent. "Dad, you've got to get me the magician's kit. This time I'll stick with it for real. I promise! Come on, Dad," Jacob begged. Jacob's father sighed and then replied, "Oh, I don't know, Jacob. Things are awfully tight right now." But Jacob's father was reminded of his own youth long ago, when he quit from football and started karate practice before hardly getting his equipment dirty. So when Jacob's birthday came around, Jacob was both surprised and pleased to find the magician's kit that he had desired so badly with a big bright bow on it. Jacob opened up the box and unwrapped the many parts in the kit. As he did so, he imagined sawing his pet cat in half and putting it back together to the amazement of his friends and family. He took the many fake coins, trick cards, and rope pieces of varying length on the kitchen table and imagined pulling rabbits out of his hat and turning them into pigeons with a mysterious puff of smoke. As Jacob continued pulling plastic thumbs, foam balls, and giant playing cards out of the magic kit, a commercial on the TV caught his attention. "Hey kids! Have you ever wanted to go to space? Experience what it's like to be an astronaut? Do you want to explore the universe? Well, now you can." As the commercial continued play, Jacob walked away from the magic kit on the kitchen table and stared at the TV screen longingly. "For only $195 you can go to space camp and live life like an astronaut for a whole weekend. Enroll now for a once in a life time experience." Jacob's cry rang throughout the house as he yelled, "MOM!" He now knew what his true purpose in life was.

Wat weet je over Engeland, de Engelse taal en Engelse mensen?
Over het leven in Engeland en de Engelse cultuur zou je hele dikke boeken kunnen lezen. Maar misschien vind jij het leuker om op een andere manier iets over het Engelse leven en over de Engelse cultuur te weten te komen.
Kijk dan maar eens naar de volgende oefeningen.
In ieder thema is er een onderdeel 'Life and culture' met vragen en oefeningen over interessante feiten en leuke weetjes die iets met het thema te maken hebben.
Aan de slag! - Get started!