Tales of two players (1) (Lesson 1)

Key words: striker coach half six school compound talk show quiz

A Look at the pictures. What are they about?

B Read the text. Write the day below each picture.

Every Thursday afternoon Ashish Biswash plays football. He is a striker. He plays for the local Friends Club. Do you want to know what else he does on other days? This is what Ashish says: "Friday and Saturday are my weekends. On Fridays. I go to my village home. Going home is really a wonderful experience. My mother waits for me there.

In the afternoon, I go cycling with my friends. Sometimes I go for a long walk. Next day I get up a little late. In the afternoon I play kabadi. In fact, I was a kabadi player during my school days.

From Sunday to Thursday I go to the club at 7 o'clock in the morning. It's the time for our regular practice. So I have to get up by 6 o'clock. Usually on Monday afternoon, the team doctor sees all the players. On Tuesday our coach shows us videos of important matches. We learn a lot from them. On Thursdays when we practise, our team manager watches our performance and keeps a record of that. Then he selects the team for the day. In the afternoon I go to the club at 1 o'clock. I spend some time with my teammates. At 4 o'clock our match begins. We regularly play with other local teams."

C Use the pictures in A to describe Ashish Biswas's week.
Example:
He plays kabadi on Saturday afternoon.

D Answer the following questions.
1 What's your favourite sport?
2 What's your favourite team?
3 Who is the captain?
4 Who is your favourite player?
5 How often do you go to the stadium and watch sports programmes?

E Listen to the audio or your teacher and answer the following questions.

1 Who narrates the above story?
2 What is his dream?
3 Where does he live?
4 Why does he consider himself fortunate?

F Look at the chart. Listen to the teacher/CD again and write the time for each activity in the chart.

G Does Arun do these things? Complete the sentences.

Example:

He gets up at 6 o'clock. He doesn't practise on Fridays.

1. He ………………………………. at four o'clock. (get up)
2. He ………………………………. to school by bus. (go)
3. He ………………………………. in the morning. (jog)
4. He ………………………………. to be a national cricketer. (want)
5. He ………………………………. every day. (practise)
6. He ………………………………. his practice. (miss)
7. He ………………………………. back home at 6 in the afternoon. (get)
8. He ………………………………. little time watching TV. (spend)
9. He ………………………………. until ten in the evening. (study)
10. He ………………………………. Talk Shows. (watch)

H What do you think about Arun's life? Do you like him? Why/ why not?