Week 16: Chinese divers Follow sporting stories and learn English along the way. At the Chinese training base Welcome to Talking Sport! Diving is a very skilled sport and China has some of the best divers in the world. At the last Olympics in 2008, C...
Talking Sport Week 15 Emma Deakin. An athlete's team _____________________________________ 1) Achieve/achievement/achievable In the video we learnt about the word 'achieved'. You see what he's worked for and what he's achieved Achieve is a verb. E.g....
Week 15: Physiotherapist Follow sporting stories and learn English along the way. Video Alistair Brownlee's Physiotherapist Welcome to Talking Sport! Every athlete has a team of people supporting them through their training. This week we meet a physi...
Talking Sport Week - 14 The Borlee twins Talent in the family _____________________________________ 1) Athletics vocabulary Below are some common words used in athletics: a false start: when an athlete starts before the signal is given a lap: one cir...
Week 14: Borlee Twins Follow sporting stories and learn English along the way. Video Borlee Brothers Welcome to Talking Sport! This week we hear about the Borlee brothers. Kevin and Jonathan Borlee are identical twins from Belgium and compete in the...
Talking Sport Week - 13 Emily Seebohm Training _____________________________________ 1) Pretty and fairly In the video we learnt the phrase 'pretty tough' which means very difficult. some days it's just the 6k a day, so it's pretty tough. 'Pretty' is...
Week 13: Emily Seebohm Follow sporting stories and learn English along the way. Video Emily Seebohm Welcome to Talking Sport! How much training do athletes do? This week we meet Australian swimmer Emily Seebohm and hear about her training schedule. E...
Talking Sport Week - 12 Pops Mensah - Bonsu London prepares _____________________________________ 1) Emotional/emotion/emotionally In the video Pops Mensah - Bonsu said playing at the Olympics was going to be an 'emotional time' for him, meaning he i...
Week 12: Pops Mensah Bonsu Follow sporting stories and learn English along the way. Pops Mensah-Bonsu Welcome to Talking Sport! With less than a year to go, London is getting prepared for the 2012 Olympics. Test events have started happening in the n...
Talking Sport Week - 11 Shawn Johnson Make it _____________________________________ 1) Idioms with 'make' In the video Shawn said the hardest part about her training was not knowing if she was going to 'make it'. if I am going to make it or not. Belo...
