2015-05-07 Evening: college sports

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 86-88 - reading and vocabulary questions
Which word is *not* similar in meaning to the vocabulary word (as used in the reading)?
1 c
2 b
3 d
4 a
5 b
6 c
7 a
8 d
9 b
10 c
11 a
12 b (“savor” = enjoy slowly and completely)
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Negative views of college sports: unfair to other students (double standard), doesn’t help the prestige of the university, student athletes focus less on their studies, universities exploit students who are good at sports, student athletes benefit for being athletes and lack motivation to advance other skills, athletes may take performance-enhancing drugs

Positive views of college sports: physical development, the college earns a lot of money from athletics, creates school spirit, provides young athletes with a future in the sport, students who achieve things in sports may go on to accomplish things in other areas
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p. 88 A - what is the main idea of the listening? (#3)
p. 89 B - correct the false statements
1 T
2 T
3 F - he has a broad perspective
4 F - it irritates him when people think this
5 T (this isn’t the only reason it has suffered)
6 ? (they’re not supposed to be competitive, but he doesn’t say either way whether he thinks they are)
7 T
8 T
9 T (“corruption...diminishes it”)
10 T
11 F (competition “nourishes” us and contributes to a “holistic education”)
12 F
13 T (“it encourages the hypocrisy”)
14 F
“Or, just because you can bet on something, does that disqualify it as a thing of beauty?”
- His answer would be “no”.

rhetorical question: a question asked in a speech or essay with no answer expected from the audience, because (1) the answer should be obvious from context or (2) the speaker/author is about to give the answer or (3) the answer isn’t actually important and the goal was to get you to think about the situation
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90-91 listen and choose which word he says
compare with a partner and try to choose ones you didn’t hear based on meaning and context
listen again to check

a
sign
weighs
Instead
invariably
more
likes
Isn't it
athletic
accorded
respect
beyond
best
March Madness
broadest
mightily
distant
apart
surffered in
on
supposed
expected
art's
sport's
has suffered
we
whether
artists
wind
can
grace
pretty
Or
bit
world
defined
its own
Its
seem
ersatz
shoe-
colleges as
various deceits
affected
our
to
manner
Certainly
can
can't
faith
for fair
bet
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Homework: p. 92-94, reading and questions in parts A, B, and C