Listening

Adrenaline junkies

Solutions Pre-Intermediate

What is an adrenaline?

What is adrenaline?

Why do people in the photo need adrenaline?

Are you an adrenaline junkie?

thrilling

terrifying

strong

spectacular

risky

remote

impressive

brave

athletic

SPORTS

LANDSCAPES

PEOPLE

Put the adjectives below into three groupsSome adjectives can go into more than one group.

Where are the people?What are they doing? What kind of people do you think they are?

Describe the photos. Work in pairs.

Extra activity

hated

over 30

spectacular

unfit

brave

remote

Listen to six people talking about BASE jumping. Write the synonyms or words with the opposite meaning that they use for the underlined words.

1. Fred loves being in wild, far-away places. 2. Sally says BASE jumping isn't popular with older people. 3. Chris doesn't consider himself a courageous person. 4. Celina says people who aren't strong and fit shouldn't try BASE jumping. 5. For Shelley, the appeal of BASE jumping is the breathtaking landscapes where you do it.6. Martin really didn't enjoy BASE jumping.

Read the sentences again. Listen to the audio. Are they true or false?Did you hear any synonyms?

In Tanya's opinion, Roberta Mancino is a great sportswoman.

Read the sentences. Can you think of synonyms for any of the underlined words?

Tanya thinks the dangers of BASE jumping make women unwilling to try it.

Tanya didn't enjoy her first experience of BASE jumping.

The cliffs in Tonsai, Thailand are the perfect venue for BASE jumping, in Tanya's opinion.

Tanya likes extreme sports because they're dangerous.

Work in pairs. Explain why you would or would not like to try BASE jumping. Give three reasons. Use the adjectives and ideas from previous Exercises to help you.

✅What have you learned today?✅What can you do now?

LEARNING REFLECTIONS

Use the internet to find out about another extreme sport. Research: ✅ when and where it began. ✅where you can do it and what equipment you need. ✅whether there are competitions.

HOMEWORK