Additional vocabulary

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 453.

Basic vocabulary - see V1 p. 138

3.1

Unit 3. Sport.

E. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

Ask hundreds of people what they (1) (plan) to do on a certain day in August next year, or the year after, and there (2) (be) only one reply. Provided of course that the people you (3) (ask) (4) (belong) to the Elvis Presley Fan Club. Although the King of Rock and Roll (5) (die) nearly two decades ago, his fans (6) (meet) every year since then outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show respect for the singer they (7) (love) so much. Fans like Jean Thomas, from Catford in South East London. Jean (8) (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis (9) (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past five years. «The first time I (10) (borrow) the money from my Mum, as I (11) (not/work) then. But two years ago I (12) (get) married and since then I (13) (work) in my husband Chris's garage. Chris and I (14) (go) together last year, and we (15) (think) of spending two or three months in the USA next year. I (16) (always/want) to visit some of the places where Elvis (17) (perform). Like Las Vegas for example». Jean says that Elvis (18) (be) her obsession ever since she (19) (be) ten years old, and she (20) (own) every single one of his records, good and bad.

(from: Michael Vince. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan, 2007).

Quotation: fair play

Ex.3 (text): spectacular, arguably (adj. arguable), to be keen on smth., a contribution to smth. (to contribute to smth.), to be/become skilled in smth., to take up (a sport), to be instrumental in (doing) smth., a coach/to coach, a referee, an amateur, skilful, to owe smth. to smb. (owing to).