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Pre-reading questions:
- What is your favorite winter activity?
- What sports would you like to try?
Vocabulary:
- first /furst/
- sport /spohrt/
- business /BIZ-niz/
- player /PLEY-er/
- believe /bih-LEEV/
[determiner] coming before all others in order, time, amount, quality, or importance
As a student, my first priority is to graduate.
[adjective] relating to sports
Kindly bring your sports attire tomorrow!
[noun] a company that buys and sells goods and services
Diane has an online business.
[noun] someone who takes part in a sport or game
Riko is a basketball player.
[verb] to think that something is true or correct
I believe that they got the wrong guy.
Naomi Osaka, a rising tennis star who won the Australian Open and No.1 in women’s singles ranking, gets more sponsors. She won her first title when she competed and won against Serena Williams in the 2018 United States Open. Yonex’s sports business which is also known in tennis made a professional contract with Osaka too. It resulted in making more contracts with junior tennis players. An official from Yonex advertising department said that they are hoping that the rising number of children taking an interest in tennis will increase sales. An expert in tennis believes that the sponsorship will increase not just for individuals but also for tournaments.
True or False:
- Naomi Osaka won the Siberian Open.
- Naomi Osaka won against Serena Williams.
- An increase for sponsorship is expected, not only for individuals but also for tournaments.
- Many children are interested in tennis.
- Yonex drops its sales and gains more contracts with junior tennis players.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| first | business | player | sport | believe |
- I ______ that the children are our future.
- This _______ business is starting to get more contracts from interested applicants.
- The _______ step to success is to fail and learn.
- A good attitude makes a good ________.
- The main feature of this sport _______ is badminton.