J1Ame Prof. Erica Scorians "Young Sports Stars" IT project

by Franco by Augusto by Federico

TEEN SPORTS STARS

ACTIVITIES

A) Watch the first two minutes of the video “Teenage Alex Ovechkin on World Trans Sport” and decide: true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false statements

1. Alexander is an American ice hockey player. __
2. His dream is to be the best player in the world. __
3. His mother is called Adriana. __
4. His father was a professional footballer. __
5. His family are his biggest fans. __




B) Now let’s read about Crina “Coco” Popescu

a.  Go to http://www.tedxbucharest.ro/talks/ and click on Crina “Coco” Popescu to read about her.

b. Look up the words you don’t know in the following online dictionaries:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
http://www.wordreference.com/

c. Answer about Crina

What sport does she practise? _____________________________
Where is she from? _______________________________
How old is she? _______________________________
Why is she famous?  _______________________________

C) HOMEWORK:  Find information about another young sports star (name, age, nationality, sports abilities, likes and dislikes, why is he/she famous) on the Internet. Write a short text about him/her for next class.