@ Bair work. Look back at the article in and with a partner find the words and expressions that have the same meaning. Section 1 | 1. distracted; diverted 4a bright sparkle 2. having an interesting history 5, unexpectedly ended up doing 3. dreams; goals Section 2 | 1. famous, well-respected 4, met unexpectedly 2. focusing; directing, 5. doing several things at the same time 3. approval Section 3 | 1. thinking about an idea 4, permanent feature 2. surprised; shocked 5. assistant 3. exchanging C Group work. Discuss these questions. 1, What aspirations did you have as a child? 2. Why do you think people get sidetracked in their lives? 3. What is something in the news that has caused a stir recently? What exactly happened? 4. IF you had all the free time you wanted, what would you channel your energy into? 5. Complete this sentence: [fT could, I would swap my __ for BS SMocabutary Builder 4 --- Read these sentences and match each underlined expression with it definition in the box. © admire 4. not tell anyone a. already known and not interesting ¢. immediately perform more than one job or task . Uhave to take my hat off to her. She finished the project under budget. . He was secretly studying at the pastry school and had to keep it under his hat. . That gossip about Britney Spears is old hat. I heard it last month. | wear two hats: during the day I'm a teacher and at night I'm a singer in a rock band, Don’t encourage him, He'll start telling terrible jokes at the drop of a hat veers Running ultramarathons A Pair work. You are going to hear an interview with Duncan, a man who competes in very long races called “ultramarathons." Look at the chart below. Can you predict any of the answers you will hear? Write your predictions on a separate piece of paper. ‘Average marathon distance miles yards OR ‘ilometers Possible ultramarathon distance miles OR ‘Kdlometers ‘Examples of ultramarathon timed races hours AND, hows “Temperature during desert race Fahrenheit OR Celsius ») BB Now listen to the first part of the interview and complete the chart in A. (CD Track 17) 65 Lesson A « Follow your dream!