UNIT 7Tourism Ledership Sports Big Adventures Lesson One Before you red Why might you like to hve n dventure? Wht kind of dventures might you enjoy? Wht re these people doing? Would you be frid to try? Lnguge note A silhouette is drk shpe or shdow, seen ginst light bckground. Afrid of climbing? 78
Big Adventures Red bout it Who is Ken Noguchi? Why did Ken Noguchi go to so mny countries when he ws young? Asin KidsTking Chllenges Der Angel, I m looking for n dventure. I wnt to live life little less ordinry, but I don t know wht to do. One of the wys I ve been trying to find out is to look t wht chllenges other Asin kids hve tken. The best exmple I ve found so fr is Ken Noguchi, from Tokyo, Jpn. 5 10 Ken s fther ws diplomt so Ken trveled lot when he ws kid. His fmily lived in the United Sttes, Sudi Arbi, Egypt nd other countries. He went to bording school in Britin but ws kicked out for misbehvior. When it seemed he couldn t control his temper nd strted flling behind, his fther suggested he trvel. On one of his trips, he found book t trin sttion tht chnged his life. It ws bout the dventurer Nomi Uemur who ws the first Jpnese to climb Mount Everest. He lso climbed the highest peks on ech of the other six continents. Mount Everest 15 20 Reding strtegy Most writers think bout wide udience ( lot of people) when they write. Letters, however, re different. The udience is s few s one person so the writer doesn t need to explin s much. 79
Lnguge note The seven continents re Afric, Antrctic, Austrli, Europe, Asi, North Americ nd South Americ. 25 30 Ken Noguchi set out to do the sme thing nd becme the youngest person to do so. He climbed Mont Blnc in Europe when he ws sixteen nd Mount Everest when he ws twenty-four. Since then, he hs worked to improve the environment. Wht kind of dventure could I hve? I ve been looking through the tls nd thinking bout it. Perhps I could pln to sil down the longest rivers on ech of the continents or hike through ech of the world s gretest forests. But if I need too much trining, it might be too much trouble. Perhps I could swim in the lrgest lkes on ech continent; tht wouldn t tke too much trining! Love, (279 words) Vocbulry notes 1. continent (noun) one of the min res of lnd in the world, such s Afric, Asi or Europe 2. diplomt (noun) someone who is employed by government to live in nother country nd mke sure tht their own country is listened to, its citizens re treted correctly, etc. 3. improve (verb) to become better, or to mke something better 4. misbehvior (noun) when someone behves bdly 5. ordinry (djective) not specil, unusul or different from other things 6. sil (verb) to trvel cross wter in bot or ship 7. temper (noun) tendency to become suddenly ngry 8. trining (noun) when someone is tught the skills they need to do something Add new words to your personl dictionry on pge 154. Red nd listen gin to prctice your pronuncition. 80
Big Adventures After you red A. Answer these questions. 1. Wht did Ken Noguchi do before he ws 24? 2. Why did Ken Noguchi trvel lot when he ws young? 3. Who ws Ken Noguchi s hero? 4. Why does Nncy wnt n dventure? 5. How might Nncy hve n esy dventure? Understnd wht you red Homophones Homophones re words tht re pronounced the sme wy even if they differ in spelling, mening or origin, such s pir nd per. Some homophones re lso spelled like, s in ber (the niml) nd ber (to crry). Homophones re troublesome in English becuse they cn crete confusion in mening when they re spoken or written. The most importnt thing to do when deling with homophones is to look for the context in which they re plced. Homophones cn help you lern pronuncition. A word such s corps, for exmple, is homophone for core. Knowing how to pronounce one word cn help you pronounce nother. Here re four tips for working with homophones: Some t sounds re the sme s some -ed sounds: pssed/pst. Contrctions re sometimes used to mke homophones: lets/let s. Some homophones lso hve similr -s endings: ly/lei; lys/leis. Homophones differ with pronuncition differences in regionl dilects. For exmple, the word clerk in Americn English rhymes with jerk. But in British English, clerk rhymes with prk. Lnguge note Another word for homophone is homonym. Computer note Unlike pper dictionry, computer spelling checkers will sometimes show you the homophones for incorrect words: *fone/phone. 81
B. Write words tht sound like these words: 1. der 2. te 3. for 4. frieze 5. knight C. Fill in the missing words. Use the correct form of the word. intentionl (djective) done delibertely in order to get prticulr result ptiently (dverb) ble to wit clmly for long time or to del with difficult situtions without becoming ngry pyrmid (noun) n ncient stone building with four wlls shped like tringles tht slope to point t the top trgedy (noun) n extremely sd event, in which something very bd hppens trveler (noun) someone who is on journey or who trvels lot Not ll dventures re rock ner the nd mny end in. In 1990, n Americn womn s horse hurt its leg on of Egypt. Tht lucky ccident helped rcheologists find new series of ncient buildings. A few yers lter, nother young went riding lone in the desert nd she nd her donkey fell into lrge deep grve. They couldn t climb out nd the womn thirst. She ws found months lter. finished writing ll her postcrds then slowly died of After flling in the hole, wht do you think the second womn wished she hd done? Wht bout you? Wht would be n dventure you would like to hve? Is there something you would like to do tht no one hs ever done before? 82
Big Adventures Lesson Two Red bout it Why is trvel gret dventure? How cn volunteering be n dventure? Wht s Left to Do? 5 10 15 T here re mny dventures in the world, nd not ll of them involve climbing mountins. If you re young, mostly you just need to wnt to do something remrkble. You lso need the courge to try something different. Trvel hs lwys been one of the gret dventures. This does not men getting on bus with herd of other tourists nd being led by someone wving flg nd shouting through megphone. 20 Trveling down Chin s Grnd Cnl Insted, to hve rel dventure, set out by yourself or with friend to relly explore. This wy, you hve to struggle to understnd everything bout new plce, including the lnguge nd customs. A rel dventure is to hike or bike, following n old pth. For exmple, you could 25 Reding strtegy The question in this rticle is generl nd not completely nswered in the text. Such questions re ment for you to complete by dding your own ides. Lnguge note Prepositions vry, depending on wht you re doing. You hike up mountin, long rod nd cross field. 83
30 35 40 45 trce the route of Chin s Grnd Cnl tht once went from Beijing to Hngzhou. Or you could try to find the Fifty-three Stges of the Tokido, the ncient costl rod connecting the Jpnese cities of Kyoto nd Edo (modern-dy Tokyo). One wy to trvel for longer time nd get more involved in nother country is to volunteer. Volunteering, especilly in poorer countries, cn include building homes, helping with medicl cre nd teching. Other volunteer progrms let you dig for dinosur bones or lost tombs or even cities. Not every dventure mens you hve to leve your home. It cn be n dventure just to explore new ides. Cmbridge University professor Stephen Hwking is someone who will never climb mountins. He hs disese tht ffects his muscle control. He uses wheelchir nd speks using computer. Hwking s dventures re in wht he thinks. My gol is simple, he sys. It is complete understnding of the universe, why it is s it is nd why it exists t ll. Now, tht s n dventure! (300 words) 50 55 60 Vocbulry notes 1. ffect (verb) to cuse chnge in someone or something, or to chnge the sitution they re in 2. cnl (noun) long nrrow re of wter mde for ships or bots to trvel long 3. costl (djective) the lnd next to the se 4. gol (noun) something tht you hope to chieve in the future 5. hike (verb) to tke long wlk in the countryside or mountins 6. megphone (noun) thing shped like big cone, tht you spek through to mke your voice louder 7. tomb (noun) grve, especilly lrge one 8. universe (noun) ll the strs nd plnets nd ll of spce Red nd listen gin to prctice your pronuncition. 84
Big Adventures After you red A. Summrize the min ide in one sentence. Richrd Burton (1821 1890) ws n English explorer, linguist, uthor nd soldier who trveled to Ciro, Suez nd the holy cities of Medin nd Mecc, disguised s n Arb. He spoke dozens of lnguges nd trnslted now-fmous books into English including The Tles of the Arbin Nights. While serching in Afric for the source of the Nile he ws ttcked nd hd his fce scrred by sper. He lso introduced the words pjms nd sfri into English. Lnguge note A person like Richrd Burton, who msters mny different skills, is often clled Renissnce Mn or Renissnce Womn. B. Vocbulry check: Fill in the missing letters to find the secret word. t e p e r h i k o l o r d i n r y d i l o m t u n p p i l y c s t l c l u n i v e r s 85
Exm strtegy Work on question until you get stuck. Think bout it for minute or two, nd if nothing comes to you, move on nd return lter. C. Choose the best nswer. 1. Climbing mountins is.. helthy nd sfe b. not the only dventure c. the best exercise d. the only dventure 2. The phrse herd of tourists refers to.. buses b. people who trvel on buses c. groups of trvelers d. people who hold flgs 3. Struggling to lern bout new plce.. is not worth the trouble b. hppens to every tourist c. mens you forgot your guide book d. is kind of dventure 4. Hiking nd biking.. re good wys to see country b. should not be done t the sme time c. re importnt to volunteering d. re uncommon in poorer countries 5. Volunteers cn help others by.. living in people s homes b. pying for medicl cre c. teching d. hiking nd biking 6. You might find dinosur if you.. build home b. hve simple gols c. build bicycles d. volunteer s digger 7. Stephen Hwking doesn t.. climb mountins b. tech English c. hike d. ll of the bove 8. Hwking s simple gol.. involves megphone nd computer b. is not relly so simple c. is trip in his wheelchir d. is not in the universe 86
Big Adventures Debte Tke one side, dd your own ides nd debte in pirs or groups. For: People need dventures. Points: Life cn be boring without some excitement from time to time. At the end of your life, you won t wish you d spent more time in the office. Adventures re the spice of life. Aginst: Adventures re for story books. Points: People s expecttions re too high. Adventures only sound gret fter they re over. Not everyone cn hve dventures; someone hs to do the work. Debte strtegy When you debte, lwys try to sound like you re winning. Your confidence will help you win. Sy: I m very confident tht you will gree with.... 87
More ides to debte Courge is the price tht Life excts for grnting pece. Ameli Erhrt (1897 1937) Americn pilot Courge is the ldder on which ll the other virtues mount. Clre Booth Luce (1903 1987) Americn writer Ameli Erhrt Courge is doing wht you re frid to do. There cn be no courge unless you re scred. Eddie Rickenbcker (1890 1973) Americn fighter pilot Courge is resistnce to fer, mstery of fer not bsence of fer. Mrk Twin (1835 1910) Americn writer Keep your fers to yourself, but shre your courge with others. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 1894) English writer Fortune fvors the brve. Virgil (70 BC 19 BC) Romn Writer 88
Big Adventures Lern more Wht opportunities re there for you to volunteer? Find brochures or websites tht discuss volunteering nd report them to your clss. Look online Check out the website t www.red-nd-think.com for extr lerning resources. Add new words to your personl dictionry on pge 154. 89