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The Splendid Speaking Course

Volume 1 Unit 3 Providing Examples
Splendid Expressions
Health and Illness

Unit 21: Sport and Fitness

Task: Presentation (2-3 minutes)

Topic vocabulary 1. Introduction: You are a member of staff at a University Sports Centre.
To get the most out of (your Youve received the following memo from the Student Union:
time at university)
State of the art facilities
Indoor and outdoor facilities
A wide range of activities
Memo
To have equipment for hire With September approaching we need someone to come
To book facilities/sessions over and tell the new students about the facilities at the
To run taster sessions Leisure Centre.
Highly-qualified staff
To devise personal exercise
I know your membership was down a little last year
programmes probably competition from the bars and new cinema! If
To carry out fitness youd like to put together a short presentation on what you
assessments guys offer in the centre and why the students should
Membership fees become members, well give you a few minutes to speak
To take care of yourself
To have a healthy lifestyle
during the welcome presentations.
To burn off calories
To lose weight
2. Planning: Spend 1 minute making notes. Consider the following issues:
Expressions to offer Facilities
examples Health benefits
For example Social opportunities
For instance
To give you an example 3. Task focus: When organising your talk include examples to help you
By way of example justify the points you are making. Use some of the expressions on the left
A case in point is to do this.
To illustrate this
To show you what I mean 4. Language: Tick any of the vocabulary on the left you want to use in your
Take for example talk.

Task: Discussion (15 minutes)

As a member of the sports centre, youve been asked to plan a Fun Day
aimed at encouraging youngsters to get into shape.

Go through the following four steps to reach a class decision:

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talking on the subject of
h e a l t h a n d we l l b e i n g .
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1) Work alone and list three or four things youd like to see organised for the day.
2) Work in pairs, share your ideas and agree on three or four things.
3) Join another pair and share your ideas. Agree as a group on three or four
activities.
4) Finally, share you ideas with the class. Make a final decision on the
programme for the day.