19 Read the statements below and decide which of them give the main facts of the article. 1 The author tries to answer the question of why athletes earn so much money. 2 The article deals with the fact that professional athletes, particularly men, are overpaid. 3 Athletes invest a lot of time in improving their skills. 4 The author confesses that she enjoys funding her favourite teams, although she admits that they might be overpaid. Discuss the following questions in small groups: 1 What is the main source of income for professional athletes? 2 For what does the author say sportswomen may be paid more than sportsmen? How could this help promote positive female role models? 3 Does the information in the text match what you found about professional athletes’ earnings and gender inequality in exercise 23b? How? 4 How does the author feel about funding athletes? Having read the article Are professional athletes getting paid too much?, you have decided to start a blog on this topic. In your blog post you should: outline the main facts of the article explain why professional athletes should or should not be funded convince your readers that female athletes should earn as much as male athletes Use some of the expressions from 25 to link your ideas. Underline them in your blog post. Write around 250 words. See Writing coach, Blog post, p. 180. Expand your vocabulary: Collocations – part 2 You are going to have a pair discussion on whether professional athletes are overpaid. The following collocations should help you find good arguments. Match the verbs, adjectives and phrases to the keywords and write the collocations in your notebook. There is more than one correct answer. You can find an example below the table. READING 26 SPEAKING 27 WRITING 28 LANGUAGE 29 Verbs Adjectives Phrases Keywords (nouns) A achieve B damage C deserve D increase E recover from F require G risk H suffer from I waste 1 considerable 2 excellent 3 exceptional 4 immense 5 long-term 6 physical 7 poor 8 pure 9 severe a in professional sports b a form of c a great deal of d an increase in e a drop in f bad for one’s g the peak of one’s career effort entertainment health injury popularity salary talent Example: career: a career in professional sports; an exceptional/a long-term/a poor career; to risk/waste your career; (to be at) the peak of your career; bad for your career, … Now discuss in pairs: Student A argues that professional athletes are overpaid, student B argues that they deserve the money they earn. Roll the dice to decide your role. Take two to three minutes to prepare, then beginn the discussion. Tick off the collocations you use. SPEAKING 30 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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