1Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1Which activities in the box below do you enjoy doing? Why?
2Which activities do you think are the most relaxing? Why?
3What do you usually do to relax?
climbingcookingcycling
gardeninglistening to music
playing computer gamesreading
runningswimming
watching TVyoga
2Look at the title of the text. Which activities from Exercise 1 do you think people do in a mud run? Read the text and check your ideas.
Mud running: a different type of race
Mud runs are becoming more and more popular every year. Most mud runs are between three and twelve miles long so they are not as long as traditional marathons or half marathons but they offer different challenges. The runners have to be very strong as well as good at running. This is because mud runs are a type of obstacle course where people have to run, climb, jump, and carry objects over, through, and around different obstacles. Some mud runs are competitions but others are just fun challenges people do with their family and friends. Lots of different types of people do mud runs but they all have two things in common: they love to get muddy and they love a challenge!
3aWork in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the questions.
1What kind of activities can you see in the photos?
2What do you think will happen in the video?
3b Watch the whole video and check your ideas.
4Watch the video from 0:00–0:43. Choose the correct answers.
5aComplete the sentences with the numbers in the box.
twofiveseven
tensixty-fiveseventy-five
1. Mud Monsters Run is a kilometre obstacle course.
2. There are races a year.
3. There are obstacles.
5b Now watch the video from 01:21–01:40 and check your answers.
6aWork in pairs. Complete the actions with the words in the box.
climbingcrawlingfalling
runningslidingswinging
1. in the woods
2. from rings
3. through a tyre
4. into water
5. a net
6. down a muddy hill
6bLabel photos A–F with actions 1–6 from Exercise 6a.
A
B
C
D
E
F
Write the action number (1–6) from Exercise 6a next to each photo letter.
A
B
C
D
E
F
6cWatch the video from 01:40–02:55. Number the photos A–F in the order you see them.
Asliding down a muddy hill
Bswinging from rings
Cfalling into water
Drunning in the woods
Eclimbing a net
Fcrawling through a tyre
7aComplete the phrases with one word. Watch the video from 0:43 to the end and check your answers.
1
Mark: What time do you call this?
Ronnie: Hi Mark, how are ? … Wait a minute. I don't see a spa? Where are we?
Ronnie: Hi Mark, how are ? … Wait a minute. I don't see a spa? Where are we?
2
Mark: No spa … no relaxing.
Ronnie: Oh? I'm sorry to that.
Ronnie: Oh? I'm sorry to that.
3
Mark: No, today we're doing something way more exciting! Have you of Mud Monsters Run?
Ronnie: Er, no. What is it?
Ronnie: Er, no. What is it?
4
Mark: It's a mud run, and today we've got the whole place all to ourselves! you!
5
Ronnie: Oh. That brilliant!
6
Ronnie: what?
Mark: What?
Mark: What?
8aWork in pairs. Answer the questions. Then watch 0:43 to the end and check.
1. Does Ronnie think the obstacle course will be easy or difficult at the start?
2. Does Ronnie complete all the obstacles?
3. What does Ronnie do when he finishes the obstacle course?
4. Does Ronnie prefer the countryside or the city?
9Work in pairs. What do you think looked the easiest, the most difficult, the most/least fun obstacle in the video? Why?
The easiest obstacle:
The most difficult obstacle:
The most fun / least fun obstacle:
10Complete the dialogues with the phrases from Exercise 7a. Click a phrase to select it, then click a slot to place it.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Have you heard of
How are things?
That sounds brilliant.
Lucky you!
Guess what?
1
A: I feel terrible. I've got a bad cold.
B:
B:
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2
A:
B: Yes, it's that dance fitness class, isn't it?
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Zumba?B: Yes, it's that dance fitness class, isn't it?
3
A:
B: Not bad, thanks.
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B: Not bad, thanks.
4
A: Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?
B:
B:
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5
A: I'm going on holiday tomorrow!
B:
B:
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6
A:
B: What?
A: I've got a new job!
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B: What?
A: I've got a new job!