Hobbies. Leisure Time. Бекерова Е.А - 31 стр.

        -…                                                                                                    Jumping for joy
        What do you think?
                                                                                          Hi, I'm Jason Barricelii and thanks for visiting my website. I've
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        -…                                                                        been building this site for a while, and I'm almost finished. I've written
                                                                                  this page to introduce myself.
                                                                                                                                       I've always been a
      Why do people participate in extreme sports?
                                                                                                                               work-hard, play-hard kind of
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                                                                                                                               guy. I grew up in Idaho, and
      - Extreme-sport people are merely striking a blow for truly indi-
                                                                                                                               my family did a lot of adven-
vidualized and unique experiences.
      -…                                                                                                                       ture sports like rock climbing
      -…                                                                                                                       and       white-water    rafting.
                                                                                                                               Lately, people have named
      What do you think?
                                                                                                                               these      activities  "extreme
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                                                                                                                               sports," but to me they've al-
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                                                                                  ways seemed just like normal fun.
                                                                                          I've been working on a master's degree for a couple of years, but
2.5. Additional reading.
                                                                                  I still take time out to play. Since I moved to San Diego, I've gone on
     Now, read this personal web page “Jumping for Joy” and then                  six scuba dives, and last year, 1 finally learned how to skydive. This
complete the table "Extreme Sports". What new items can we add?                   month, I've already completed five jumps.
                                                                                          Yes, I have a social life too. In fact, last month I got engaged to a
                                                                                  fantastic woman. Here's a picture of the two of us jumping together.
                                                                                          Joy hasn't been skydiving that long, but she wanted to celebrate
                                                                                  our engagement with a jump.
                                   extreme sports               in-line skating
    bungee jumping
                                                                                  2.6. Answer the following questions:
                                                                                  What sort of person is pushing himself to extreme (and even danger-
             windsurfing                                 sky surfing              ous) levels?                                           hardworking
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                                                                                      What do you think?
                     ski jumping       ski off cliffs   mountain biking


        While reading think of possible answers to the following ques-
tion:
      What sort of person is pushing himself to extreme (and even
dangerous) levels?



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