In February 2013, athlete Mo Farah won the New Orleans half-marathon in the fastest time ever. He is interviewed after the race by a TV presenter who asks him: "Haven't you run before? This isn't your first time?" She clearly hasn't done her homework. What she doesn't know is that Mo was the 2012 Olympic champion in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. Video time: 2 minutes 9 seconds. Activity time: 15 - 30 minutesTask: 1 Watch the video and answer the questions.
a Do you think Mo Farah
- doesn't realize she has no idea who he is?
- realizes but isn't sure how to respond?
b Do you think the journalist
- has no idea he's famous from beginning to end?
- starts to have doubts?
2 Watch again. Which expressions are used in place of the words in italics?
(If you need help, combine words from list A and list B below)
a It's an incredible exploit
b Quite a lot of people came to the event
c It's nice to run the fastest ever time.
d The crowd really supported us.
e It's a big distance
f It's twice as far as what I've done today.
g You've certainly begun well
h Do you have any other races in the near future?
i It's I can't remember exactly when in April.
A double break the long some coming you're off to got turned amazing
B a great start feat the distance up time course record behind up way
Go to the video here..
Check your answers to task 2 here.
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