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Risking it
Extreme sr,-
Extreme sports
in Match the pictures with the sports.
5
scuba diving
1 bungee jumping c
2 hang-gliding
6 skydiving
3 ice climbing
white-water rafting
7
4 potholing
8 windsurfing
in Which of these sports have you done? Which
would you try?
V Vocabulary note
The compound nouns for these sporting
activities are formed using the -ing form. Some
are written as two separate words, some have a
hyphen (-) and others are one word.
(See Unit 5, 2.1 for more on compound nouns.)
In Choose the best words to complete the text.
A defining feature of extreme sports for many people is their alleged capacity to (1) induce I install an adrenaline
rush in (2)participants 1 patients. However, the medical view is that the 'rush' or 'high' (3) associated I imparted
with an activity is not due to adrenaline being (4) resumed I released as a response to (flight /fear. Medical
professionals now claim it is due to increased (6) levels I channels of dopamine, endorphins and suotonin resulting
from extreme physical (7) exhibition I exertion. Furthermore, a recent study suggests that the link between
adrenaline and 'true' extreme sports is (8) tentative I understated. The study defined 'true' extreme sports as leisure
or (9) recreational I residential activities where the most likely outcome of a mismanaged (10) adventure I accident
or mistake was death. This definition was designed to separate the marketing hype from the (11) action I activity
itself. Another characteristic of these activities is that they tend to be (12) individual I lonely rather than team sports.
Extreme sports can include both competitive and non-competitive activities.
II
1.4 Match these words and phrases from the text with their definitions. Use a dictionary to help you.
marketing hype
a result
1
b exaggerated descriptions used in sales
2 physical exertion Th
outcome c poorly controlled or organised
3
mismanaged
4 d movement of the body which raises the heart rate

5 e typical or noticeable quality
characteristic
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