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4 Read about how small changes made a big difference for the British cycling team. How can small changes make big differences in your life?Between the Olympics in 1908 and 2004, the British cycling team won just three gold medals. No British cyclist had even come close to winning (1)... world's greatest cycle race, the Tour de France. Yet over the next 12 years, the British team won more than 25 gold medals and had two winners of the Tour. How could the team perform so (2)... better?The first thing was that cycling received a (3) ... more funding (4)... it had had before and, thanks also to a new Olympic track in Manchester, the team could train (5) ... intensively. The coaches also began to focus on making small improvements in lots of areas. This was not just about training better and eating (6) healthily but also included things like teaching the cyclists to wash their hands properly and finding the (7) ... comfortable pillow for them to use at night! (8) cleaner their hands, the (9) ... colds and viruses the cyclists pick up, and the more training they can do. If they do not get as much sleep (10)... they need, they may ride one percent (11) ... the next day. The more of these small improvements you can make, the (12) the difference compared (13)... yourcompetitors.With the recent successes in British cycling, there are (14) ... more people cycling in the country than there. used to be and having a much bigger pool of riders improves the chances of finding talented cyclists to continue that success.There is a lesson here for all of us. We often setourselves big goals which aren't so easy to achieve when perhaps we should focus on all the things we can do (15)... better. Small changes can add up to a big difference. 5 Complete the summary in exercise 4 using one word in each gap. Compare your ideas with a partnerBetween the Olympics in 1908 and 2004, the British cycling team won just three gold medals. No British cyclist had even come close to winning (1)... world's greatest cycle race, the Tour de France. Yet over the next 12 years, the British team won more than 25 gold medals and had two winners of the Tour. How could the team perform so (2)... better?The first thing was that cycling received a (3) ... more funding (4)... it had had before and, thanks also to a new Olympic track in Manchester, the team could train (5) ... intensively. The coaches also began to focus on making small improvements in lots of areas. This was not just about training better and eating (6) healthily but also included things like teaching the cyclists to wash their hands properly and finding the (7) ... comfortable pillow for them to use at night! (8) cleaner their hands, the (9) ... colds and viruses the cyclists pick up, and the more training they can do. If they do not get as much sleep (10)... they need, they may ride one percent (11) ... the next day. The more of these small improvements you can make, the (12) the difference compared (13)... your competitors.With the recent successes in British cycling, there are (14) ... more people cycling in the country than there. used to be and having a much bigger pool of riders improves the chances of finding talented cyclists to continue that success.There is a lesson here for all of us. We often set ourselves big goals which aren't so easy to achieve when perhaps we should focus on all the things we can do (15)... better. Small changes can add up to a big difference. 6 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. 1 At the penalty shootout, the goalkeeper is more/ much/most concentrated than at any other moment of the match.2 Car races didn't use to be as spectacular than/like/ as they are now. 3 Jumping sports take far/many/ the more practice before a tournament than running sports.4 The more effort you have to put in your sports career, more/the/ slightly better paid you are. 5 The rules of baseball are many / slightly / as more complicated than the rules of volleyball. 7 Work in pairs. Discuss if you agree with the statements in exercise 6. 8 CHOOSE: 1 Write a short essay on the question in exercise 1. Use comparatives in your response.2 Make a list of five things that are better compared to the past and five things that are worse compared to the past. Use comparatives to explain the differences.  9 Work in pairs. You are going to take part in a debate 'Small changes contribute to big improvements.' Before the debate, you are discussing what young people can do to improve the world they live in. In your discussion, include the following aspects:improving the performance of a school's sports team getting higher grades at schoolincreasing people's life expectancy in your country stopping global warming
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My Perspectives 3. Student’s Book

My Perspectives 3. Student’s Book

Rok wydania

2019

Wydawnictwo

Nowa Era

Autorzy

Daniel Barber, Hugh Dellar

ISBN

978-83-267-3530-1

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