ADDITIONAL LISTENING ACTIVITY

For practice

GENERAL TOPIC:
Elements of technology and engineering applied to sport
activity.

VOCABULARY CONTEXTUALIZATION.
Look up the meaning of these words and expressions.

Allow = permitir Javelin = jabalina

As well = también Judge = juez

Audience = audiencia Just = sólo

Birth = nacimiento Notice = aviso

Change = cambio Panel =

panel
Cheating = trampa Performance = rendimiento

Coaching = entrenamiento Plateau = meseta

Drag = arrastrar Rules = Reglas

Free-style = Freestyle Sprint

Googles = gafas de protección Stage = etapa

Increase = aumentar Statistics = estadística

Isolation = aislamiento Swimming suit = traje de baño

Issue = problema
EXPRESSIONS
Banned technology tecnología Banned

Base line to any comparison Línea de base para cualquier comparación

Due to the introduction to fully Debido momento de la introducción de automatizar

automated timing completamente

Elite level nivel Elite

Elite levels niveles Elite

Every year since the 1890´s Cada año, desde las década de 1890

Fully automatics totalmente automáticos

Globalization effect efecto globalización

Hand in hand De la mano

Hand timing cronometraje manual

Here we have Aquí tenemos

Hold the balance Mantenga el equilibrio

If you introduce technology into Si se introduce la tecnología en el deporte

sport

Is that different ¿Eso es diferente

Let´s start Vamos inicio

Mixing things up Mezclando las cosas

One issue we have Una de las cuestiones que tenemos

One thing we´ve noticed

Una cosa hemos notado
Over the same period Durante el mismo período

Performance has started to plateau El rendimiento ha comenzado a estabilizarse

Performance improve Rendimiento mejorar

Population increase aumento de la población

Push the physical boundaries Empujar los límites físicos

Reacting time El tiempo de reacción

Reduce hydrodynamic drag Reducida resistencia hidrodinámica

Reduce skin friction Reducir la fricción de la piel

Rules of the sports are completely Reglas de los deportes son completamente arbitraria
arbitrary
Ruling bodies don´t like that Gobernando cuerpos no les gustan que

Spikes and steps Espigas y pasos

Sports engineering ingeniería Deportes

Start our journey Comience el viaje

Technologies that we allow Las tecnologías que nos permiten

The effect of different factories El efecto de diferentes fábricas

The top athletes Los mejores atletas

There´s another small step Hay una segunda pequeño paso

We can model Podemos modelar

We´ve collected the data Hemos recogido los datos

What about technologies that we ¿Qué pasa con las tecnologías que hemos permitido
´ve allowed
What we need Lo que necesitamos

QUESTION FORMATION
Translate these questions from Spanish into English.

STRUCTURE
WH.word Auxiliary Subject Verb Complement

1.¿de cuántos años obtuvieron estadísticas?

2.¿Que descubrieron con la información?

What do they discovered with the information?

3.¿Cuándo introdujeron el uso de cronómetros electrónicos?

When do they introduced the use of electronic chronometer ?

4.¿Cómo pueden reducir los tiempos?

How do they can cut back the times ?

5.¿Qué factores mencionan como fundamentales?

What do they factors mentioned as fundamental?

6.¿Qué cambios genera usar nuevos materiales?

What changes generated using new materials?

LISTENING EXERCISE
Listen to the video and select the correct option.

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJSMxsjimQ

0:20.If you introduce technology into sport ________________.

A.Is it cheaper?
B.Is it shining?
C.Is it cheating?
D.Is it shipping
1:04.Let´s start with the ____________
A.200 meter spring
B.100 meter sprint
C.100 meter spring
D.200 meter spring

1:07.We´ve collected the data from the average performance of ____________________

in the 100 meter sprint since 1890.
A.The top 55 athletes
B.The top 35 athletes
C.The top 25 athletes
D.The top 45 athletes

1:20.The first post-war Olympics were in ________

A.1948
B.1959
C.1958
D.1968

1:30.In 1970´s there´s a dramatic increase in time with the introduction of

_____________.
A.Fully automatic timing
B.Fully autonomous timing
C.For autonomic timely
D.Four automatic timing

2:10.The men´s 100 meter sprint has improved by around ______ since _____
A.5% -----1958
B.5% ----- 1948
C.8% -----1968
D.5% ----- 1978

2:25.One issue we have is that sprinting go measurement is _____ while for javelin is
________.
A.Thing ------ different
B.Distance ------ time
C.Time ----- distance
D.Timing ------ difference

5:00. Even with the occasional Hussein Bolt mixing up, _________________ are going to
become rare in some sports. Now, athletes _______, audiences _____- and the ruling
bodies don´t like that
(NOTE: use the same option for the 2 blanks)
A.Won´t make that
B.Don´t find it
C.Don´t like that
D.Won´t like it.