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7b Vocabulary

Match the pictures with the activities. Then listen and check your answers.
Have you ever tried any of these activities?

1 2 3 4

sailing
sur ing

windsur ing
rock climbing
5 6 7 skiing

hiking
Read scuba diving

A Below is a magazine article. Listen and read. Who enjoyed the activity they did?

THE EXTREME MAG
p. 20 © MM Publications

My
family and
I visited Egypt three
weeks ago, and we tried scuba
weeks ago, and we tried scuba
diving in the Red Sea. I swam
around with all the fish and just
around with all the fish and just
loved it. I also had an underwater
loved it. I also had an underwater
camera and took pictures. The best
camera and took pictures. The best
part was when we saw a shark!
Everyone was worried, but not me.
Everyone was worried, but not me.
I just stopped and waited for
I just stopped and waited for
it to swim away.
James Potter, 15

I tried rock
climbing for the first
time in the USA two years
ago. I wasn’t scared in the
beginning, but I suddenly looked
down and that was it! I started
shouting, and the instructor
helped me climb down. I don’t
want to try it again!
Veronica Holt, 14

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