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Secondary cycle Year one First term Unit 4 Lesson 3 SB Page:23. Do you know the person on the pictures?. Abdel-Latif Abu-Heif was awarded the best world swimmer of the 20th Century. New Vocabulary. Beat : to be more successful than other people in a game or a competition.
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Secondary cycle Year one First term Unit 4 Lesson 3 SB Page:23
Abdel-Latif Abu-Heif was awarded the best world swimmer of the 20th Century.
New Vocabulary Beat : to be more successful than other people in a game or a competition. Break a record : to do something better or faster than it has done before. Exhausted : extremely tired.
New Vocabulary Generosity : when you are happy to give money ,time ,etc to help someone ,or something you do that shows this. Hero : someone who is admired for doing some thing very brave or good. Proud : feeling pleased with your achievements , possessions , family ,etc because you think they are very good.
READ AND COMPLETE a. In 1929 , Abu-Heif was born. b. In 1951 , he becameinternationally famous when he swam across the English channel. c. In 1963 , he beat Harry William and won the Montreal swimming race. d. In 1975 , Abu-Heif finally retired.
Read and Answer. *Are these statements true or false? a. Abu-Heif had eleven older brothers. b. As a boy, he went to the swimming pool every day. c. He won the school championship after he moved to Cairo. F F F
d. The swimmers in the Montreal race stopped because Abu-Heif was winning. e. There is a beach in al-Anfoushi called Abu-Heif Beach. f. He was 46 when he retired. F T T
*complete the sentences. -Use the article to find a word in the same family as the word in brackets. 1. The way Abu-Heif swam the race was heroic. (hero) Hero (n) Heroic (adj) 2. A professional trainer helped Abu-Heif at al-Ahli club (train) Train (v) Trainer (n)
3. Abu-Heif became famous after he swam across the English channel . (fame) Fame (n) Famous (adj) 4. For the people of Egypt, he was a national hero. (nation) Nation (n) national (adj) 5. The people were very proud of Abu-Heif. (pride) Pride (n) proud (adj) 6. People else liked Abu-Heif because of his generosity. (generous) Generous (adj) generosity (n)