Unit 5 Curious and Curiouser
Lesson 3 Be a professional soccer player
- Read the news story. Find out Ronaldo hope to do.
Children often dream about becoming a professional soccer player, but few of them manage to achieve their dream. Children also love to collect things, but how many of them succeed in opening their own museum? Cristiano Ronaldo was eight when he started playing soccer for the amateur Andorinha team on the Portuguese island of Madeira. At the age of 28, he decided to open the CR7 Museum in his hometown. At the museum, visitors can see the individual and team awards he has won. They can also stop to admire a life-size wax figure of the player in a Portugal jersey. Ronaldo hopes to help the local economy by encouraging tourists to visit Madeira.
- Read the story again. Answer the questions.
- What do children often dream about?
- What do children love to do?
- How old was Cristiano when started playing soccer?
- Which team did he start playing as an amateur?
- When did he decide to open the CR7 Museum?
- Where is the museum located?
- What can the visitors see in his museum?
- Who is the life-size wax figure?
- What does Ronaldo hope to do?
- Where can you see wax models?
- Practice Read the text about the unusual museums.
Unusual Museums
We advise you not to wear best clothes when you visit the Trash Museum in Connecticut, USA. But if you’d like to see the amount of garbage we create in a year, it’s the place for you.
If you travel to India, we suggest visiting the Museum of Toilets in New Delhi.. The museum encourages you to learn about the history of the toilet.
Stop thinking that all art needs to be good. Enjoy looking at some terrible things at the Museum of Bad Art in Massachusetts, USA.
Comprehension check:
Example:
Student A: Where is the Trash Museum located?
Student B: It’s located in Connecticut, USA.
- Student A: What kind of museum can be visited in New Delhi?
Student B: __________________________________________
- Student A: What does the museum encourage to learn?
Student B: __________________________________________
- Student A: Where can people see terrible paintings?
Student B: __________________________________________
- Read and listen to the conversation.
Pete: Dad? I need you to help me with some homework.
Dad: I’ll try. What would you like me to do?
Pete: Our English teacher asked us to read about some unusual museums and choose the most unusual. I managed to find several on the internet, but I can’t decide which one to pick.
Dad: Ok. Let’s look at the museums you found. Which one do you suggest reading first?
- Share Read the questions and share ideas.
- In general, do you enjoy going to museums?
- Normally, What kind of museum do you prefer to go to?
- If you could visit any museum in the world, which museum would you
like to visit most?
- In your opinion, should your school try to organize more visits to
museums?
- Can you remember going to an unusual museum in the past? I f so, where
and when?
- If someone asks you to open a museum, what objects do you show there?
- Speak and write
Write a description of a museum for a brochure.
