Baseball: It's a Home Run

I. Pre-Listening Exercises
II. Listening Exercises
III. Post-Listening Exercises

Level:	Topic:	Type:	Speakers:	Length:
difficult	baseball	radio broadcast	man	01:22

I. Pre-Listening Exercises [Top]
Baseball is a popular sport in many countries. Before listening to this sports broadcast, think of common baseball vocabulary and sample sentences that might come up in such a program (e.g., run as in "The team needs four runs to tie the game.")

HELPFUL TIP: Baseball is an American pastime. Learning a little about the sport and some of the players might help you strike up conversations with people interested in the sport.

baseball glove

II. Listening Exercises [Top]

I. Listen to the announcement by pressing the "Play Audio" button, and answer the questions. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz.

II. Listen to the conversation again as you read the Quiz Script.

III. Do practice activities to review the vocabulary:

III. Post-Listening Exercises [Top]

Talk about sports that are unique to your culture (e.g., sumo wrestling in Japan). What is the objective of the sport, and how do you play it? What are the specific rules? Is any specific equipment or clothing required? What do you personally like or dislike about the sport?

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IDIOMS!

"have what it takes" = have the skills

"Greg has what it takes to be a great basketball player."

"burn yourself out" = become physically or emotionally tired of something

"There is always a chance that athletes will burn themselves out unless they take time off away from the sport."