English in Mind Starter Student's Book Unit 10. English in Mind is a four-level teenage course. Each level contains four modules, each with clear learning objectives, four units, a review section and a project. The Starter level Student’s Book provides 80-90 hours of classwork and can be used with beginners and false beginners. | JD We can t lose can can t ability like don t like -ing Vocabulary sports Read and listen a Look at the pictures. Who do you think the man in the wheelchair is Who is the man pushing him Read the article and check your answers. WIN BUT WE T Rick Hoyt is American. He has a good job at the University of Boston. Rick is in a wheelchair because he s got cerebral palsy. Rick can t talk so he uses a computer to talk to people. He also loves sport and he takes part in triathlons. In the triathlon people swim four kilometres cycle 180 kilometres and run 42 kilometres. Rick can t run cycle or swim because he s in a wheelchair. So how can he take part in a triathlon Rick can take part because he does it with his father Dick Hoyt. In the running his father pushes him in his wheelchair In the swimming Rick lies in a small boat and his father swims and pulls him. And in the cycling Rick sits in a special seat on the front of his father s bike. Of course the Hoyts never win the race. The winner of a triathlon usually finishes in about nine hours. The Hoyts always take about 15 or 16 hours. Thais right says Dick. We never win. But Rick and I think that we always win. b d Read the article again and listen. Answer the questions. 1 How does Rick talk to people 2 What do people do in a triathlon 3 How does Rick s father help him in a triathlon 4 How long do Rick and Dick take to finish a triathlon 5 Why do you think Dick says Rick and I think that we always win. 70 Module 3 Grammar can can t ability a Look at the examples. How do you say these sentences in your language Rick can t talk. How can Rick take part in a triathlon b Look at the text on page 70 again. Underline other examples with can or can t. Complete the table. Positive Negative Question Short answer l you we they he she it can swim. l you we they he she it cannot swim. l you we they he she it swim Yes l you we they he she it can. No l you we they he she it cannot . d Make sentences. 1 John understand Russian - speak it .
