Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
A person is running, quickly, through a busy street. He jumps over garbage cans, around a dog, and through crowds of people. He climbs a high wall in two large leaps, never stopping to rest. He has agility and endurance like nothing you’ve ever seen before. He’s doing parkour.
Parkour is about seeing your environment and finding ways to move around it in the most efficient way possible. It’s about traveling from point A to point B, but not worrying that there’s a building, ten people and twenty trees in between. People who practice parkour don’t use just streets and sidewalks. They use everything!
Are Jessica and Gary interested in trying parkour? Learn more in today’s English lesson about an extraordinary sport.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Jessica: So, Gary. I saw a movie recently that opened with this amazing parkour scene.
Gary: They just push themselves to the limits of strength, agility...
Jessica: I know. It’s incredible to watch. Have you ever done anything like that?
Gary: I have jumped off a chair onto the ground. I would never try and climb up a wall, or jump through a hole, and land and tumble... no. I’ve never done that before.
Jessica: I know. I could never do it. I have issues with heights, so parkour would probably not be for me.
Gary: Really?
Jessica: Yeah, but it’s really exciting to watch.
Gary: Do you know how they train for it?
Jessica: I don’t. I imagine a lot of strength training, a lot of weight lifting, running. I know they run really, really fast to get their endurance up, and then just go for it.
Gary: I bet they’re setting goals for themselves every single day, just to push themselves.
Jessica: Exactly. Just to get ready for all of the different obstacle courses that they have to run through and jump through.
Gary: I am very jealous of their abilities.
Jessica: Me, too!
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Discussion
Jessica just saw parkour in a movie, and she finds it truly interesting and exciting to watch. She can tell that when people do parkour, they’re working very hard. Jessica guesses that you have to train for parkour in a lot of areas. She doesn’t like heights, though, so it’s not something she’s planning to try herself.
Gary clearly finds parkour fascinating as well. He jokes that he’s jumped off a chair before, but he’s never done anything more serious. Gary’s jealous of the people who do it because their abilities are so incredible.
One thing is certain: Jessica and Gary think parkour is cool.
Do you know anyone who does parkour? What about you? Would you try it?
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