Extreme Sports - AIRC109

In this episode: Extreme sports Listener Feedback: Thank you to Néstor G.M., Uttywoman, Miguelatxo and Minihada (these are real people! - you know who you are) who have left us wonderful reviews and 5 stars on itunes. The winners for the Twitter prize draw are:  @chemamun @RaquelG81921621 @anny_vzz Congratulations on winning a prize! And thanks so much to everyone who supported us on Twitter and Facebook. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  Extreme sports We've spoken about sport in general: inglespodcast.com/17 ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2014/03/12/the-fallas-festival-is-organized-anarchy-airc17/ ) inglespodcast. com/26 ( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2014/07/01/a-big-girls-blouse-airc26/ ) Definition (Wikipedia): Extreme sports (also called action sports and adventure sports) is a popular term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion, and highly specialized gear. bungee jumping hang gliding paragliding parachuting skydiving wingsuiting base jumping ice climbing mountaineering rock climbing paintball Kite boarding/surfing windsurfing sky surfing surfing skateboarding Street luge mountain biking White-water rafting Water skiing Cliff diving/jumping tightrope walking slack line walking Highlining Expressions & Discussion: To GO + ….ing (skiiing, surfing etc) Have you ever been? To take a risk (arriesgar) - a risk taker - risky sports put yourself at risk, expose yourself to danger An adrenaline junkie - to get the adrenaline pumping A natural aversion to risk A daredevil - someone who dares to do risky things to dare - atreverse - "I dare you to go basejumping." "Don't you dare do that!" To play safe - lack courage of nerve to do (sth) To go for it To go all out To seek a thrill - A thrill seeker Italki ad read: 1­on­1 Native speakers Convenient Affordable Italki gives 100 italki credits (ITC) to each paying student For more information: inglespodcast.com/italki/ We want to say thank you to italki for sponsoring Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us a voice message and tell us what you think. www.speakpipe.com/inglespodcast Send us an email with a comment or question to [email protected] or [email protected]. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast $9.60 per month - We need $100 Our 9 lovely sponsors are: Lara Arlem Zara Heath Picazo Mamen Juan Leyva Galera sara Jarabo Corey Fineran from Ivy Envy Podcast Rafael Daniel Contreras Aladro Manuel Tarazona On next week's episode: Air Travel The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later' Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/