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Interactive Reading
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Warming-up
Activities
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Getting familiar with background information
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Topic-centered study of new words and their use
3
Video watching & discussion on it
Text Reading
Par. Writing
Further Dev.
Extr. & App.
Background Information
Cliff Young
Cliff Young (1922-2003) was a farmer and athlete from
Beech Forest in Victoria, Australia. He was best known
for his unexpected win of the Sydney-to-Melbourne
Ultramarathon in 1983 at 61 years of age. He became
very popular after this “tortoise and hare” feat. In 1984
he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia “for long distance running”. After his death, a memorial in the shape of a gumboot in Beech Forest is dedicated to Young, and the Cliff Young Drive and Cliff Young Park there are named after him.
Word Study
Video Watching
Jotter
Text Reading
Par. Writing
Further Dev.
Extr. & App.
Background Information
Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon (1/2)
During the 1970s many Australian runners
ran between Sydney and Melbourne. But
those runners were regarded by the general
public as strange people. In 1983 the
shopping center group, Westfield, sponsored
the first official Sydney-to-Melbourne race,
known as Westfield Sydney-to-Melbourne Ultramarathon. The race was held annually between 1983 and 1991. The standard marathon is a long-distance running event with an
Text Reading
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Extr. & App.
Word Study
Video Watching
Jotter
Background Information
Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon (2/2)
official distance of kilometers.
However, the Sydney-to-Melbourne
Ultramarathon was an 875-kilometer
event. Therefore, it was regarded as
one of the toughest races in the world.
Cliff Young won the race in 1983 and
the race took him 5 days, 15 hou