187 4 Love and loss Love of the game The Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen is considered one of the all-time greatest players and has won the World Championship several times. This is remarkable when you consider how many people play chess all over the world. TALKING 31 Chess Work with a partner. Discuss the following questions and each write down your answers in keywords. a) What do you know about chess? b) What qualities do you need to be a good chess player? 32 Your favourite game Think about a game you like. It can be a sport, a board game, e-sport, etc. Work with a partner and take turns answering the questions: a) Describe the purpose of the game. b) Explain why you like the game so much. c) What does it take to become good at your favourite game? 33 Discuss a quote What do you think the quote means? Do you agree? Discuss with a partner. 34 Talk about expressions Look at the expressions below. Discuss with a partner what they mean: John is a really sore loser. Stop bragging and be a gracious winner! That is not nice, Darcy – that was a hit below the belt. Ihave waited too long – let’s get the ball rolling! She is so cool – and way out of your league. remarkable – eftirtektarvert a purpose – tilgangur a gracious winner – verðugur sigurvegari a league – hér: deild I’ve failed over and over again in my life … That is why I succeed. Michael Jordan Hæfniviðmið • Tekið þátt í samræðum um kunnugleg málefni og látið skoðun sína í ljós. • Brugðist við margvís- legum upplýsingum og hugmyndum, hlustað, tekið þátt í umræðum og tekið tillit til ólíkra sjónarmiða (Lykilhæfni)
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