 -Would you consider a digital detox for
a while- no social media, no smartphone, no email?
-How would you feel about one whole
day without using any technology?
-How hard would it be? Too extreme?
Doable?
-What would you do? How would you
spend it? Describe it as best as possible, from dusk till dawn!
-Would you do it for charity, for a
good cause, or as a promise? Why (not)?
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Drastic times
call for drastic measures: to take extreme actions.
Fight someone
or something hammer and tongs / tooth and nail: to fight energetically
and with great determination.
Go all the
way down: to do completely or take a decisive action, especially one from
which no retreat is possible.
Go from one
extreme to the other: to change from one thing to its opposite.
Go overboard
: to do something too much, or to be too excited and eager about something.
Go to
extremes (to do something): to be excessive in one's efforts to do something.
Go too
far: to do more than is acceptable.
Leave no
stone unturned/ Spare no effort/ Search high heaven/ Look or Search high and low / Turn inside
out : to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal.
 Live on the
edge: to have a type of life in which you are often involved in exciting or
dangerous activities
Push the
limits: to expand boundaries.
The sky's the
limit: Expression meaning there is no upper limit.
To infinity:
to have no end, forever.
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Some extreme/absolute adjectives: alive, awful,
black, boiling, certain, correct, dead, enormous, environmental, excellent,
freezing, furious, gigantic, huge, impossible, miniscule, mortal, perfect,
pregnant, principal, ridiculous, right, superb, terrible, terrified, unique,
unknown, white, whole, wrong. |
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*Others: entirely, exclusively, fully, largely, nearly, perfectly,
practically, primarily, utterly.
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Regular Adjective
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Extreme Adjective
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angry
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furious
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bad
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awful, terrible, horrible
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big
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huge, gigantic, giant
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clean
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spotless
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cold
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freezing
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crowded
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packed
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dirty
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filthy
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funny
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hilarious
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good
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wonderful, fantastic, excellent
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hot
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boiling
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hungry
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starving
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interesting
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fascinating
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old
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ancient
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pretty
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gorgeous
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scary
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terrifying
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small
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tiny
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surprising
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astounding
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tired
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exhausted
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ugly
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hideous
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1.W_K_BO_RDI_G
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2. _HI_E
W_T_R R_F_ING
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3.
_NO_BO_RDI_G
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4. _UG_
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5. M_
_O_ROS_
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6. H_ _G G_I_ING
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7. BMX
_A_ING
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8. _K_
_VING
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9. R_ _
K C_IM_ING
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10. S_A_E_O_
_DING
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11. R_ _
LER _ER_Y
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12. _UR_ING
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Extreme sports are activities and practices which often involve speed,
height, a high level of physical exertion, and specialized gear, ans are
usually perceived as having a high level of danger
Some have been done for quite a while; others are more recent.
Sometimes they involve teams and rules, but most often they are perfomed
solo. People who take part use their skills and experience to control the
risks. That control is what makes them sports and not just dangerous
behavior.
Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a
wakeboard over the surface of a body of water. It was developed from a
combination of water skiing, snowboarding and surfing techniques. The rider
is usually towed behind a motorboat.
White water rafting is an outdoor activity which use an inflatable
raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on
whitewater or different degrees of rough water, and generally represents a
new and challenging environment for participants.
Snowboarding is an activity that involves descending a slope that is
covered with snow while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.
It became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.
Luge is an Olympic sport. It consists of a small one- or two-person
sled on which one sleds face up and feet-first. Lugers compete against a
timer and on artificial tracks.
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed
off-road circuits.
Hang gliding is an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and
non-motorized aircraft called a hang
glider. The pilot uses a harness
suspended from the airframe, and exercises control by shifting body weight.
BMX bicycle races are sprint races on special circuits or tracks. They
usually consists of a starting gate for up to eight racers, a groomed,
serpentine, dirt race course made of various jumps and rollers and a finish
line.
Skydiving or parachuting, is the action sport of exiting an aircraft
and returning to Earth with the aid of gravity. Divers slow down during the
last part of the descent by using a parachute. It may or may not involve a
certain amount of free-fall, figures, etc.
Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or
across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach
the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route
without falling.
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing
tricks using a skateboard. Competition usually takes place in a bowl or
skatepark.
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members
roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a
series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who
scores points by lapping members of the opposing team.
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider rides on the
forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer
toward the shore.
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Edge of the World
by Shel Silverstein*
 Columbus said the world is round?
Don’t you believe a word of that.
For I’ve been down to the edge of the world,
Sat on the edge where the wild wind whirled,
peeked over the ledge where the blue smoke curls,
And I can tell you, boys and girls,
the world is FLAT!
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Even If The Earth Looks Flat...
From ancient times people have had different notions about the shape
of our planet. Is the earth flat like a pancake or spherical like a globe?
Each concept has had its supporters. The Sumerians, Babylonians,
ancient Egyptians, and most Greeks believed in a flat earth. Some ancient
Greek scientists, as well as many Church Fathers like Albertus Magus, and St.
Thomas supported the round earth.
Intuitively, our simple observations support a flat planet. Some early
explanations for this idea used a vivid imagination, including water on all
edges, pillars to hold up the sky, and a giant turtle and elephants to hold
up the world. Later, with travels to other lands and better observation of
star movements these explanations became less acceptable. In late medieval
and early modern times, Copernicus,
Galileo, Columbus, and Magellan started expanding the notion of a round
earth.
The process of science is based on curiosity and insistence on
evidence. People who are more dependent on opinions or media have not
developed skills for being skeptical of information sources. Many could still
believe nowadays that the Earth is flat. However opinions do not turn into
facts just for the number of supporters, even if they seem to be the most
popular ones.
Adapted from: THE FLAT-EARTH / ROUND
EARTH CONTROVERSY,
Stanley Weinberg - Magrane et al,
SPAEA.
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