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Vocabulary: let's go skiing! - English lesson

Your legs and feet are itching...  Quick! Take your skis!  

First, grab your gear... Prepare the clothes which will enable you to stay out even if it's snowing... 

The secret: use warm, waterproof and isolating clothes... put on several layers of clothes in  order to be comfortable

and be able to enjoy this great moment! 

  A ski resort                                                     

YOUR SKIING GEAR (equipment):

1) the equipment you should buy: 

* middle layers: a sweatshirt, a fleece, a flannel , a light jacket.

2) the equipment you should rent (if you're a beginner): 

- skis (with security bindings and straps) and poles (with a plastic handle and a strap)

- a snowboard 

    Skis, poles and boots...            Sledging is fun! 

 GOING UP THE HILL... 

                     Ski lifts                                Snowboarding

The different trails/ runs:

And the different signs are classified from green circles (for beginners), blue squares,

black diamonds, double black diamonds (for advanced skiiers).[in North America]

[Green - blue - red and black in Europe]

(To ski down greens: green slopes=> blues=> reds=> blacks)

Knowing the different runs...

To maintain balance

To snowplough/ snowplow                    A wedge

A herringbone

A pole plant

To warm up/ a warm up

Jumping jacks

A lunge

To ski off-trail/ off piste

Of course this represents quite a few technical terms... and a little technique and style for your practice! 

It's well worth it! Have fun! 

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A) It takes more than ten minutes on the herringboneski liftsledgebeanieI don't know to reach the summit and start going downhill.

B) 'Oh no Mum, with three different herringboneslayers of clothespitcheswedgesI don't know, I’m much too hot and I can’t ski!'

C) When skiing, you should always wear a mogulhelmetbindingpassI don't know to protect your head

D) 'Leo is too young and small to take ski lessons. He’ll go to the resortkids' clubski liftI don't know or will play with his sledgesunscreengoggleI don't know near our lodge.'

'These glasses don’t protect your eyes… You should wear your new snoodgogglesneckwarmerI don't know for more safety.'

F) 'My hands are frozen… Can you give me my fleecesnow socksmittensI don't know, please?'

G) 'You shouldn’t ride that run, it’s a double black diamondmiddle layersnowboardcross-countryI don't know for experts, and there are turnsmogulsslalomI don't know all along.It’s too dangerous for you!'

H) Skiing jumping jacksoff-trailsnowploughI don't know may be very dangerous since it might trigger an avalanche.