To get deeper insights into text To make creative use of English To be better at writing in English Our Aims Contents Further Development Writing Model & Practice Extraction & Application Interactive Reading Warming-up Activities Warming-up Activities 1 Getting familiar with background information 2 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 Par. Writing Further Dev. 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