The next morning I was too nervous to eat my breakfast. This meet would decide who was going to the Nationals. Better not to think about Angela at all, I told myself, recalling Coach's words. Better to concentrate on my own race. Carefully, I went over Coach's instructions in my mind.' At the gun, I cut into the top of the water smoothly? Pswam exactly as I had been imagining it before the race, acting out the pictures in my mind. When I finished, I was certain I had done my best. Then I heard my name. I also heard Angela's name, but it was several minutes before I realised that my name had been called last. That meant[my time had been better. I saw Angela sitting with her back against the wall alone. It could be me, I whispered to myself, remembering what it feels like to lose a race. "I do this all the time," she burst out. "I do great at workouts, then comes a meet, and something happens: I just can't do it." "Maybe you don't know how to play the confidence game," I said. She looked at me, but I went on. "How do you psych yourself up for a race?" "I don't exactly. I just try to block it out, not think about it." "What about during a race?" "I concentrate on not making mistakes." "Very negative methods," I commented. "What do you mean?" "Well, take my positive approach. First, I think about all the good things I've done in previous races. Then I plan my race carefully, going over each detail in my mind, picturing myself the perfect swimmer. Then when I'm in the water, I tell myself to do it again, only this time for real." "And you win," Angela added with a smile. "Listen, I have an idea," I said. Maybe I could make it up to her. "You swim faster than me, right?" Angela looked doubtful. "Yes, you do, that's an objective fact," I insisted. "Now my idea is that you follow me in the final this afternoon." At first Angela wasn't sure, but I soon convinced her, and we were planning l our strategy when Coach showed up.]'What's going on here?" He gave me an accusing look. "We've got it all settled," Angela spoke up. "Tobi and I are going to be a team from now on." "All right!" he said, giving us a smile. At the sound of the gun I was into the water. I concentrated on a single word. Win! Please, please let me be the winner, I whispered over and over. [Finally, the winning times flashed on. Angela had won. I managed to give her a congratulatory hug. "You did it, girls!" Coach couldn't keep himself from shouting, he was so excited. "You've just raced yourself to the Nationals!" "Well, at least Angela has," I said, struggling to smile. Coach looked startled. "And you did, too, Tobi." What was he talking about? "I saw that Angela won the place on our relay team." "That's right, but you missed something. You both swam so fast that you Nationals!" made qualifying times for the individual event! So you'll both go to the 1. Write out at least 16 words and word combinations connected with the topic "Sport". (identifying familiar lexical items in unfamiliar context) 1) Qualifying time 2) To have better time 2. What kind of sportswoman was Tobi? Prove from the text. 3. What kind of friend was Tobi? Prove from the text.