- •Alexei Nemov
- •Read the text. Find and correct the mistakes in the biography of Alexei Nemov
- •Find in the text sentences corresponding to the following Russian translations.
- •Read the text. Say if the statement is true or false.
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary.
- •Answer the following questions
- •Give the summary of the text (Consult Appendix 1 on page 57)
- •David Beckham
- •Read the text. Find and correct the mistakes in the biography of David Beckham.
- •Find in the text sentences corresponding to the following Russian translations.
- •Different kinds of sport in Britain
- •Fill in the blanks with the names of sports.
- •Read the text and complete the chart.
- •Read the passages again and then answer the questions.
- •The Oxford and Cambridge boat race: a bit of history.
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Give the summary of the text (Consult Appendix 1 on page 57).
- •Michael Phelps - the Olympic hero.
- •Read the text. Find and correct the mistakes in the biography of Michael Phelps.
- •2. Find in the text sentences corresponding to the following Russian translations.
- •Ice Hockey.
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary.
- •Find the sentences in the text to support the following statements.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Sports in the usa
- •Decide whether you agree or disagree with these statements (Consult Appendix 2 on page 58):
- •Read the text and decide whether the writer agrees or disagrees with the statements above.
- •Complete the sentences with the information from the text.
- •Give the summary of the text (Consult Appendix 1 on page 57).
- •Drugs in sport.
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary.
- •Say if the statement is true or false.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Curling? What`s that?
- •Read the text and find the wrong statements.
- •Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary.
- •Match the following words and combinations with their English equivalents.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Give the summary of the text (Consult Appendix 1 on page 57).
- •Sports stars Read the text and say who of these sportspeople:
- •Bmx is great!
- •Read the first text and answer the following questions.
- •Read the second text and insert the number of paragraph.
- •The All Blacks
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary
- •Say if you agree or disagree with the following statements. Use conversational formulas (Consult Appendix 2 on page 58).
- •Mountain Men
- •Read the text and number the paragraphs.
- •A sporting disaster.
- •Look at the title and say what the text is about. Read and check.
- •Read the text. For statements 1-5 choose the best answer (a, b or c).
- •3. Match the words in column a to the definitions in column b.
- •Look through the text and choose the headline. Explain your choice
- •Tennis: a bit of history
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary.
- •Join these to make correct sentences, check your answers in the text.
- •Base jumping
- •Read the text and choose the right answer.
- •Extreme Sports
- •Read the text and say of which of the sports, a-g are the following true?
- •What is your attitude towards extreme sports? Answer the following questions.
- •Marathon.
- •Read the text and choose the correct answer.
- •If you really want to win, cheat! Famous (cheating) moments in sport.
- •In which sports are the most cases of cheating? How do people cheat in these sports? Read the article and find out how the people cheated.
- •Sports in society.
- •Read the text and say what the author suggests doing to be fit.
- •Find the word or phrase in the text, which means the same as the following
- •Answer the questions
- •Football in Great Britain.
- •Read the text, using a dictionary if necessary.
- •In each of the following sentences, there is one mistake. Find it and correct it.
- •Make up sentences.
- •Surfing
- •1. Read the text. Say what you have learnt about surfing using the text.
- •Find and read sentences which describe:
- •Say if you agree or disagree with the following statements. Use conversational formulas (Consult Appendix 2 on page 58).
- •Appendix 1 Phrases to prepare a summary of a text
- •Appendix 2 Agreeing/disagreeing
Find in the text sentences corresponding to the following Russian translations.
Дэвид Бекхэм родился 2 мая 1975 года.
Бекхэм – английский футболист, полузащитник в американском клубе «Лос-Анджелес Гэлакси».
Дэвид унаследовал от родителей преданность команде «Манчестер Юнайтед».
Футбольная карьера Бекхэма началась после подписания контракта с «Манчестер Юнайтед».
Будучи игроком «Гэлакси» Бекхэм выступал за итальянский «Милан» на правах аренды в 2009-2010 гг.
Бекхэм выступал за сборную Англии по футболу на протяжении 14 лет.
Бекхэм стал первым британским футболистом, сыгравшим 100 матчей в Лиге чемпионов УЕФА.
Впервые Дэвид выступил за национальную сборную Англии в квалификационном матче с Молдовой на чемпионат мира 1996 года.
Имя Бекхэма было самым популярным запросом в Google на спортивную тематику в 2003 и 2004 годах и стало популярным рекламным брендом.
Дэвид Бекхэм ушел из сборной Англии по футболу в 2010 году.
Different kinds of sport in Britain
Fill in the blanks with the names of sports.
Darts, aerobics, rugby, football, tennis, golf, cricket, bingo, snooker, hockey, polo, skittles, basketball
1. … - an outdoor game, popular in Britain, played in summer with a small ball covered with red leather, a bat, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each, usually dressed all in white. One team tries to get runs while the other team fields. The ball is bowled at stumps and a batsman tries to hit it with a bat. The bowler`s intention is to end the batsman`s turn, which can be done in any of ten ways: the commonest are to hit his stumps with the ball, and for a member of the bowler`s team to catch the ball after the batsman has hit it. The batsman`s intention is to score runs, which he does by running from one end of the wicket to the other, typically after hitting the ball.
2. … a game played by two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a large ball into an open-ended net fixed high on a hoop at the opponents end of the court.
… takes its name from … School in Midlands. In 1823, a boy playing football at the school picked up the ball and ran with it.
There are two types of …: in … Union there are teams of 15 players, who are amateurs and it is played by England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. There are regular matches between these countries.
In … League, which has slightly different rules there are 13 players in a team, the players are all professionals and is played mainly in the north of England, where it is originated, and is increasingly popular spectator sport.
3. … - type of football. It is played with an oval ball and players can both kick or run with it.
4. … a game played between two teams of players on horseback, who hit a small ball with long-handled wooden hammers. … is a game which is played and watched especially by very rich and fashionable people, including the Prince of Wales, and is seen as a glamorous and exciting sport.
5. … - also Association …a game that is played between two teams of 11 players using a round ball that is kicked but not handled. Synonym: soccer.
6. … - an outdoor game in which the player tries to hit a small hard ball into a series of 9 or 18 holes using as few strikes as possible. … is traditionally said to have been invented in Scotland and the Scottish king James VI made it fashionable in England when he came in London.
For many amateur players a game of … and the activities of the … club are an important part of middle class social life.
7. … a form of very active physical exercise which is usually done in class with music and is intended to strengthen the heart and lungs. It is especially popular with women and is considered by many people to be a fashionable form of exercise. In the morning people follow fitness classes shown on TV.
8. … - a game for two people or two pairs of people who use rackets to hit a small soft ball backwards and forwards across a low net dividing a specially marked court.
9. … a popular gambling game. It is normally played in halls and conventional cinemas. Players buy cards printed with rows of numbers and cross out the numbers as they are called at random. The winner is the first player to cross out all the numbers in his or her card. In recent years it has also been possible to play … by filling in similar cards published in popular papers. In Britain … is generally thought of as a game played by working class women in the evening.
10. … a game played on ice by two teams of eleven players each, with curved sticks and a small hard ball.
11. … a British game in which a player tries to knock down … (bottle-shaped objects) by throwing or rolling the ball or other objects at them.
12. … a game invented by the British in India in 1875 and played on a table covered in green cloth with 15 red balls, six balls of other colours, and a white ball. One hits the white ball with a cue (a long stick) onto the coloured balls, in a particular order, so that they fall into any of six pockets (holes) round the table in order to make points. It is played especially by men and is very popular in Britain.
13. … an indoor game popular in pubs and working men`s clubs. Short, weighted steel … with a feathered base, are thrown at a circular cork board (… board) marked out in numbered sections. The aim is to score a particular number of points, usually 301 or 501.
Notes:
wickets – воротца
run - очко
stump – спица крикетных ворот
at random – наугад
cork board – щит из пробкового дерева