- •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 the sentences in the text to support the following statements.
Ice hockey is quite a popular game in the world.
Ice hockey originated a lot of centuries ago.
“Hockey” is a word of French origin.
The Stanley Cup is a challenge prize in the NHL.
Only Canadian and American teams may play in the NHL matches.
Vladislav Tretiak was the first Russian hockey player who got recognition abroad.
After the collapse of the USSR our hockey players got an opportunity to play in the NHL.
Ice hockey is an Olympic sport since 1920.
Russians are strong hockey players.
Women have been playing ice hockey nearly as long as men.
Answer the following questions.
What equipment do you need to play ice hockey?
What is the object of the game?
How can you describe ice hockey? Is it fast or slow game?
What are the most popular versions about the origin of ice hockey?
When was the National Hockey League established?
What prize do teams of the NHL fight for?
Which team won in the first fight-game competition between Canada and the USSR?
When was ice hockey included in the program of the Winter Olympics?
When did Russian ice hockey team win at the Olympics?
Can you tell the names of great Russian hockey players?
Sports in the usa
Decide whether you agree or disagree with these statements (Consult Appendix 2 on page 58):
Sport has lost its amateurism and is becoming more and more commercial.
Athlete`s success in sport depends on his/her skill.
Colleges recruit student athletes to have winning teams.
Read the text and decide whether the writer agrees or disagrees with the statements above.
Football, baseball, and basketball, the most popular sports in America, originated in the United States and are largely unknown or only minor pastimes outside North America. The football season starts in early autumn and is followed by basketball, an indoor winter sport, and then baseball, played in spring and summer. Besides these top three sports, ice hockey, boxing, golf, car racing, horse racing, and tennis have been popular for decades and attract large audiences.
Although many spectator sports, particularly football, ice hockey, and boxing, are aggressive and sometimes bloody, American spectators are notably less violent than are sports crowds in other countries. Fighting, bottle throwing and rioting, common elsewhere, are not the rule among American fans. Baseball and football games are family affairs, and cheerleaders command the remarkably non-violent crowd to root in chorus for their teams.
For many people, sports are big business. The major television networks contract with professional sports leagues for the rights to broadcast their games. The guaranteed mass viewing of major sports events means advertisers will pay networks a lot of money to sponsor the program with announcements for their products. Advertisers for beer, cars, and men's products are glad of the opportunity to push their goods to the mainly male audience of the big professional sports. The networks are glad to attract audiences who might become regular viewers of other programs produced by those networks. The major sports leagues enjoy the millions of dollars the networks pay for the broad-casting rights contracts. Many sports get half of their revenues from the networks.
National Football League (NFL) teams, for example, get about 65 percent of their revenues from television. Team owners usually sign up individual players for lucrative long-term contracts. Star baseball player Kirk Gibson recently signed a three-year contract with the Detroit Tigers for 4.1$ million. More often in the past than now, team owners traded players back and forth as items for barter.
The commercial aspects of American professional sports can make or break an athlete's career. Young, talented athletes make it to the top because they are exceptionally talented, but not in every case because they are the best. In women's tennis, for example, an ambitious young tennis star must not only possess a winning serve and backhand, she must also get corporate agents on her side. Without agents who attract sponsors and publicity, a player has a very difficult time moving from amateur to professional sports. A talented young tennis player has a much better chance for success if she is also attractive. Tennis sportswear companies pay large sums of money to tennis players who promote their products. Many top players earn more money a year in product-endorsement fees than in prize money. Competition and success in sports, then, is not only a matter of game skill, but marketability as well.
College sports lost its amateurism years ago. Sports bring in money to colleges from ticket sales and television rights, so colleges like having winning teams. The better the team, the greater the ticket sales and television coverage, and the more money the college can invest in athletics and other programs. Football and basketball are the most lucrative college sports because they attract the most fans. Other college sports, particularly women`s sports, are often neglected and ignored by spectators. To recruit student athletes for a winning team, many colleges provide full academic scholarships to athletes.
Notes:
rioting – (зд.) беспорядки
to root – (ам.) поддерживать, одобрять
announcement – (зд.) рекламное сообщение
revenue – годовой доход
item for barter – предмет торговли
endorsement – (зд.) реклама с участием «звезд»
lucrative – прибыльный