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Sports and Games
The United States of America is a sport-loving country. Thousands of people, old and young, go in for sports. The most popular games in the USA are baseball and basketball.
A lot of people practise various forms of athletics, such as running, jumping, swimming, rowing and ets. There are many athletic halls and swimming pools in the USA. But in America people prefer open-air games, such as playing golf, tennis, beach volleyball as well as football. It is important to note that they call this game soccer because they play American football the rules of which differ from those of the European football.
As far as England is concerned football, cricket, tennis and golf are the most favourite games. The first world tennis championship took place at Wimbledon in 1877. Now the Wimbledon championships are considered to be the most prestige for tennis players.
Millions of people like to watch the championship on TV. There are all kinds of racing in England: motor-racing, horse-racing, boat-racing, and even dog-racing. But boat-racing between Oxford University and Cambridge University is the most popular. Usually it takes place on the River Thames and a lot of people go there to watch the winner.
And, of course, all know English football fans to be crazy about their teams. Thousands of football fans follow their football teams in order to support them. Sometimes instead of being helpful to the sportsmen they do harmful things and spoil the image of the game.
In our country many people are fond of sports too. Such games as football and ice-hockey are very popular in our country. We are proud of taking part in World Championships and Olympic Games. We are also proud of winning in some kinds of sport.
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Послетекстовые упражнения
(The exercises to be done after reading the text)
XV. Выпишите из текста названия видов спорта.
XVI. Закончите предложения, используя герундий и переведите их на русский язык:
1.He is interested in ...
2.I am fond of ...
3.She was afraid of ...
4.My friend succeeded in ...
5.He was ashamed of ...
6.I thought of ...
XVII. Переведите на русский язык. Обратите внимание на выделенные слова.
1.He trained hard, because he wanted to win the championship.
2.Because of illness he didn’t take part in the championship.
3.Because of rain he couldn’t go to the stadium.
4.I went to the library because I had to take some text books.
5.As far as I am concerned, I am very tired and can't go to the swimming pool.
6.As far as I am concerned, I don’t like her.
7.As far as I am concerned, I can’t answer your questions.
XVIII. Ответьте на вопросы.
1.Do you go in for sport?
2.What kind of sport do you prefer?
3.What are the most popular games in the USA?
4.What forms of athletics do people practise?
5.What open-air games do Americans prefer?
6.What are the most favourite games in England?
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7.When did the first tennis championship take place at Wimbledon?
8.What kinds of racings are there in England?
9.What racing in the most popular?
10.What river does it take place on?
11.What are the most popular games in Russia?
12.Do you play any games?
XIX. Переведите тексты без словаря.
Sports
Most students of our technical school go in for sport. In winter they skate and ski, and some of them are members of our hockey team. They play hockey very well and often go to other towns to take part in various competitions. Running, jumping, swimming are also very popular with our students, and they have often won first place. They try to keep up their position, and so they train systematically.
This is our gymnasium. The girl doing exercises on the parallel bars is our champion. The girl on the wall bars is training for a competition. The young man doing exercises on the rings once won a second prize. The students have built their own stadium: they play football and volleyball there. Various competitions take place at this stadium. Sport is an essential part of life of our students.
Sports in England
The most popular games in England are cricket in summer and football in winter. Tennis and golf are also very popular; as well as running, jumping, swimming and rowing. Many Englishmen go in for boxing and horse-racing. When they get a really a snowy winter, they skate, ski and toboggan. Sport is an essential part of English life.
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XX Опишите картинку. Используйте лексику из упражнения XIX.
XXI. Закончите предложения
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XXII. Ответьте на вопросы.
Are there many sportsmen in your group? What sports do you go in for? Where do you train? Do you do morning exercises every day? What kind of sport do you like best?
XXIII. Переведите предложения. Обратите внимание на предлоги и наречия.
Are you tired? Do physical exercises.
First exercise: Stand up. Hands up. Down. Hands forward! To the sides!
Back! Down!
Second exercise: Hands forward! Over your head! To the sides! Down! Third exercise: Hands on waist (талию). Bend to the right! Bend to the
left! Stop! Hands down!
Fourth exercise: Right hand up! Left hand back! Change the position of the hands!
Fifth exercise: Boxing.
Sixth exercise: Hands forward! Bend knees! Up! Hands down!
Seventh exercise: Raise your right leg and clap hands under it to the count: one, two - foot down. Three - raise your left leg and clap hands under it. Four - foot down.
Eighth exercise: Jumping. Feet apart! Feet together! March! Ninth exercise: Hands on waist! Breathe in! Breathe out!
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