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1. Скажите, где популярен бейсбол и что это за игра. П. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. How old is baseball? 2. How many players play in a baseball team? 3. Where do six of the players play? 4. Where do three players play? 5. What is the catcher? 6. What is the shortstop? 7. What is the umpire? 8. How many umpires are there in a game? 9. Where does the umpire stand?

10. When does the umpire call a ball? 11. How many innings make a game?

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Text f. Netball

Netball is a game of comparatively recent origin1, which was introduced into England from the USA, as the indoor game of basketball in 1895.

Netball is a seven-a-side ball game2 played almost entirely by girls and women and mainly in English-speak­ing countries. A simple, high-scoring game requiring a small court area with a hard surface , it follows similar principles and contains the same basic pattern as Asso­ciation Football, Hockey and the various types of Handball played in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe. It has as its aim, therefore, the scoring of goals by means of gaining and retaining possession of the ball until such time as the scoring members of the team, against opposition, can throw the ball through the ring on a 10 ft (3.048 m) post which serves as the goal. All teams and associations play to the code of rules laid down4 by the International Federation of Women's Netball Associations.

The game is of an hour's duration5, the time being divided into four equal playing periods, with a short interval between each. The team scoring most goals is the winner. Although the game is fast-moving and spectacular between two evenly matched teams6, the high rate of spring leaves the final result in little doubt when the teams are not equally matched. For this reason, the game cannot be included among the most popular spectator sports, although matches between top-level teams sometimes attract crowds of ten thousand or more.

The court is small, being only 100 ft long and 50 ft wide (30.48m X 15.24m), and is marked with lines painted in any clearly distinguishable colour7, or laid with adhesive tape.8 It is divided into three equal areas, with a semi-circle at either end facing the goal line and a small circle in the centre.

The ring, 15 in. (381 mm) in diameter, is provided with a net open at both ends. The ball is between 27 and 28in. (68—71cm) in circumference and between 14 and 16 oz (397—454g) in weight.

A netball side (team) consists of a goal shooter, goal attack, wing attack, centre, wing defense, goal defense, and goalkeeper, each of whom plays in limited areas of the court.

The term "offside" does not mean the same in netball as in other ball games where the term is used. A netball player is offside if she enters any area other than that assigned to her position, whether she holds the ball or not. To enter an area means to land on, or touch with any part of the body, the ground beyond the line bounding the playing area.

The game is started by a centre pass, the team that wins the toss having the choice of making the first centre pass or selecting the goal they will attack during the first period.

The umpire blows the whistle to start the game when the centre making the pass is in the small circle in the middle of the court, and her opponent is in the centre third. All the players start in their own playing areas in that part of the goal -third in which they line up9. They are free to move, but, until the whistle is blown, only in that area.

The ball is thrown in any manner from player to player. A goal is scored by throwing the ball above and through the ring on the goal post from any spot within the shooting circle.

Netball is a throwing and catching game, and strict rules disallow10 other ways of using the ball, such as kicking, rolling, striking, throwing or tossing it to oneself to make a double catch. A player may not carry the ball down the court as in Rugby football, or run while bouncing the ball as in a basketball dribble. Once having clearly caught the ball, a player must obey the footwork rule, and throw the ball within three seconds of catching it.

In netball no player is allowed to make an attacking movement down the court with the ball in her possession or make an attempt to score. Attacking is a team effort. One player is dependent upon another to progress the ball to the goal.

A netball match is refereed by two umpires each of whom is responsible for half the court. For this purpose the length of the court is divided across the centre from side line to side line. The umpires' decisions are final and given without appeal.

No substitutes are allowed in netball, except to replace any player who has to retire through accident or illness". No extra time is allowed except to take or complete a penalty shot, if awarded before the time signal.

In the early days of netball it was played almost entirely at school level, by 1970 the All-England Netball Association had approximately 900 clubs and 2,000 second-dray schools affiliated to it12.

Notes

1. a game of comparatively recent origin — игра, которая появилась сравнительно недавно

2. a seven-a-side ball game — игра, в которой команда состоит из семи игроков.

3. hard surface — твердое покрытие

4. play to the code of rules laid down — играют в соответствии с пра­вилами, установленными

5. of an hour's duration — продолжительностью в час

6. between two evenly matched teams — между двумя равными, достойными командами

7. painted in any clearly distinguished color — окрашенный в любой, хорошо различимый цвет

8. adhesive tape — липкий пластырь

9. line up — состав команды

10. strict rules disallow — строгие правила не разрешают

11. ...who has to retire through accident or illness. —;..который вынужден удалиться из-за несчастного случая (травмы) или болезни.

12. affiliated to it — которые она (ассоциация) объединила