
- •1. Read the list of sports and games. Mind your pronunciation. Consult the
- •7 True or false? If false, correct the sentence to make it true.
- •8. Read and translate the text. Text 2
- •1. Study the list of ball games and equipment.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Discuss various sports (see Unit 1). Use adjectives to act out dialogues, as
- •In the example.
- •4. Read and translate the texts. Text 3
- •5. Write an essay ‘My favourite kind of sport’.
- •2. Read and translate the text. Text 4
- •3. Read the following dialogues. Dramatize them.
- •Invitation
- •1. Study the list of words and expressions. Mind your pronunciation.
- •2. Read the texts. Is there any difference between football and soccer?
- •3. Read the text and find the equivalents to the following :
- •4. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •1. Read and translate the text. Text 6
- •1. Read and translate the texts. Text 7
3. Read the text and find the equivalents to the following :
– дополнительный период, тайм
– выйти победителем
– повторная игра
– назначить дату соревнований
– упорная борьба
– иметь задатки
– быстро передвигаться по полю
– оценивать обстановку
– перерыв между периодами игры
– меть явное территориальное преимущество
– быть в тяжелом положении
– выровнять игру
– сбить с ног, сделать подножку
– нарушение правил игры, изобилующая ошибками игра
– разбег
– перекинуть мяч через перекладину
– не получаться
– выйти из затруднительного положения
сравнять счет.
4. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
1) В игре руками мяча касаться может только вратарь.
2) Игра руками называется штрафным ударом.
3) Нарушение правил – игра руками, подножка сопернику наказывается 11-
ти метровым штрафным ударом – пенальти.
4) Мяч вне игры, если на поле нет ни одного защитника противоположной
команды.
5) Игра заключается в том, чтобы забить мяч в ворота соперника.
6) Выигрывает тот, кто забил больше мячей.
Lesson 7 Winter sports
1. Read and translate the text. Text 6
Winter sport is a wide field; but despite the thrills of ice-hockey, the
fascinations on figure-skating, skiing dominates all, and above all, Alpine skiing.
Skiing is a symphony of snow, sun and movement; the air is champagne to the
lungs. No wonder skiing has conquered the world. It recruited millions of followers.
It made poor mountain villages and tiny townships into wealthy resorts. It built
hundreds of hotels, hostels, ski-lifts, funiculars, and cable-railways. It busied
steamships any time of year when 40 years ago nobody would voluntarily have
ventured out of doors, let alone have traveled if the journey were not absolutely
necessary.
Skiing comprises Alpine events, ski-jumping and cross-country events. The
Alpine events for women and men are slalom, giant slalom and downhill (race).
In the downhill race, where the aim is to get from top to bottom in the
quickest possible time, choosing the best course for the purpose, speeds above 50
m.p.h. are possible. In the slalom, competitors must weave their way through 40
flagged gates during their two runs.
The women's cross-country events accepted in the Olympics comprise a 10-
km race and 3 x 5-km (three-lady, 5-kilometer) relay. The men's events look like
this: a 15 km race, a 30-km race, a 50-km race, a 4 x 10-km (four-man, 10
kilometer) cross-country relay.
There are two more skiing events in which a participant is to display two
skills. The so-called Nordic combination combines jumping and a 15-km cross-country race.
The last but not the least is biathlon. Biathlon is a combination of cross-country
ski-running and rifle-marksmanship: a 20 km race, with each contestant
firing five shots at a single target on each of four rouges along the course. Every
target-miss will mean two minutes being added to the competitor’s time.
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is skiing in open country over rolling, hilly terrain. It
originated in Scandinavia as a means of travel as well as recreation. The skies used
are longer, narrower, and lighter than those used in Alpine skiing, and bindings
allow more heel movement. The standard lengths of international races range from
10 to 50 km (6.2-31 miles) for men and 5 to 30 km (3.1-18.6 miles) for women. It has been included on the Olympics program since the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
Slalom
It is an Alpine skiing event in which competitors race one at a time down a
zigzag or wavy course past a series of flags or markers called gates. The course is
carefully designed to test the skier's skill, timing, and judgment. A skier who
misses a gate is disqualified unless he or she returns and passes through it from the
proper side. Men's events use 55-75 gates, women's 45-65. The giant slalom has
characteristics of both slalom and downhill skiing; giant-slalom gates are wider
and set farther apart, and the course is longer than in the slalom. The super giant
slalom ("super-G") is closer to downhill; its course is steeper and straighter than
that of the other slalom events and features longer, more sweeping turns taken at
higher speed.
Ski Jumping
Skiing event in which contestants ski down a steep ramp curved upward at the
end and launch themselves into the air for distance. Using a crouch position, skiers
can achieve ramp speeds of 75 mi (120 km) per hour. After takeoff, they lean far
forward from the ankles with knees straight and skis held open at the tips to form a
V, a position that minimizes wind resistance and maximizes lift. Scoring is based
partly on distance and partly on form.
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Lesson 8 Water kinds of sport