VII. Translate into English:

1. Моя родина не дуже велика. Нас четверо в родині: тато, мати, брат і я. Моєму батькові 40 років. Він оператор ЕВМ. Моїй мамі 38 років. Вона вчителька. Мій брат і я – близнюки. Нам 18 років. Ми обидва студенти. Мій брат студент факультету іноземних мов, а я студентка факультету фізичного виховання. Мої друзі – студенти Медичної Академії.

VIII. Read and translate the dialogue:

A: Do you go in for any kind of sports?

B: It goes without saying. You can’t imagine how many sports I tried to go in for. When I was 5 my parents took me to the swimming – pool. But I was afraid of water and my parents’ wish to make me a good swimmer failed.

A: So, you can’t swim, You can’t enjoy your self going to the sea or to the river?

B: You are mistaken. When I became older I did my best to learn to swim. To be exact my father helped me: one fine summer day he threw me off the boat and I had nothing else to do but to swim. Later I began to play football.

A: I guess you belong to some famous football club. Or is it any amateur team?

B: Surely, I was trained by a coach in the sports club. I even took part in some competitions and was a good goal-keeper. But one of my friends told me about boxing and soon. I tried myself on the rink.

A: How long did it last?

B: Not very long. Then I went in for basketball, and now I am fond of fencing.

A: My Lord! You can do everything: run, jump, swim, play football, box …what not!

IX. Learn the following Proverbs and Sayings:

A sound mind in a sound body. A healthy mind in a healthy body – У здоровому тілі здоровий дух.

Health is better than wealth – Найбільше багатство – здоров’я.

In sports and journeys men are known – Люди пізнаються у змаганнях і мандрах.

Lesson 2 Sport in Britain

The British are mad about sports. In fact they like watching sports more than playing them. The British are spectators and the most popular spectator sports are cricket and football.

Football is the most popular game. Football or soccer is an example of a professional game. The game of football was first played in Britain and later people began to play it in other countries.

There are many amateur soccer players in Britain who play the game on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Amateur clubs often play against professionals.

Almost every school has its football team and every boy in Britain knows a lot about the game. He can tell you the names of the players in the most important teams, he has pictures of them and knows the results of many matches.

Rugby is another popular British sport which is played in other countries. It is also called rugby football. The story is told that in 1823 boys at Rugby school in England played football in the normal way when suddenly one boy picked the ball up and ran with it. That was how a new game was born. There are two forms of rugby football: the amateur game and the professional game. The two games have different rules.

Football is the favourite winter game in Britain and cricket is the favourite summer sport. Amateur cricket has the same rules as the professional game. A typical amateur cricket match takes place on a village green, an open space in the centre of the village. It is played between two teams – the “home”team and the “visitors”who come from another village.

Vocabulary:

to be of mad sports – дуже любити футбол

spectators – глядачі

soccer – футбол

amateur soccer – аматорський

to pick up – піднімати

different rules – різні правила; правила, що відрізняються одне від одного

favourite game – улюблена гра

to take place – мати місце, відбуватися

village green – сільська лука

open space – відкрите місце

I. Answer the following questions:

1. What reputation do the British have as for sports?

2. What do they like more: to watch or to play sports?

3. What country was football played first?

4. What can you say about almost every English boy?

5. What does the story tell us about rugby?

6. How many forms of rugby are there in England?

7. What is the favourite summer game among the British?

8. Where do they play it?

II. Insert prepositions where necessary:

1. We are ____ lesson now. 2. ____ winter we go in for skating. 3. He gave her a big bunch ____ flowers. 4. He was devoted _____ his friends. 5. Many pages ____ this book are torn. 6. He was cured ____ a very skillful ____ the most beautiful picture. 9. ____ ten minutes everybody was ____ desks. 10. We are proud _____ our sportsmen.

III. Insert articles where necessary:

1. He plans to go abroad by ___ train; I’ll go there by ___ plane. 2. There were many foreign guests at ____ congress. 3. He came into _____ room and stopped at ____ desk. 4. We planted ____ tree at ____ corner of ____ house. 5. The fruit is three for ____ dollar. 6. He painted _____ picture with ____ brush. 7. I haven’t seen ____ parents for 2 years. 8. We listened to ____ lecturer with great attention. 9. We didn’t translate ____ text into ____ Ukrainian. 10. Don’t divide ___ text into ____ two parts.