General Discussion on “Sports”

Answer the questions.

1. What is your favourite way of keeping fit and why?

2. Is it better to do a team sport or not? Why?

3. What can elderly people do to keep fit?

4. Is it better to play a sport or watch it? Why?

5. How can people get fit safely after a long period of inactivity?

6. What is the most popular sport in your country?

7. Do you like watching sport on TV? If yes, which sports? If no, why not?

8. Is it true that men are more interested in sport than women are? Why?

9. What complaints, if any, do you have about local sports facilities?

10. Why are martial arts like karate so popular with young people?

11. What sport would you like to try which is not available in your town?

12. What do you think can be done about violence at matches?

13. Have you ever tried mountain skiing? Is it too dangerous? Have you ever visited any mountain skiing resort? Did you like it? What is your favorite mountain skiing resort/where would you recommend to go? What time do you consider the most appropriate for mountain skiing?

14. Would you try ice swimming if you had such a chance or you would try to avoid it by any means? Why?

15. What kinds of winter sport do you like watching on TV?

16. What does sport mean for you?

17. What is your favorite kind winter sport? What is your favorite summer sport?

18. What do you think about extreme sport? Are the people who take part in it crazy? What do they do it for? Have you ever tried any extreme sport yourself? If yes, what for; if no, why?

19. Is there any sport event that you`d like to visit? If yes, what is it?

20. Can participating in competitive sports at too young of an age have a negative effect on our children and their future in sports?

Comment on the following quotes. Do you agree or disagree? What is your opinion?

1. Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence. George F. Will

2. Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. T. Alan Armstrong

3. Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. Muhammad Ali

4. The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. Joe Paterno

5. Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness. Earl of Derby

6. True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are united. Alexander von Humboldt

7. A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. Joan Welsh

8. "I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks." Totie Fields

9. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we diet." Wendy Morgan

10. Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. Edward Stanley

11. If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. Joey Adams

12. Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. Plato

13. Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. Carol Welch

14. "If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it jumping up and down." Rita Rudner

15. Commit to be fit. Author Unknown

16. The only valid excuse for not exercising is paralysis. Moira Nordholt

17. Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate. Author Unknown

18. We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. Vince Lombardi

19. Prize fighters can sometimes read and write when they start - but they can't when they finish. Martin H. Fischer

20. If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? Vince Lombardi

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