8. Complete the collocations in this report of a rugby match.

Cambridge were happy to (1) their last match 6:0. Oxford the opposing team, put up a good (2) and some people thought they (3)….. to win. They were fearless in (4) their opponents, but every time they took (5) ………..of the ball, Cambridge managed to win it back. Cambridge have now (6)……….a place in the next (7)…………….of the competition. They will undoubtedly come up against some fierce (8)……. However, they have already managed to (9) …an interesting world record by having four members of the same family in their winning team.

9. Fill in the missing words from the list. Use the words only once.

dedication, competitive, determined, violent, careful, accurate, courage, dangerous , graceful, brave, team spirit, cooperative

1. The main quality a footballer needs to have is….

2. It is also important to be … and willing to do what other members of the team suggest.

3. Running is my favourite sport. It's… and you have to be…to win.

4. "John, you are so… Ice climbing is an extremely… sport."

5. When parachuting, you need to be very…. especially when landing, or you might hurt yourself. You need to have…to jump out of a plane in mid-air.

6. People who shoot or do archery must be very…if they are to hit the target. They also need a lot of……if they want to be the best.

7. Ice hockey can be a………sport as the players often fight, but they can also look as …as dancers as they skate around the rink.

10.Translate sentences from English into Russian

1. During yesterdays long-distance running two of the finalists were disqualified for false starts.

2. Track and field is a very special kind of sport that takes a lot of practice and training, there is a whole set of rules that jumpers have to follow

3. Kimiko Imura was unhappy with her performance in the 2010 Asian Games women’s long jump competition on Tuesday.

4. German Robert Harting won the discus throw gold in London with a throw of 68,27 m.

5. Adam Smith the relay-racing runner-up was not satisfied with his result because he had covered the distance in great style, but at the moment of final spurt he made a mistake.

6. Ivan Tikhon set a world leading performance of 83, 97 m at the Belarusian hammer throwing championship.

7. He is really keen on sport. He has been going in for pentathlon from his childhood, but when he was badly injured he had to give it up. After his recovering he didn’t give way to despair and started his career in horse riding.

8. We`ve staked on the sportsman number 7 and we weren’t mistaken. The horse rider made the best time result and cleared all the hurdles in great style

9. Steeple-chase is one of the most difficult disciplines in track and field.

10. Steeple-chase technique is similar to long-distance running in some details, but they have essential difference.

11. The triple jump sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump is a track and field sport similar to the long jump; the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound, and then a jump into the sand pit.

12. The shot putting final competition during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was held on the territory of the ancient stadium in Olympia.

13. Russian sportsman won the silver medal in javelin throwing; unfortunately he couldn’t get over his main rival.

14. She was preparing for the jumping event for half a year but because of an absurd injury she couldn’t take part in that competition.

15. Motorcycle racing is a technical sport involving racing motorcycle. It can be divided into two categories road disciplines and off road.

16. He was eager to become a cycle racer but he had not enough money to buy a bicycle that’s why he began going in for long-distance running.

17. During the Olympic Games in London I was shouting for our sportsmen and especially for sprinters.

18. A 13-year-old girl from Russia Marianna Naumova lifted the barbell of 90 kilograms at the last power lifting World Cup which took place in the USA.

19. Equestrian sport is very peculiar, because sportsmen have to find a contact with an animal.

11. Listening. Reading Explorer 3. Text 1A.