Going in for sports means sacrifices, doesn't it?

Alex is to keep to bed at least for a week. The diagnosis is a badly twisted ankle. The doctor has just told him that Alex is very unhappy...

It happened like this. Alex felt that he was getting overweight and decided to have a talk with the doctor. The doctor examined him very thoroughly and said there was nothing wrong with him. He also said a bit of exercises would do Alex a lot of good.

Alex liked the idea very much. In fact, he had been thinking about this himself. Both at school and at University Alex was very keen on sports. He was good at games, especially basketball and football. He was also very good at some of the track-and-field events, particularly the long jump.

But after Alex completed his University course he gradually lost interest in sports. He still liked watching hockey and football matches on television though. Sometimes he played basketball with his little son. But it was very seldom.

... The doctor also advised Alex not to rush things. First, he ought to start with morning exercises, later he could take up jogging, cycling and so on.

Never leave until tomorrow what you can do today … After the consultation with the doctor Alex immediately went to the nearest sportswear shop and bought a track suit and tennis shoes.

The next morning Alex got up an hour earlier than usual. He put on his track suit and tennis shoes and went out. It was a lovely morning and Alex felt young and strong. He did a few push-ups and then decided to jog a little. But he had hardly gone a few steps when he stumbled and fell down. When Alex rose to his feet he felt a strong pain in his left leg. As soon as he got home his wife sent for a doctor...

Questions

1. Do you go in for sport?

2. What sport do you go in for in winter (in summer)?

3. Do you belong to any sport society?

4. What is your favourite outdoor (indoor) game?

5. Are there fine teams at your Institute (place of work)?

6. Enumerate the Russian champions in different kinds of sport?

7. Which football team do you fan?

8. Who won the last chess championship?

9. Do you often go to the stadium?

10. Why must one go in for sport?

Unit 15. At the library words and expressions

local library public library reader’s ticket current periodicals bookmark dog’s ear publishing house university press library card imprint date science fiction foreign literature place of publication table of contents detective story (novel)

line footnote cover title dictionary reference book magazine journal weekly a quarterly fiction issue best-seller volume preface

to subscribe to a library

to dog-ear the pages

books on…

edited by…

The book is out.

The book is sold out.

The book is nowhere to be found.

It was the real thriller.

Are you keen on reading historical novels?

That book was a great success lately.

I am not much of a reader in that line.

This book ran into five editions.