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won two Olympic golds in two different sports. After her daughter was born she competed in cross country, but later switched to biathlon. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary she scooped gold in the cross country 4x5 km relay. Four years later at the 1922 Winter Olympics in Albertville, she won gold in the 7.5km biathlon sprint – but this wasn’t all. Her will to win still burned bright and two years later in Paris Reztsova became a three-time Olympic champion by triumphing in the 4x7.5 km relay. Anfisa’s daughter, Daria Virolaynen, is also a professional biathlete and a member of the Russian women’s team. She won bronze in the pursuit competition at the 2014 European Championships and ran her way onto the World Cup podium twice after this.

Water and ice: Vladimir Bure and his sons

Sons of the famous swimmer Vladimir Bure, Pavel and Valeri opted to make waves on the ice instead of in the water, and became brilliant hockey players. They possessed flair in abundance and had an eye for goal. Valeri played 10 seasons in the national hockey league and combined with his brother to set a NHL record: Between them they scored 93 goals in one season, the most recorded by siblings. Pavel was nicknamed "The Russian Rocket" for his extremely high speed on ice, and he scored 50 goals in one season more than five times, winning many trophies along the way. Their dad, Vladimir, won gold at the European Swimming Championships in 1970 and was also a 17-time Soviet champion. He scooped an impressive four medals at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics as well. After retiring from the pool, he joined his eldest son Pavel in becoming a fitness coach for the NHL team New Jersey Devils.

The Anisin ice dynasty

As a lethal finisher for the Soviet hockey team, Vyacheslav Anisin is a three-time Ice Hockey World Champion who played in the legendary eightgame Canada-USSR Super Series in 1972. He was regarded as the best Soviet power forward from 1973 to 1974. His wife Irina was a professional figure skater, who won the 1972 Soviet Championships. Their daughter Marina followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a famous Russian ice dancer. Marina’s younger brother, Mikhail, took to the ice like his dad, winning the Gagarin Cup in 2012 and scoring 14 goals in the process.

The terrific Ovechkin family

Alexander Ovechkin is the son of the famous Soviet basketball player Tatyana Ovechkina. After moving to America Alex thrived on the ice hockey rink, enjoying iconic status while playing for the Washington Capitals. He inherited the athleticism of his mother, who was an Olympic gold medal-

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ist. She played for the Soviet national team that also triumphed multiple times, including at the 1975 World Championships. And if there wasn’t already enough sporting blood coursing through Alex’s veins, his dad played for the Moscow Dinamo football team. Quite some family!

Tikhonov ice hockey dynasty

Famous ice hockey coach, Viktor Tikhonov (1930–2014), led CSKA Moscow to twelve consecutive league championships, which is pretty good going – but it got better. He also led the Soviet hockey team to eight World Championship gold medals, as well as Olympic gold in 1984,

1988, and 1992. Viktor’s son and grandchild also devoted their lives to hockey. His son Vasily became a coach and trained Soviet, Swedish, and Finnish teams. Moreover, he was the assistant coach to the San Jose Sharks in the NHL. Vasily’s son, also Viktor, is a professional ice hockey forward who brought home gold from the 2014 World Championship.

COMREHENSION EXERCISES

1.Answer the questions to the text.

1.Who was Anatoly Tarasov?

2.What sport did his daughter succeed in?

3.When did Anfisa Reztsova win her first Olympic medal?

4.How many goals did Bure brothers score in one game?

5.What sports did the Anisin family perform?

6.What team did Alexander Oveckin play for?

7.What is Viktor Tikhonov famous for?

2.Mark the sentences T (true) or False according to the text.

1.Anatoly Tarasov was known as "the father of Russian football».

2.Tarasov was the first Russian to be included in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

3.Tatiana Tarasova is one of the best figure skating coaches in history.

4.Anfisa Reztsova is the second woman in the world to have won two Olympic golds in two different sports.

5.Daria Virolaynen is a professional figure skater.

6.Pavel Bure was nicknamed "The Russian Rocket" for his extremely high power.

7.Vladimir Bure won gold at the European Swimming Championship in 1970.

8.Vyacheslav Anisin was regarded as the best Soviet power forward from 1973 to 1974.

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9.Marina followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a famous Russian ice skater.

10.She played for the Russian national team that also triumphed multiple times, including at the 1975 World Championships.

11.Vasily Tikhonov became a coach and trained Soviet, Swedish, and Finnish teams.

12.Viktor, is a professional ice hockey forward.

3. Fill in the blanks with the words from the list.

Enormous, purifies, spirits, origins, ground, favour, gesture, collision, attention, extended, sacred, intimidate, wrestling.

The history of Sumo __________goes back over 2000 years. Its

__________are connected to the Japanese belief in Shinto, the ‘way of the gods’, where winning gains ________with the gods. This is why the ritual of a sumo match is taken so seriously.

The clay fighting ring is itself a ________shrine. On entering it, the

__________wrestler first claps, to attract the gods’ __________and indicate his own purity of heart. Having done that, he shakes his apron to drive away evil__________, and raises his arms to show he carries no weapons. Next comes his most dramatic__________. With his left hand on his heart and his right arm __________to the east, the huge fighter raises his right leg as high as possible — to send it crashing down with all his force. Then he performs the same earth-shaking stamp with the other leg. After that, he

__________himself and the ring by throwing salt, wiping himself, and rinsing his mouth with water. Finally, the opponents spend three or four minutes trying to __________each other with grimaces and threatening postures.

The fight itself is brief and brutal and consists of a thunderous

__________that rarely lasts more than ten seconds, which ends when one giant is pushed to the __________or outside the circle.

4. Find English equivalents from the text.

Врожденное, бесчисленные золотые медали, один из самых почитаемых тренеров, выдающиеся тактические способности, преобладающая сила, унаследовала любовь ко льду, чем кто-либо другой, единственная женщина в мире, позже переключилась на, воля к победе, соревнования в гонке преследования, решили удивить, трехкратный чемпион, пошла по стопам матери, добился успеха на катке, множество раз, кровь текущая по жилам, довольно хорошо, так же как.

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GRAMMAR

1.Put these sentences into interrogative and negative forms.

1.There is a lot of money in American sport.

2.There is a break every fifteen minutes in American football.

3.There are 100.000 people in the stadium.

4.At the fifteen-minute breaks there’s more music.

5.At half time there is a really big show.

2. Choose the correct answer.

3.Make up sentences using there is/there are with the following

words.

1.referee, pitch

2.11 players, football team

3.stadium, many spectators

4.competitors, championship

5.awarding ceremony, a great athlete

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UNIT 4

SPORTS IN NATION BUILDING PRE-READING EXERCISES

1. Words to learn.

unify – сплотить, объединить major – главный, основной involve – влечь за собой, касаться sense – чувство

pride – гордость

enhance – усилить, повысить ценность unity – единство, сплоченность

goal – цель

brand – обозначить banner – флаг

challenge – вызов, испытание fulfillment – исполнение, осуществление combat – борьба

harness – использовать обширные возможности affect – влиять

malpractice – злоупотреблять adoption – введение

governance – управление, руководство integrity – сохранность

transparency – прозрачность additionally – помимо этого tool – инструмент prevention – предотвращение

transcend – превышать, выйти за пределы grassroots – простые люди, рядовые члены pursuit – поиски, стремление

value – ценность

fair – честный, справделивый common denominator – общая черта regardless – несмотря на

normalcy – норма, обычное состояние SDG – ЦУР (цели устойчивого развития) establishment – установление, введение

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cohesive – сплоченный influential – влиятельный diverse – разнообразный

stakeholder – заинтересованное лицо commitment – обязательство sustainable – уверенный, стабильный inspire – вдохновить

despair – отчаяние

2. Match the words with their definitions.

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READING

1. Read the text.

Sports in nation building

Nation building is the process of unifying a country and solidifying its identity. A major part of building a nation is creating a sense of nationalism. Nation building involves both creating a sense of pride in one’s country among the citizenry and also enhancing a country’s status in the eyes of other nations, which, of course, is a chief way to build national unity and pride at home as well.

People love to feel they come from a country that others admire and respect. People in a country have to feel that they are all part of the same nation and that they are proud to be part of that nation. Sport is one way to help make people feel this way.

Sport is actually an excellent way of doing this because it creates a unified goal and brands all the differing groups in the nation under one banner.

Sport, however, still faces many challenges to the fulfillment of its true potential. Too often we have seen examples of intolerance, racism, hatred and violence during sporting events. Sport organizations, managers, players and fans must do all they can to combat these ills and fully harness the positive power of sport. Like many other areas, corruption also affects sport.

Corruption kills sport, and no tolerance should be afforded to malpractice in sport, including doping. Our role is to keep fighting abuses and promoting the adoption of good governance, integrity and transparency.

Sports are often praised for its potential to bring people together and to provide unity amongst people. Supporting a sports team unites people by providing them with a social link, something they all have in common: their excitement for a particular sporting event and the support for their team. This even works on a national level, as undoubtedly sporting events can help bringing a nation closer together and they can most certainly support nation-building.

Additionally, sport can be used as a meaningful tool for the prevention of conflict and the promotion of long-lasting peace, since sport and its universality has the ability to transcend cultures. In its contribution towards peace, sport often provides safe environments at the grassroots and community levels, at which participants are brought together in the pursuit of com-

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mon goals and interests; learn values of respect, tolerance and fair play; and develop social competencies.

As a common denominator and shared passion, sport can build bridges between communities regardless of their cultural differences or political divisions. In times of conflict or instability, sporting activities can provide participants with a sense of normalcy. Fundamental to the true enhancement of global development and the realization of the SDGs is the establishment of strong and cohesive partnerships.

The world is more interconnected than ever and the global phenomenon of sport has the power to connect influential networks of diverse partners and stakeholders with a shared commitment to lasting development. In this regard, the world of sport can provide powerful partner and stakeholder networks committed to the use of sport for sustainable development.

Any major international sporting event like the Olympics or World Cup promotes universal brotherhood and gives one a sense of belonging to a larger global community. Sports people have always been very successful goodwill ambassadors for any country and have admires across borders. The moment we hear ‘Brazil’ or ‘’Argentina’’, one of the first thoughts that cross our mind is that of football and its legends’ ‘Pelé’’ and ‘’Maradona’’.

Nelson Mandela’s beautiful quote sums it up in a very meaningful way- ‘’Sport has the power to change the world’’. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.

It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers. Despite many challenges, the vast positive power and passion of sport will continue to bring people together, promoting a more inclusive and peaceful world through its universal values and principles. Historically, sport has played an important role in all societies and acted as a strong communication platform that can be used to promote a culture of peace.

COMREHENSION EXERCISES

1. Choose the right answer.

1. Nation building involves creating a sense of ______ in one’s country. a) pride

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b)joy

c)happiness

d)hatred

2.People in a country have to feel that they are allpartof the same _______. a) community

b) company c) group d) nation

3.Sport still faces many _______ to the fulfillment of its true potential. a) problems

b) challenges c) obstacles d) barriers

4.__________ kills sport, and no tolerance should be afforded to malpractice in sport.

a) intolerance b) corruption c) racism

d) violence

5.Supporting a sports team unites people by __________ them with a social link.

a) including b) involving c) providing d) proving

6.Sport often provides safe __________ at the grassroots and community levels.

a) surroundings b) company

c) environments d) encirclements

7.Sporting activities can provide __________ with a sense of normalcy. a) opponents

b) enemies c) athletes d) participants

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8.The world of sport can provide powerful __________ and stakeholder networks.

a)partner

b)sportsman

c)co-worker

d)manager

9.Sports people have always been very successful goodwill _________

for any country

a)ambassadors

b)champions

c)managers

d)brotherhood

10.The vast positive power and passion of sport will continue to bring

__________ together.

a)people

b)nations

c)teams

d)companies

2.Answer the questions to the text.

1.How is the process of unifying a country called?

2.What is one of the ways people feel solidifying its identity?

3.What can make people feel the part of one nation?

4.Who must do all they can to combat the ills of intolerance and racism?

5.What is sport often praised for?

6.How can sport be used?

7.What events can promote universal brotherhood?

3. Put the text back together.

( )In times of conflict or instability, sporting activities can provide participants with a sense of normalcy.

( )It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.

( )Sports are often praised for its potential to bring people together and to provide unity amongst people. Supporting a sports team unites people by providing them with a social link, something they all have in common: their excitement for a particular sporting event and the support for their team.

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