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b)Com plete th e sentences.

1.In some countries many people have no job and no home, they spend nights outdoors; we can see these ... and ... people on park benches.

2.At first the doctor wanted to tell the patient that there was no use in the treatment and that the medicines she took were almost... but he didn’t

3.The day seemed to have no end. We will never forget this... day.

4.The woman thought she wouldn’t be able to get any help. She was lonely and ...

5.The girl was very excited, she spent the whole night without sleep. It was a ... night.

ARTICLES

Ex. 6. Supply articles w h e re necessary.

1.There is ... new stadium in my district.

2.The construction o f ... stadium was completed a year ago.

3.I have never been to ... Luzniki stadium.

4.Which team do you think will w in?... Spartak o r ... Dynamo?

5. ... Central Army Club team lo st... game to ... Dynamo team in ...

yesterday’s match.

6.— What w as... score?

— The game ended w ith... score of 5:2 in Spartak’s favour.

7. ... score of ... yesterday’s football match was 5:3 in favour o f ...

Central Army Club.

8. ... audience greeted ... boxers when they appeared in ... ring.

9.It’s going to be ... interesting match because ... sportsmen are ... pro­ fessional players. They are strong, tireless and have ... experience.

10. ... crowd of fans was waiting outside ... stadium. ... fans started shouting and applauding when ... popular sportsmen appeared.

TENSE AND VOICE

Ex. q. a) S upply th e co rrect form s of th e verbs.

AT THE FOOTBALL MATCH

Outside the Stadium

Seller: Souvenir programmes! Photos of the players! Get your sou­ venir programmes for the big match!

Kate: What a big crowd of people! (to be) it always like this?

Jack: Yes, when a big match (to hold). You’d better (to be) close to me. I (not to want) to lose you in the crowd.

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Kate: Don’t worry about me. I (to keep) close, (to have) we good seats, Jack?

Jack: Not the best, I (to be) afraid. I (to be) sorry, Kate, but we (to have to stand) during the match.

At the match

Kate: Jack, I (to be) sorry but I (not to know) the first thing about football.

Jack: That (to be) all right. What would you like to know? Kate: First of all, I’d like to know who (to play) today.

Jack: We (to play) against the Spanish national team. They (to be) very good, indeed, particularly their forward. I (to hear) he (to be) in perfect form. I (not to think) we (to have) much chance of winning.

Kate: And who (to be) the leading player in the English team? Jack: Bobby Charlton. But he (not to play) today. He (to injure)

in a match against Italy. He (to be) one of the best football­ ers I (to see) ever. But our best goalkeeper (to be) here. He (can, to save) us.

Shouting: England! England! Come on! Come on!

Kate: It (to sound) as if the whole of England (to be) here.

Jack: A goal! What a perfect goal! We (to score) a goal and the goal (to score) by my favourite team.

Kate: I never (to see) anything so exciting in my life.

b)Speak about:

1.the teams who were playing in the football match;

2.the chances of the English team to win;

3.Kate’s first impressions of the football match.

PREPOSITIONS

Ex. 10. a) Supply the correct prepositions.

Tom: Did you go ... the stadium to watch the game yesterday? John: I certainly did.

Tom: How did the game end? John: Liverpool won, of course. Tom: ... what score?

John: The score was 3:1 ... favour... Liverpool. Tom: How did the game go?

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John: ... the beginning ... the game everything went all right. The first half ended in a draw ... the second half Chelsea lost a chance ...

scoring a goal and their goalkeeper missed three goals. Tom: But he is a good goalkeeper, isn’t he?

John: Yes, but Liverpool were ... the best shape that day, that’s why the Chelsea team lost the game ... Liverpool.

Tom: What a shame! I think the fans were disappointed ... the match, weren’t they?

John: Yes, certainly.

b) Speak about the match between the Liverpool and the Chelsea teams.

ТНБ WORDS YOU MIX UP

Ex. 11. Choose and use.

so, such (a, an)

1.You shouldn’t have said ... a thing.

2.Football in England is ... popular that any schoolboy can tell you the names of players of popular teams.

3.It was ... an interesting exhibition that I went there twice.

4.The team was in ... a bad shape that they missed three goals at the beginning of the match.

5.I don’t recommend you to see the new serial, it is ... boring.

6.He has never seen ... a crowd at a hockey match before.

7.The performance of the young actor was ... convincing that there were 7 or 8 curtain calls for him.

8.It was ... important information that the businessman decided to use it in his report.

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SPEECH EXERCISES

Ex. 12. a) Read the dialogue.

Alan came to Great Britain from the USA to study at Oxford. He often spent weekends with his English friends. Once Alan was invited to John’s house and they talked about sports.

Alan: What’s your favourite sport, John?

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b)Summarize the dialogue.

c)Answer:

•Why are many people viewers of sports events, not participants? Why are big sports events widely reported now?

•Why has sport become a world-wide activity?

Ex. 13. Read the dialogues. Act out similar dialogues, using the words in the right-hand column.

—Well, I go in for swimming. And I am a (figure)-skating great fan of football.

3.— What’s your favourite sport?

—I myself go in for skiing, but I like watching

various sports events.

Ex. 14. a) Read the text.

SPORTS IN GREAT BRITAIN

The Englishmen are known to be great sports-lovers. Sport plays an im­ portant role in the life of the English people and is very popular among

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them. The British are proud that many sports originated in their coun­ try and they like to talk about them.

One of the most popular British games is cricket, it is often played between school, college or club teams. But as almost everywhere else in the world, the game which attracts the greatest attention is soccer (European football). There are a lot of am ateur and professional soc­ cer clubs in every city. Professional players are sold and bought by clubs, because professional soccer is big business. The Cup Final which is regularly played in London is the most important event of the football season.

Rugby football is also very popular. The game is played by 2 teams of 13 or 15 players each with an oval ball and the players may use their hands.

Englishmen like tennis and a great number of people play and watch tennis. Among many tennis tournaments the most famous is the one in Wimbledon.

The Englishmen also like to play and watch golf, hockey and other sports.

b)Do you agree that:

•the English people are great sports lovers?

•many sports originated in GB?

•professional soccer is big business?

•Rugby fooball is different from soccer?

Еж» IS»a) Read the teat.

Football is the most popular sport in Great Britain. Just switch on TV on a Saturday. Much of the afternoon time on the two central channels is occupied by football broadcasts. People from all walks of life watch football, play football and go to football matches. It’s also big business and top players are paid up to $ 40.000 a week.

Unfortunately now football is associated with much violence which often comes from rich fans.

People with well-paid jobs come to football matches just to have a fight. They wear special Burberry uniforms — an extremely expensive American brand.

Hooligans attack and fight supporters of national and opposing teams. They think they have the right to lose control for a while and forget who they are. A lot of them have been arrested for football hooli­

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ganism. However the epidemic of football violence is a characteristic feature of sporting life not only in GB but in other countries too.

b)Answer the questions:

1.Who are football hooligans?

2.How do they act during football matches?

3.Are there football hooligans in Russia?

Ex. 16. Read and comment on the teats.

1.Pele is considered to be the greatest footballer of all times. He be­ came a world star at the age of 17 and in 1 363 games scored 1 264 goals. He won the World Cup for Brazil three times in 12 years. But Pele is not only a famous footballer. He knows Spanish, Italian, English and French. He writes music and he works for the Brazilian government. The magazine Time named Pele as one of the greatest persons of the 20th century.

2.Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to be the best body-builder in the world when he was 15 years old. It took him 5 years of hard work to turn his dream into reality and at 20 he became Mr Universe ['juinivos], the world’s best-built man. He won this title five times. He won the title of the top professional body-building champion six times. He left professional sport because there was nobody to compete with him. Later he became one of the most successful American actors and then — the governor of California.

3.Most people prefer to go in for a sport with little or no risk. They don’t choose a sport like “extreme skiing” which is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. This sport attracts people who enjoy skiing down a 60-degree slope (склон) and who are not interested in the relaxing pleasures of traditional skiing.

Ex. 17. a) Read the newspaper clipping.

BACK TO SPORT AS A JOURNALIST

Kent Waldrip, a popular American football player, was paralysed by a serious injury.

An operation and long treatment in the United States didn’t help him and the doctors said he would never be able to walk again.

Once in the magazine “Russian Sport” his parents read a report on the case of another American, who had been paralysed by an even worse injury.

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After an operation at the Neurosurgical Institute ['nju:ro‘so:d3ikol 'institju:t] in St. Petersburg, the doctors told the American that he would probably never be able to dance, but he would be able to walk, do things at home, and even drive a car.

And so Kent was on his way to Russia.

Specialists at the Institute studied Kent's case history and agreed that an operation would be useless.

The doctors tried other ways. They prescribed treatment with the help of medical equipment, necessary medicines and exercises.

The result was great. After four years in bed Kent was able to stand on his own feet and take the first steps.

“Before I came to Russia,” says Kent, “I’d tried to work out exer­ cises for myself, but with very little success. The Russian doctors worked out a programme which I’ve learned to use. It is wonderful.” Kent wants to write a book about sport — the pleasure it gave him at

first and the way it changed his life.

“Sport’s now making my life interesting again. And in my book I shall say how grateful I am to the Russian doctors.”

The Institute has saved hundreds of lives, and not only of the Russian people. It has had patients from Australia, Canada, Gennany, Greece and the United States, as well as from other countries.

b)Speak about:

1.Kent’s injury and the treatment in the USA;

2.Kent Waldrip’s treatment at the Institute in St. Petersburg.

3.His plans for the future.

Ex. 18. Give your view points.

1.Hockey is very popular in Russia. This sport has the greatest num­ ber of fans in our country.

2.Women show the same interest in sport as men.

3.Sport can be considered as a hobby and as a profession.

4.There are different things which help us to keep fit. The main factors are: sport, rest and food. The most important factor is certainly sport.

5.The first blow is half the battle (prov.).

Ex. tg. Speak on the topics.

1.Your favourite kind of sport.

2.Sports in Russia.

3.The football (hockey) match you saw last.

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Ex. 20. Act out dialogues on the situations:

1.You are interested in the machihe-tools of Bell&Co. Meet Mr Bell and tell him about the football match you saw last. Discuss the price and the guarantee period. You would like the guarantee period to be extended. Give your reasons.

2.Receive Mr Lloyd at your office. Speak about Mr Lloyd’s favourite kind of sport. Mr Lloyd is interested in tea and dinner sets with tra­ ditional Russian ornaments. Speak about the quality and the number of goods he is going to buy and the terms of delivery you can offer him.

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VOCABULARY

sport either. syn. too

^В отличие от too, either употребляется в значении “тоже” в отрица­ тельных предложениях.

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to win a prize money

9.to fight (fought, fought) [fait, — бороться

Со словом audience глагол-сказуемое может иметь форму как един- ^ ственного, так и множественного числа.

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► С названиями стадионов употребляется определенный артикль.

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