- •I am a student
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Underline all international words in the text. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •2. Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used.
- •3. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them.
- •4. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box.
- •5. Match a line in column a with a line in column b.
- •6. Fill in prepositions, where necessary.
- •7. Fill in articles where necessary.
- •8. Agree or disagree with the statements. Give your reason. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •9. Ask questions to elicit the information.
- •10. Answer the following questions.
- •11. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •12. Complete the open dialogue.
- •13. Act as an interpreter: Dialogue a
- •Dialogue b
- •Dialogue c
- •14. Compose your own dialogues.
- •The importance of sport in human life The Olympic Games My favourite kind of sport
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Underline all international words in the text. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •2. Read, translate and learn the meaning of the following words and use them in sentences of your own.
- •3. Translate the following words and word combinations.
- •4. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them.
- •5. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box.
- •6. Comment the following figures:
- •7. Match each game in column a with the description of some rules from column b.
- •8. Ask and answer. Choose the correct answer from the right-hand column.
- •9. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •10. Fill in articles where necessary.
- •11. Agree or disagree with the statements. Give your reason. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •12. Ask questions to elicit the information.
- •13. Answer the questions. Begin your answers with:
- •14. Translate the following texts into English.
- •15. Complete the open dialogues.
- •16. Compose your own dialogues.
- •17. Write an article into the local newspaper or a magazine. Chose one of the following topics:
- •Mass media
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Underline all international words in the text. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •2. Read, translate and learn the meaning of the following words and use them in sentences of your own.
- •3. Translate the following words and word combinations
- •4. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them.
- •5. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box.
- •6. Match a line in column a with a line in column b.
- •7. Read the text and insert prepositions or post-verbal adverbs where necessary.
- •8. Fill in articles where necessary.
- •9. Agree or disagree with the statements. Give your reason. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •10. Ask questions to elicit the information.
- •11. Answer the questions. Begin your answers with:
- •12. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •13. Complete the open dialogues.
- •14. Write an article into the local newspaper or a magazine. Chose one of the following topics:
12. Ask questions to elicit the information.
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A.: Most girls play softball, which is... it's like baseball, but the ball is bigger. But, if you can play softball, then you can also play baseball. And it's... it's just for fun. It's... it's not very competitive, when you just play with your friends, so, you're just playing for fun. Almost all my friends, that are girls, played sports in high school1). Almost everyone knows, how to play baseball or soccer or basketball, many sports.
Q : ……………
А.: My favourite sports are soccer, baseball and surfing.
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A.: No, there are no opportunities for surfing in Washington, only when I go back to California.
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A.: Er... I'm all right. I'm not that good, because I don't get the surf that much, but it's one of the most exciting sports, that you can ever imagine. It's so fun.
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A.: It's very popular.
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A.: Windsurfing is not as popular as surfing, but some people windsurf. It's more surfing though, that's the most popular, and bodyboarding, which is like surfing, but instead of standing up you lay down on the board.
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A.: I first started surfing, when I was in fifth grade, so, I was about eleven or twelve years old, and my board was six feet tall, and I was probably four feet tall, so, it was a lot bigger than me. And the first time I got out in the waves, it was kind of scary, because the waves were... they weren't really, really big, but since I was so little, they seemed really big to me. And the first time I cut a wave, I fell in love with surfing. I thought, it was the best thing in the world. I wanted to go surfing every day.
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A.: For surfing you have to have a surf board, of course, and there are many different types of surf boards, that you can buy. You can buy short ones, about five or six feet, or you can buy boards, that are nine or ten feet long. The boards, that are nine or ten feet long, are easier to stand up and learn on. You also need a leash, that you... you attach to your leg, and it's attached to your board, so, that... when you fall off your board, you're still attached to your board, and it doesn't drift into the ocean. And if the water's really cold, you can wear a water suit, which will keep you warm.
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A.: Well, in the United States we have baseball and softball. Guys or men will play baseball, and girls will play softball. When you are kids, you play softball, if you are a girl. I grew up playing softball more, than baseball, but I would play baseball with my friends, when we were on teams.
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A.: Well, at college I don't have much time to play sports, but I usually try and go running every week for, may be, three or four hours. And on the weekends sometimes we'll play soccer for, may be, two hours.
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A.: If I had more time, I would play basketball, because basketball is also very fun sport, and everyone knows how to play basketball, where I come from. So, it's very popular.
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A.: When I was in kindergarten, so, I was probably six years old. When you're six years old, you play on little teams, and you play soccer, and I played softball. So, they're trying to teach you the rules of the game early, and they want you to enjoy it. There is not many strict rules, as there are, when you're older. So, it's more just for fun, but we do start playing at the very early age. It's popular, because, when you played baseball in kindergarten, they put the ball on a... on a stick2), and you hit the ball off a stick. So, it's easier for little kids to play, and that's how they learn the rules. And in, may be, two years after that is when you start playing with a pitcher, who throws the ball to you, and when you're at bat.
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A.: In high school the most popular sport is definitely American football, because every week at my high school we would have a football game against a rival high school, and almost every student from high school would be there, parents would come, community members would come, it was a very, very big event.
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A.: I don't really like American football that much, but it was fun to go to games.
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A.: I like to watch baseball on TV.
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A.: I think, the most popular sportsmen in America are, probably, basketball players, like Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, baseball players like Barry Bonds and Derek Jeter.
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A.: Tennis... I don't know much about tennis, but Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras are very popular.