Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

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Ex.1. Memorize the following verbs to be able to tell the biography of Steve Redgrave:

1. to be born родиться

2. to select проводить отбор

3. to grow up расти

4. to fail потерпеть неудачу

5. to establish зд. занять какое-либо положение среди

6. to switch to переключиться на

7. to proceed продолжать

8. to overcome преодолеть

2. 9. to be depressed быть в подавленном состоянии

10. to believe полагать, считать, верить

Ex. 2. Complete the following sentences to draw up Redgrave’s profile:

1. Steve Redgrave was born in______________

2. At school his teacher selected him as a __________________

3. At first he was a __________________

4. Then he switched to_________________

5. He won his first Olympic gold medal at___________________

6. Then he proceeded to win further golds at___________________

7. In his life he overcame some severe medical___________________

8. But he decided to return to the water after_____________________

9. He became a five-time Olympic champion at _________________

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Ex. 3. Say, what is the most important sentence expressing the main idea of the text. Give your comments.

Task 8. Learn the following sporting terms and titles you will come across in

Text 1 D:

1. the Manchester City soccer team – футбольная команда города Манчестер

2. Scottish International – Скотиш Интернэшнл (название футбольной команды)

3. General Manager – генеральный менеджер

4. soccer n – eвропейский футбол

5. ups and downs – победы и поражения, взлеты и падения

Task 9. Skim the text and say how Sir Matt Busby was awarded for his service to soccer.

Text 1 d

THE KNIGHTED COACH

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Sir Matt Busby was born in the Scottish village of Bellshill. He began in 1929 as a member of the Manchester City soccer team. Then he went to Liverpool and joined Scottish International. He was captaining them through the war years! In 1945 he became Manager of Manchester United, a position he was holding for twenty-five years until 1969 when he became General Manager. Sir Matt Busby was and remains one of the most respected and influential figures in soccer ¹. The phenomenal success of the team brought both the club and the manager international fame. The story of his life in football was very interesting. There were ups and downs in his career. Then the tragedy came when eight of the players were killed in an air crash² in Munich. Sir Busby was rebuilding Manchester United through the sixties. In 1969 he achieved his greatest triumph when United became the first English club to win the European Cup.

For his services to the game he was awarded the C.B.E. ¹in 1958 and knighted in 1968. No one knew more than Matt Busby about the game to which he had devoted his life.

Notes:

¹…one of the most respected and influential figures in soccer… -…одной из самых уважаемых и влиятельных фигур в футболе….

² in an air crash – в авиакатастрофе

³C.B.E. – Commander of (the order of) British Empire – кавалер ордена Британской империи