- •Is it true or false? Give your reasons.
- •3. Fill in the gaps, using the expressions given above.
- •Find synonyms to the following expressions.
- •End up the following sentences from the text without peeping into it.
- •3. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of amateur and professional sport. Use the following key phrases:
- •4. Skim the following list of sports and name the qualities each kind of sport requires from the sportsman. Use the prompts. What qualities can you add?
- •4. Study the supplementary word list on the subject «Sport and Games»
Find synonyms to the following expressions.
To encourage people to maintain their level of exercises
To settle the problem
Emphasis on good looks
To realize and acknowledge the fact
The idea is still attractive
The biggest international tournaments
Essential advantages
To lead an active life style
Constituent inseparable part
Free will
A creative activity in which one can succeed
To give the outlines of policies
All embracing influence
To convince smb
To be closely connected with education and health
To encourage international cooperation
In ancient times
End up the following sentences from the text without peeping into it.
Sport has been developing …
Physical strength can no … , yet sport ….
The importance of sport and recreation as an …
No other fundamentally voluntary activity … and even ….
Sport with its broad relevance to education,…as well as its capacity … may uniquely serve …
Sport extends to and unites …, it is easily understood and …
The opportunity to participate in sport offers many people …
For some of people sport is a constructive activity in which ….
Few people now need persuading ….
The modern stress on appearances is ….
The government tries to encourage …
3. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of amateur and professional sport. Use the following key phrases:
recreation, possibility to relax, to have fun, to find distraction from daily routine
not to stick to strict schedule
to regulate physical loading in accordance with the state of health and time available
to be driven by professional ambitions
to do smth. for financial reasons
to view the sport as the way to earn money
to be characterized by constant restlessness
to perfect one’s skills
to rest on the laurels
to break record / to set up new record
to surpass and outstrip smb.
To take much effort and excessive training
To be accompanied with traumas and physical overstrain
To work on the verge of human powers
To exhaust morally and physically
Race for success
to work under the pressure
to fail the expectations of fans and coaches
chase for records
to resort to the help of anabolic and steroids
to work at the cost of health / to ruin constitution / to improve the results temporarily
to get used to fame / to suffer from indifference