Answer the questions:

1. How can you prove that sports play an important part in Britain?

2. What is the history of football?

3. Is cricket popular in Britain?

4. What two kinds of rugby are played in Britain?

5. Where was golf invented?

6. What was the first rules of tennis drawn by?

Translate into English:

1. Многие виды спорта были изобретены в Великобритании.

2. Футбольные правила были созданы Ассоциацией футбола.

3. Матч крокета, чисто английской игры, может продолжаться не­сколько дней.

4. Регби и футбол - две различные игры.

5. В регби играют любители и профессионалы.

6. Гольф был изобретен в Голландии. Первые правила были созданы в 18 веке.

7. Всеанглийский клуб тенниса и крокета провел первый чемпионат мира по теннису в 1877 году.

Sports in america

Americans pay much attention to physical fitness. Many sports and sporting activities are popular in the USA. People participate in swimming, skating, squash and badminton, tennis, marathons, track-and-field, bowling, archery, skiing, skating etc. But the-five major American sports are hockey, volleyball, baseball, football and basketball. Basketball and volleyball have been invented in America.

There is a large choice of sports in America. This can be explained by the size and variety of the country. Another reason of the popularity of sports is the people's love of competition of any kind. One more reason is flint Americans use sports activities for teaching social values, such as teamwork and sportsmanship. All this explains why Americans have traditionally done well in many kinds of sports.

Every high school offers its students many sports, such as wrestling, rowing, tennis and golf. There are no separate «universities» for sports in the USA. Students of any higher educational establishment are trained in different kinds of sports. Many colleges and universities are famous for their sports clubs. There are sports facilities at every school.

Some unusual kinds of sports originated in America. They are wind­surfing, skate-boarding and triathlon. Triathlon includes swimming, bicycle racing and long-distance-running. Now these sports are becoming more and more popular in Europe.

Indeed, sports is a part of life of an average American.

Topical Vocabulary

to pay much attention to smth. уделять большое внимание чему-либо

physical fitness хорошая физическая форма

sports and sporting activities спорт и физкультура

to participate in smth. принимать участие в чем-либо

squash сквош

marathons марафон

track-and-field легкая атлетика

bowling игра в шары

archery стрельба из лука

the major sports основные виды спорта

to be invented быть изобретенным

a large choice of sports большой выбор видов спорта

the size and variety of the country величина и разнообразие страны

a reason of the popularity of sports причина популярности спорта

love of competition of any kind любовь к соревнованиям любого рода

to use sports activities for teaching использование спорта для обучения

social values социальным ценностям, стандартам

teamwork взаимодействие в работе

sportsmanship спортивный дух

to traditionally do well in smth. традиционно добиваться успеха в чем-либо

to offer sports предлагать различные виды спорта wrestling борьба rowing гребля

to be trained in smth. получать подготовку в чем-либо

to originate in возникнуть, появиться в (какой-либо стране)

wind-surfing виндсерфинг

skate-boarding катание на скейте

triathlon триатлон

bicycle-racing велосипедные гонки

long-distance running бег на длинные дистанции

an average American средний американец