Unit 8

SPORT.

Text: What makes people kin.

Grammar: The Passive Voice

Практические цели: ознакомление с лексическим материалом по теме «Sport», развитие умений и навыков разговорной речи по теме урока, введение и тренировка грамматической темы The Passive Voice, развитие навыков монологической речи на основе текста “ What makes all people Kin”.

What makes all people Kin

People all over the world are very fond of sports and games. That is one thing in which people of every nation­ality and class are united.

The most popular "outdoor" winter sports are shooting, hunting, hockey and, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow —skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.

Summer, affords excellent opportunities for, swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other sports. Among outdoor, games football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all the countries of the world. The other games (that have firmly established themselves in favour, in different countries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, and so on. Bad­minton is also very popular.

All the year, round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events. Scores of young girls and women go in for calisthenics’.

Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table, tennis, draughts and some others, but the great international game is chess, of course. The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussed by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.

So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes all people kin.

Topical vocabulary

1.archery n стрельба из лука

2.artistic gymnastics (cal­listhenics) шейпинг

3. boxing n бокс

4. car (motorcycle) racing мотогонки

5. cycling n велоспорт

6. diving n дайвинг

7. fencing n фехтование

8. figure-skating n фигурное катание

9. gliding n. планеризм

10.gymnastics n. гимнастика

11.mountaineering n. альпинизм

12.rowing and canoeing гребля на байдарках

13.skating n конькобежный спорт

14.skiing n лыжный спорт

15.ski – jump n фристайл

16. sky diving (parachuting) прыжки с парашюта

17. swimming n плавание

18. weight-lifting n тяжелая атлетика

19.windsurfing n серфинг

20.wrestling n борьба

21.yachting яхтенный спорт

22.hurdle races скачки с препятствиями

23.marathon n марафон

24.pole vault (vaulting) прыжки с шестом

25.race/ run n легкая атлетика

26.barbell n штанга

27.beam n

28.chessboard n шахматная доска

29.draughtsman n шашка

30..trampoline n батут

Open air games

badminton n net-ball n

basket-ball n rugby n (colloq. rugger)

cricket n (lawn) tennis n

football n (colloq. soccer) volley-ball n

golf n water polo

hockey

Ex.1. Suggest the Russian for:

1.archery n

2. car (motorcycle) racing

3.pole vault (vaulting) 27.barbell n

4.beam n

5.chessboard n

6.rings n

7.puck n

8. sky diving (parachuting)

9. weight-lifting n

10.windsurfing n

11.wrestling n

12.yachting

13.hurdle races

14.marathon n

15. gliding n.

16.hang gliding n.

17.mountaineering n.

18.rowing and canoeing

19.fencing n

20. figure-skating n

21. diving n

Ex.2.Fill in the gaps with the words given in brackets.

16. The most popular "outdoor" winter sports are ... ... ... .

17. Summer affords excellent opportunities for... ... ... .

18. Among outdoor games ... takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all the countries of the world.

19. Among indoor games the most popular are... ... ... ... .

20. The results of chess you tournaments are ... ... by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.

(swimming, boating, yachting; studied and discussed; football; billiards, table, tennis, draughts; skating, skiing, hockey;)

Ex. 3. Study Active Vocabulary and name:

1. as many kinds of sport as you can; b) some open-air games; c) sortie indoor games.

Ex.4. Speak on each kind of sport on the list below; briefly describe. Say a few words about its advantages and attractive features:

mountaineering, rowing, yachting, hockey, tennis, basket-ball, volley-ball,-chess, boxing, wrestling, fencing, artistic gymnastics, figure-skating, skiing, skating, ski jumping, sky-diving, archery, discus throwing, wind­surfing, steeplechase, marathon.

Ex.5. Write 10 questions about the text .

Grammar: The Passive Voice.

		to be + Participle II
Tense	Active		Passive
Present Past Future (Indefinite)	ask asked will ask		am/is/are asked was/were asked will be asked
Present Past Future (Continuous)	am /is/are asking was/ were asking will be asking		am/is/are being asked was/were being asked - ---
Present Past Future (Perfect)	have/has asked had asked will have asked		have/has been asked had been asked will have been asked

• We use the passive when it is not so important (or unknown) who or what did the action. We use the passive only when we don’t know or don’t want to say who did it.

My article was published yesterday. Rome wasn’t built in one day.

• Only the verbs which take an object can go into the passive. Intransitive verbs can’t be used in the Passive Voice. They are: to fly, to arrive, to be, to become, to have, to lack, to possess, to consist, to belong, to hold, to suit, to resemble, to fit, to appear, to seem, to come, to go, to last.

• If you want to say who did or what caused the action, use by or with It was destroyed by fire.

Ex.6. Define, what verbs are transitive and what verbs are intransitive?

To go, to take, to find, to lie, to stop, to win, to swim, to come, to speak, to show, to look at, to like ,to discuss, to stand, to spend, to miss, to stay, to listen to, to ski, to use, to change, to recognize, to skate, to hear, to build, to examine, to leave.

Ex.7.Put the sentences into the Passive Voice where possible.

1. Someone will drive you to the airport.2. Goldfish live in fresh water. 3.The Egyptians built pyramids.4. We walked four miles yesterday.5. They arrived at 7. Last night.6. They informed me about it. 7.I slept till 8. 8. It’s raining. 9.They have sold their car to pay the debts.10. They hold a meeting in the village hall once a week. 11. They have proved that there is no life on the Moon.

Ex.8. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or Past Continuous Passive.

Example: They shut the window.-The window was shut.

1.The student (ask) to tell the story again.2. Such mistakes (make)by even the best students. 3. A modern tune (play) when we came into the hall. 4.Every morning the workers (tell) what they had to do. 5. The houses (build) of stone, brick and wood. 6.At last the problem (solve) to everyone’s satisfaction.7.A new museum then (open). 8. A week ago two students of our group (choose) for jury service.9.Last Friday he (meet) at the railway station.10.The living –room (sweep),(mop) and (dust). It is clean now.

Ex.9.Express the following sentences in the passive. Do not mention the subjects of the active verbs.

Example: They asked me my name and address.

1. Someone told us a very funny story yesterday. 2.The people gave him a hearty welcome. 3.They have offered my brother a very good job.4.The house agents showed us some very nice flats. 5. The secretary didn't tell me the exact time of my appointment. 6. The teacher hasn’t asked Peter any questions at this lesson.7.People wished the newly married couple a long and happy life.8.They never tell me the family news.9. He didn’t tell me the whole truth.

Ex.10.Open the brackets, using the correct form of the Passive Voice.

1.This copy (not read). The pages (not cut) 2.Why the car (not lock) or (put) into the garage? 3.I’m not wearing my black shoes today. They (mend).4. This room (use) only on special occasions.5. He was taken to hospital this afternoon, and (operate on) tomorrow morning.6. The damaged buildings (reconstruct) now, the reconstruction (finish) by the end of the year. 7.The paintings (exhibit) till the end of the month.8. She heard footsteps, she thought she (follow).9. Normally this street (sweep) every day, but it (not sweep) yesterday.

Ex.11.Translate into English.

1. Дом был отремонтирован, забор был покрашен и много новых фруктовых деревьев было посажено в саду к тому времени когда он вернулся. 2. Она показала мне статью которая была переведена ее братом. 3. Этот завод был построен к маю. 4. К семи часам вчера все документы были готовы. 5. Когда мы получили их телеграмму товары были доставлены в порт. 6.Где сейчас строят это здание? 7.Где строятся такие здания? 8.Когда будет построено это здание? 9.Опять обсуждается этот вопрос? 10.Лекции этого профессора всегда слушают с большим интересом.11.Его всегда любили б и ему всегда доверяли.

Методические указания по изучению данного раздела:

1. Дать необходимую фоновую информацию предложенного текста.

2. Лексические задания направлены на актуализацию словарного запаса по теме, поэтому необходимо формировать умения определять смысловую релевантность английских слов.

3. Извлекать необходимую информацию и структурировать ответ и формулировать свою точку зрения; уметь рассуждать логически, используя необходимые лексические выражения.

4. Формирование грамматических навыков пройденного материала

Unit 9

SPORT